Sorry, Shuster: It's True Source of Much Obama Funding Undisclosed

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

When a McCain campaign representative told David Shuster today that the source of much of Barack Obama's fund-raising is unknown, the MSNBC host scoffed, claiming only "right-wing" blogs could believe that and challenging the spokesman to cite a credible source.

Instead of fulminating about the conservative blogosphere, David might want to pick up a copy of Newsweek, which last time I looked had a news-sharing arrangement with . . . MSNBC. None other than Newsweek's Michael Isikoff reported those very facts about Obama's fund-raising last week.

McCain spokesman Ben Porritt was Shuster's guest during MSNBC's 4 PM EDT hour today.

View video here.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Shuster blames “right-wing blogs,” should read Newsweek ping to Today show list.

[silverleaf]

Why don’t we throw this stuff back in their faces and challenge hacks like Shuster to show us where there has been an investigation.

And remind him who “investigated” and revealed Dan Rather’s fake Bush AWOL OER’s.

[Izzy Dunne]

PORRIT: I will send you an e-mail and you can read it on air.

This is lame.

This is incredibly lame.

Why can't these yahoos back up their claims?

Right then.

Right there.

Get in their face and argue your case.

"I'll get back to you" is just freakin' lame.

[Don Corleone]

Stealing a country ...Alinsky style.

[Question_Assumptions]

This fits the general pattern of media bias. The burden of proof is for Republicans to prove that a Democrat has done something wrong but the burden of proof is on a Republican to prove that they haven't done something wrong. Democrats are assumed innocent. Republicans are assumed guilty.

[DHarry]

I saw this. Schuster knows exactly what he’s doing. It’s all about getting conservatives off message and wrapped round the axle of stupid details.

Schuster didn’t want to talk about the bigger point — Obama’s lack of transparency, Schuster wanted to talk about something important like Sarah Palin’s wardrobe.

This is how liberals debate. The whole liberal media FACT CHECK movement was created to blunt conservative attacks on Obama before they even reached Obama.

We have three years to figure out how make sure this crap never happens again, because if we don’t we’ll never win another election.

[GoCards]

Democrats are assumed innocent. Republicans are assumed guilty.

BINGO!!!! You win!!

[fantom]

What else can we expect. The pubbie spokespeople are button dowm whimps. Lee atwater had facts at his fingertips , brass in pocket and never backed down from these pansies.

[Harry Wurzbach]

Annoy the media, don’t watch ‘em.