the fact that everyone on the ABC website is claiming the Charlie Gibson is a sexist has to be one of the funniest things I have read...

But CNN is still kissing Palin's ass: Palin takes tough stance on Russia

By the way, she thinks Iraq was behind 9/11.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103789.html?hpid=topnews

Is anyone keeping a list of every mainstream headline and quote that explicitly call out the McCain camp for lying?

It might be useful to see them all together in one place.

We'll know if AP turned there back on McCain if they stop giving him sprinkled donuts.

Ron must have had the day off, i'm sure he'll fix it all when he gets back in the morning.

It's nice to see a little objectivity finally percolating into their reporting....but is it too little too late?

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see this, but really...I still hate our media.

Ballot snafu endangers votes
About one-third of the absentee ballot applications received at the Hamilton
County Board of Elections have been ruled invalid because Republican Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign printed a version of the form with an extra, unneeded box on it.
In a narrow interpretation of Ohio law, Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says many of the McCain forms have not been completed properly. If the box stating the person is an eligible elector -- or qualified voter – is not checked, Brunner said, the application is no good.

Even though the box is unneeded, by not checking it voters are essentially admitting they’re not eligible, Brunner said.

“I have not seen a ruling that indirectly impacts voters to the enormity of this since I’ve been here,’’ Hamilton County Board of Elections Deputy Director John Williams said of his nearly five-year tenure at the board.

More than 750 absentee ballot requests in Hamilton County have been invalidated because of Brunner’s ruling, Williams said.

Absentee voting begins in 19 days, or on Sept. 30.

If a registered Ohio voter’s application is rejected, Brunner said, “We said you have to notify them within 48 hours and we also suggest that (Board of Elections) send them a new application.”

That means county Boards of Election must contact tens of thousands of voters and ask them to fill out a new, valid form in time to vote for the Nov. 4 election.
The McCain campaign says it mailed out about 1 million of the faulty forms.

"The form contains the necessary requirements and has been accepted in past elections, so this election should be no different,’’ Jon Seaton, McCain’s regional campaign manager,’ said today. "Qualified voters who request absentee ballots should receive them.’’

“If I were a voter, I wouldn’t be very happy,” Brunner said. “I’m stuck with the law. You shouldn’t have to check a box.
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080911/NEWS0108/309110032/

I see the shift with AP but I find it underwhelming. I think we have to keep up the pressure on the media!!

To me the tell came in that pause before she gave her ham-handed response to Gibson:

GIBSON: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine?
[I]>>uncomfortable, pregnant pause so brief, but seemingly so terribly long PALIN: In what respect, Charlie?

You could almost hear the gulp.

Also interesting that McCain and Palin are now pushing their new claim that Alaska produces 20% of the US [U]energy supply[/U]. From McCain's news conference:

MCCAIN: She knows more about energy than probably anybody else in the Unites States. She is governor of a state [pause] that [B]20 percent of America's energy supply comes from there.
[/B]
And from the Palin/Gibson interview:

PALIN: But it is about reform of government and it's about putting government back on the side of the people, and that has much to do with foreign policy and national security issues Let me speak specifically about a credential that I do bring to this table, Charlie, and that's with the energy independence that I've been working on for these years [B]as the governor of this state that produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy[/B], that I worked on as chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, overseeing the oil and gas development in our state to produce more for the United States.

Seth Colter Walls said this about McCain's use of the figure, "In 2005, Alaska produced 3.5 percent of America's energy supply. Presumably McCain meant to say that Alaska is responsible for 20 percent of America's domestic energy production (which is true)."

With Palin repeating it, I think it's safe to say it's not a gaffe.

I agree with Amelie. The repug base doesn't follow politics and thinks she doing just fine. She said exactly what they wanted to hear. And the media needs a close horse race right up to election day. If McCain's campaign implodes and the election becomes a done deal week before November 4, what news can they report keep their rating high?

"Liar, Krugman of NYT, blasts McCain With the Truth"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/12/01115/6334/278/595686

Republicans Hijacked 911, by Keith Olberman, Courage to Speak Truth!

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/special-commen...

How many more Journalists & Reporters will show courage and begin to do their duty and Inform the public as to truth and falsity? We should never again be lied into a False & Phony war by a President you want to have a beer with! Republicans strong on National Security? I don't think so, after all 911 happened on their watch, but they have been allowed to distort the facts and public perception that it is the Democrats who are weak on national security! They have failed to properly enact the 911 Commissions recommendations which would make us a lot safer! Politicans who willfully and intentionally lie to the public are engaged in a betrayal of the public trust and such distortion should be deemed unethical and in some cases, criminal! We need a Media to be the third-wheel of democracy again and not a parrot of those who are corrupt, unless they are corrupt too!

Republicans are just as dismal on economics. It is an outrage or should be that the government can give millions of dollars to CEO’s from the failed Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac and yet, cannot give a second stimulus check to American citizens in these hard economic times? Republicans say No to a second stimulus while the Democrats say Yes to a second stimulus! Is the Republican Congress working for CEO’s or are they working for you, the people? We need a Government and a Congress to work for the People, not lie to the people, not bail out their own special interest groups and leave the people hanging. We need a government to put the burden of taxes on the rich where they belong and stop putting the tax burdens on the middle class and poor, those who can least afford it. We need a government who will put money into education and make that a national priority again, both lower and higher education and give more Pell Grants and less loans so that young people can once again achieve a higher education, get a good job and lift everybody up out of poverty. We need action and not more spin, talk and lies. We need a Congress who will vote Yes to bridges, roads, schools, health care. Who will invest in America and not in Iraq and in themselves and their special interest groups. America is dying. We need Change!

From the comments I've read from repug$, they don't think Palin did too bad. They consider the interview a victory because she was able to walk away from it. Seems that her delivery was what was ordered. Which makes we wonder. Has the US become a bipolar nation? Two diametrically opposed government philosophy; one black and one white? There's no common ground between the two anymore.

Was it an Anti-Obama slant, or a Pro-underdog slant? Obama was getting the most attention for a long time, both positive and negative. Now McCain is getting it. It is still slant, but it would appear to be interest-driven rather than ideology-driven.