In an April 30 interview featured on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," reporter Suzanne Malveaux struck a sympathetic tone as she questioned Michelle Obama about inflammatory remarks made by her ex-preacher, Jeremiah Wright.
On "Fox & Friends," Media Research Center President Brent Bozell praised ABC's handling of the Democratic debate but chastised the Los Angeles Times for questioning John McCain's military disablity pay.
On his HBO show "Real Time" on April 11, Bill Maher slammed the Pope as the leader of a child-abusing cult, calling the Catholic Church "the Bear Stearns of pedophilia."
On the March 19, 2008 "Grapevine" segment of FNC's Special Report, anchor Brit Hume told viewers that the Media Research Center had scoured news tapes from 1996 and found no mention of "sniper fire" as Hillary Clinton had claimed -- just a group of Bosnian school children.
Profiling Al Gore on the March 30 60 Minutes, CBS's Lesley Stahl argued that Gore is now "a certified celebrity....passionate and animated, a man transformed," and touted how Gore calls himself "PR agent for the planet."
On the March 23, 2008 Face the Nation, Roger Simon of "The Politico" assessed Barack Obama's speech on race: "Obama really won over his base; he won over the American media. They loved that speech."
Filling in as anchor of the March 18 "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN's Campbell Brown praised Barack Obama's speech on race as "daring" and passionate.
On his March 13 Anderson Cooper 360, the anchor deplored covering the Jeremiah Wright story that was hurting Obama's campaign, but: "Like it or not, legitimate or not, it has become an issue."
On the Valentine's Day edition of his MSNBC Countdown program, Keith Olbermann blasted President Bush as a fascist: "You're a fascist! Get them to print you a T-shirt with 'fascist' on it!"
On ABC's Nightline (January 28), reporter David Wright gushed over Kennedy's endorsement: "The audacity of hope had its rendezvous with destiny....Obama is now an adopted son of Camelot."