Media Loved Suskind When He Was Bashing Bush
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 24th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Media Loved Suskind When He Was Bashing Bush
Byron York, Examiner
You want a quick and easy introduction to media bias? Just look at the reception given to author Ron Suskind when he appeared on NBC's “Today” show this week to promote his new book, “Confidence Men,” which is critical of President Obama — and then compare it to the reception Suskind received in 2004 when he appeared on “Today” to tout another book,”The Price of Loyalty,” which was critical of President George W. Bush.Start with the new book. The newsworthy bits in “Confidence Men” are well known: Suskind reports the Obama White House is…
Gingrich, 2nd-Tier Candidates Shine
Andrea Tantaros, NY Daily News
When viewers turned on their TV sets to watch the Fox News-Google GOP presidential debate on Thursday night, they expected to see an extended back-and-forth between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry that would cement their star status. What they got instead was a second tier of candidates that consistently outshone them, leaving the Republican Party questioning the mettle and messages of its frontrunners. While the race is arguably still between the former governor of Massachusetts and the current one of Texas, the B-listers made the audience take a second look. Each, in his or her own way,…
Trained Romney Outduels Perry
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
One year ago Rick Perry was not considered, by himself or by just about anyone else, a potential presidential candidate. His performance in last night's Fox News/Google debate in Orlando showed why.Perry has been leading all the other Republican candidates in every national poll taken since he announced his candidacy on Aug. 13, upstaging the Iowa straw poll that Michele Bachmann won the same day. But in the debate, he showed himself still unprepared to answer some obvious questions and unsteady in his responses to attacks from others.
