The McCain campaign has a new ad out attacking Obama’s legislative record. It begins with a voice-over: “On the biggest financial issue of the day,” the phantom voice declares, “Barack Obama would not say if he supported or opposed the government-backed rescue of insurance giant AIG.” Well. The voice, it turns out, belongs to Fox […]

PEJ releases research results that are fairly shocking: In the nine months leading up to the current Wall Street crisis, coverage of the economy—”which includes themes such as gas prices, banking industry troubles, the housing crisis, and retail sales”—filled only 9.3 percent of the total news hole. And—even more shocking—in the month leading up to […]

If you, as I did, thought that John McCain’s appearance on The View last week was as awkward as the show’s “Red, White & View” segments could get…well, think again. Because, this Monday, the Ladies of the Curved Couch will host…Bill Clinton. Yep: Barbara and Bubba, side by side! Watch out, Senator McCain…your Awkward Moments […]

Jon Stewart wasn’t too impressed by the Hannity/Palin interview, either.

You know all the work and all the worrying and all the strategy and all the tragedy and all the sturm and all the drang and all the sound and all the fury that have, together, comprised the epic Campaign of 2008? Well. All the diffuse drama will itself diffuse, on November 4, into some […]

From the blessedly staid souls who brought you last month’s blessedly staid Convention Hubs–online coverage of the DNC and GOP conventions–comes a new feature: Debate Hub. Yep, C-SPAN is at it again! Detailed, sober, generally gimmick-free coverage of our upcoming national mud-wresting matches political slap-fests presidential and vice presidential debates! Per the press release, Debate […]

Looks like Al Gore, whose global reach encompasses the Nobel Foundation, hipster television, and, you know, the actual globe, will soon add one more territory to his empire. Portfolio‘s Jeff Bercovici reports that Gore will soon be buying a stake in Plenty, “a four-year-old title about environmentally-conscious living.” The former Veep’s exact stake–and exact role–in […]

It’s talking about Obama.

Hannity may mock journalism; that doesn’t mean he’s above it

Horrific. And hilarious.