December 20, 2015 Do debates lure fringe candidates? After the GOP spanked both NBC and CNN for their forthcoming Hillary biopics by cutting them out of the 2016 action, Chuck Todd has weighed in with a bit of praise. Todd, who has called NBC's entertainment effort a "nightmare," buried any sense of frustration, calling the GOP's move smart politics.
December 20, 2015 Jack Germond on 'crap' journalism The Washington Star's legendary columnist, Jack Germond, who died last week at 85, was a throwback in more ways than one. While disdaining the younger generation for avoiding whiskey, eating salads and hitting the treadmill, he also marveled at how most lacked the political sources that he so assiduously cultivated.
December 20, 2015 Media strafe Obama from both sides as he grapples with Syria decision In the case of Syria, Obama is getting hammered from the right and the left, even though he hasn’t done anything so far.
December 20, 2015 A debate with tough terror talk: Trump deflects while Cruz and Rubio clash From the opening moments of the Las Vegas debate, Wolf Blitzer tried to make it about Donald Trump, whether he wants to isolate America, and whether he is “unhinged.”
December 20, 2015 With Cruz surging, the New York Times finds him...not very likable Just as Ted Cruz has become a serious threat for the nomination, we learn that he faces a gigantic obstacle that could doom his campaign.
December 20, 2015 Trump soaring despite Muslim controversy; pundits still unconvinced Donald Trump is still soaring in the polls—and a new set of numbers brings the furor over his plan to temporarily ban Muslims from coming to America into sharper relief.
December 20, 2015 From Brokaw to Buzzfeed, the media's war on Trump goes nuclear Donald Trump is throwing out all the rules in this presidential campaign. But some journalists are doing the same thing.
December 20, 2015 Trump's Muslim move: Why the media condemnation probably helps him (again) On one level, it seems like Donald Trump has taken a big step beyond anything he has done before by proposing to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.
December 20, 2015 Obama's oval effort: Why the pundits dismissed the terror speech The pundits almost universally panned President Obama’s Oval Office address on terrorism.
December 20, 2015 More than one mass shooting a day? How the media were misled The Washington Post headline didn’t mince words: “The San Bernardino Shooting Is The Second Mass Shooting Today and the 355th This Year.”