President Obama

Journalists Ooze Over 'Keen, Analytical' Obama; He's Like George Washington

rich.noyes — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:10:56 +0000

Vol. 29, No. 2

Obama’s Speech Just Like George Washington’s Farewell

“It [Obama’s State of the Union speech] reminded me — I mean, this is going to sound ridiculous, like I always think about George Washington, but it reminded me of George Washington’s Farewell Address.”
— Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on PBS’s Charlie Rose, January 12.

'Proud' of 'Tearful' Obama's Attack on Gun Rights; Like Lincoln's 'Emancipation Proclamation'

rich.noyes — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:27:32 +0000

Vol. 29, No. 1

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“Proud” of “Tearful” Obama’s Attack on Gun Rights

Obama's 'Best Week Ever' = Irreversible Lefty 'Transformation'

rich.noyes — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:02:56 +0000

Vol. 28, No. 14

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One Week = Irreversible Lefty “Transformation”

ABC’s World News Tonight Ignores Slim Prospects Obama’s 2016 Budget Proposal Will Pass

curtis.houck — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:01:19 +0000

Curtis Houck

Following the unveiling of President Obama’s 2016 budget proposal, two of the three major broadcast networks made time to mention the story during their Monday evening newscasts, but only in the form of short news briefs.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC Skips Obama’s George Washington Beer Gaffe; Spent Three Straight Nights on Palin’s Paul Revere Tale

curtis.houck — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:38:25 +0000

Curtis Houck

During a live interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Sunday, President Obama told her how, at the White House, “[w]e make beer – the first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

English and Spanish Networks Combine to Ignore Senate Voting to Approve Keystone Pipeline

curtis.houck — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:33:36 +0000

Curtis Houck

The U.S. Senate took the step Thursday of approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bipartisan fashion by a margin of 62-to-36, with nine Democrats joining 53 Republicans to pass it for the first time after failing to do so under the previous Congress.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Campbell Brown Jabs Boehner and McConnell for ‘Whining’ About Obama in 60 Minutes Interview

curtis.houck — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:08:25 +0000

Curtis Houck

Filling in for John Heilemann on the Monday edition of Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect, Campbell Brown took a shot at House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for “whining about President Obama” in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Media Yawn at Obama and Biden Snubbing Auschwitz Anniversary; Mocked Cheney’s Appearance in 2005

curtis.houck — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 06:40:26 +0000

Curtis Houck

Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and, naturally, the event attracted plenty of media coverage.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Networks Ignore Obama’s Decision to Back Down from Plan to Tax 529 College Savings Accounts

curtis.houck — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:19:33 +0000

Curtis Houck

In a reversal of a key proposal from his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama moved on Tuesday to drop the plan to tax 529 college-savings accounts after outcry from members of both parties and a direct appeal on Air Force One from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

FNC’s Kurtz Pans Obama’s YouTube Interviews; Maybe Its How He Wants the ‘WH Press Corps to Act Around Him’

curtis.houck — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:59:00 +0000

Curtis Houck

Appearing on the Fox News Channel (FNC) program The Kelly File on Thursday, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz gave his critique of President Obama’s interviews with three YouTube personalities by describing it as “beneath the dignity of the office” and “maybe” the way that “the President wants the White House press corps to act around him.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC’s Chris Jansing Gushes Over ‘an Energized, Combative President’; Scolds Boehner for Inviting Netanyahu

curtis.houck — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:22:28 +0000

Curtis Houck

NBC News senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing did her best to provide some White House spin during Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, hailing President Obama as “an energized, combative President” whose policies made for a “carefully choreographed, populist message with the details generally panned by Republicans.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

Brian Williams to Chuck Todd’s ‘Reality Check’ on Obama’s Liberal Plans: ‘A Lot of People Hope You’re Wrong’

curtis.houck — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:26:56 +0000

Curtis Houck

On Tuesday night, NBC News anchor Brian Williams charged that “a lot people hope” a reality check by Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd was wrong in asserting that most of President Obama's initiatives proposed during his State of the Union address won’t become law.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC’s Richard Engel Slams Obama on Foreign Policy: ‘Outlining a World That He Wishes We Were’ In

curtis.houck — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:45:04 +0000

Curtis Houck

While NBC News was up to its usual business in praising and defending President Obama both before and after his State of the Union speech, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel emerged as a rare voice that instead took to the liberal network’s airwaves to condemn the President’s rhetoric on foreign policy as both unrealistic and, in many cases, simply not true.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

NBC’s Brian Williams Blames Rep. Joe Wilson’s ‘You Lie’ Comment for Decline in SOTU Decorum

curtis.houck — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:18:12 +0000

Curtis Houck

During NBC’s coverage of President Obama’s seventh State of the Union speech, anchor Brian Williams remarked how there’s been “change in tone and tenor and ambiance” inside the House chamber from over the past few years and chose to link it to Republican Congressman Joe Wilson (S.C.) telling the President “you lie” during a 2009 speech before a joint session of Congress.

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.

CBS’s Bob Schieffer Swoons: Obama’s Speech Was ‘Uplifting’ with ‘Soaring Rhetoric’

curtis.houck — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:06:33 +0000

Curtis Houck

At the conclusion of President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union speech, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer offered plenty of praise for the President’s address by proclaiming it as “the best speech he’s made in awhile” with “soaring rhetoric” and being “uplifting at the end.”

— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.