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Historic Ranking a 'Compliment' for Texas
By Terrance Harris - AOL NewsThe University of Texas Longhorns and head coach Rick Barnes have become accustomed to looking up at the No. 1 team in the country. Now, they will have to enjoy the view as the consensus top-ranked team in the country after the latest polls came out Monday. The 15-0 Longhorns move into the No. 1 spot in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll and Associated Press poll for the first time in program history. "I think for the program it's a compliment," Barnes said during Monday's Big 12 media conference call. "I don't think there is any question about that, you want to be looked upon as one of the ...
We're ALL Reporters, and We've Redefined News
By Joshua Chaney - Politics DailyAssociated Press's decision to release a photo of a mortally wounded soldier last month drew criticism from many Americans, including service veterans and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who, in a scathing letter to the AP's top editor, called the move "appalling." While the photo is graphic, it helps to accurately depict a tragic story in a war filled with violence and death. "AP journalists document world events every day. Afghanistan is no exception," Santiago Lyon, the AP's director of photography, told Politico. "We feel it is our journalistic duty to show the reality of the war there, ...
Robert Gates Calls AP Photo of Fatally Injured Soldier 'Appalling'
By David Sessions - Politics DailySecretary of Defense Robert Gates has denounced "in the strongest possible terms" an Associated Press photograph of a 21-year-old soldier with a badly injured leg. In a four-paragraph letter to the AP, Gates delivered stinging criticism. "Why your organization would purposefully defy the family's wishes knowing full well that it will lead to yet more anguish is beyond me," he wrote. He further called the release of the photo "appalling" and a breach of "common decency." The pictured soldier, Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, later died and his family requested several times that the photo not be ...
Lou Dobbs Ad Aims to Shame CNN
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe liberal media watchdog group Media Matters has produced a new ad that targets CNN host Lou Dobbs for his continued flirtation with the "birther" movement. The birthers believe that President Obama is not a legal citizen of the United States. Set to eerie music, the fast-paced spot edits together numerous instances of Dobbs repeating the birther allegations and opens with a voice-over proclaiming: CNN's Lou Dobbs has been promoting the false right-wing conspiracy that President Obama hasn't produced a valid U.S. birth certificate. Watch: In addition, Media Matters has also started a ...
Contrary to Prior Report, Three Different Polls Give Obama High Marks
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyRegular readers of Political Machine may have perused our site's earlier report, Obama's Disapproval Rating Reaches New High, and come to the conclusion that the wheels are coming off the presidential wagon. We'd like to offer a different perspective, with the help of four national polls.First, the poll referenced in the "Disapproval" article. That was from Rasmussen Reports, which on the one hand is well-respected for its accuracy in the 2008 election. On the other hand, the poll is featured on a web page with banner quotes from Larry Kudlow, Michael Barone and Bill Frist and with ads ...
AP Analysis: It's Obama's Economy Now
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Associated Press has an analysis of the current economic conditions that comes down hard on President Barack Obama's economic policies. The AP rejects President Obama's oft-stated lament that he inherited the dreary economic conditions from President Bush, pointing out that Obama's policies are helping to accelerate the slide."Although the administration likes to say it "inherited" the recession and trillion-dollar deficits, the economic wreckage has worsened on Obama's still-young watch.Every day, the economy is becoming more and more an Obama economy.More than 4 million jobs have been ...
Media Cannot Move On From Race Politics
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Associated Press reports on a smattering of racially motivated incidents that have occurred in the weeks after President-elect Barack Obama's victory in the general election. The report focuses on reports of 200 "hate-related incidents" collected by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The AP story terms this collection of fringe actions by fringe elements in American society a "white backlash." It is, of course, no such thing. The AP admits as much in its report, characterizing most post-election incidents as, "little more than juvenile pranks." But the sensationalism with which the AP ...
Two Weeks to Go; Two Point Race
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyDespite the best efforts of the national press and liberal commentators to declare the presidential race over, Sen. John McCain is within striking distance of Sen. Barack Obama as the campaign winds it way into the final two weeks. A look at the Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Obama's lead shrinking to less than 6 points for the first time in ten days. Six of the last nine polls recorded in the national average show Obama ahead by five points or less. And two recent polls show the race tightening even more; with Obama clinging to just a two point lead in one survey, 44-42%, a ...
Les Miles Now Makes More Than Nick Saban
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsThis is a good week for LSU coach Les Miles. He's certainly basking in LSU's BCS National Championship. He's miraculously not at beloved alma mater Michigan while they endure bad press for questionable academic practices within the athletic department.And he got a big raise.So big, in fact, that it makes him the highest-paid coach in the SEC by $1,000 over rival and former LSU coach Nick Saban.Saban, who is guaranteed $3.75 million, was the SEC's highest-paid coach. Miles' new contract states he will be paid no less than the highest-paid coach at a public university in the conference, plus ...
AP Poll Revolution: Lower-Division Teams Now Eligible!
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsWow.The Associated Press said Thursday that lower-division schools - that means you, [Appalachian State] Mountaineers - are now eligible for its 71-year-old poll. [snip]Several AP voters expressed interest in putting Appalachian State on their ballots after a shocking 34-32 upset at then-No. 5 Michigan last weekend. But the poll guidelines, which mirrored the coaches' rankings conducted by USA Today, limited eligibility to teams competing in the former NCAA Division I-A, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision.Any such appearance from lower-division teams will be rare, but at least the ...
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