Daily Bias Alerts

MSNBC's Matthews Finds Obama's Weakness: He's 'Too Darned Intellectual'

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 05:32 PM ET

At the top of Friday's Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews discovered the reason for President Obama's political difficulties in recent months: “President Obama has his chin out on just about every hot issue out there....He's exposed and vulnerable. His poll numbers are dropping. Is he just too darned intellectual? Too much the egg head?”

Bloviating Dick Cavett Bashes 'Know-Nothing' Sarah Palin, Obsesses Over His Brilliance

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 02:35 PM ET

Talk show host Dick Cavett, whose TV show went off the air in 1982, appeared on MSNBC, Friday, to trash Sarah Palin as a "know nothing" and someone who has "no first language." Mostly, however, he seemed interested only in talking about himself, prompting News Live host Norah O'Donnell to chide, "Dick, this segment is about Sarah Palin, not about you, Dick."

MSNBC's Ratigan Wonders If Americans Should 'Stop Whining'

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 02:28 PM ET

Citing a Democratic congressman who recently proposed a no whining day, on Friday's Morning Meeting on MSNBC, host Dylan Ratigan asked: “...unemployment, health care, a couple of wars, Americans got plenty to be frustrated about these days...But some people say stop the whining....Is 'shut up and deal' the new American mantra?”

On MSNBC, Ebony Honoree Dyson: Obama's 'Brought Sexy Brilliance Back to the White House'

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 03:18 PM ET

MSNBC publicized Ebony's "Power 150" picks by bringing aboard two left-wing honorees, Al Sharpton and Michael Eric Dyson, during Friday's 11 AM EST hour. Dyson rejoiced: "We have a man in the White House who has made... thinking sexy, who's brought sexy brilliance back to the White House."

CBS's Early Show Skips Grilling of Geithner and Calls for His Resignation

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 11:57 AM ET

CBS's Early Show on Friday completely ignored the grilling Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner received on Capitol Hill on Thursday and the calls for his resignation by members of Congress. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today both covered the contentious exchanges.

NBC's Vieira and Gregory Write Off Obama Struggles as Merely 'Perception Problems'

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 11:04 AM ET

At first glance it appeared that NBC's Meredith Vieira and David Gregory, on Friday's Today show, did a decent job of recounting all of the struggles the Obama administration is dealing with from unemployment to foreign policy, but ultimately the pair concluded, in every instance, they weren't actual problems, but merely problems of "perception."

• MSNBC's Matthews Finds Obama's Weakness: He's 'Too Darned Intellectual'
• Bloviating Dick Cavett Bashes 'Know-Nothing' Sarah Palin, Obsesses Over His Brilliance
• MSNBC's Ratigan Wonders If Americans Should 'Stop Whining'
• On MSNBC, Ebony Honoree Dyson: Obama's 'Brought Sexy Brilliance Back to the White House'
• CBS's Early Show Skips Grilling of Geithner and Calls for His Resignation
• NBC's Vieira and Gregory Write Off Obama Struggles as Merely 'Perception Problems'

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