Lost in the mainstream media coverage of the McCain-Obama dust up about Al Qaeda in Iraq is any mention of the role Tim Russert played in initiating the imbroglio.

During Tuesday night's debate, and apropos of nothing, NBC's Tim Russert asked Sen. Obama whether he "accepts the support of Louis Farrakhan." It was an illusion of balance.

Who let the dogs out? Well, if they're the dogs of having the best performance in a GOP debate, it turns out that it was...Mitt Romney. Still, he's still got a fight on his hand with McCain...and as for Giuliani? Crash and burn. John McCain's Fredo kiss proves it.

The Reality-TV mini-series we call the Presidential Debates is running out of juice. Same questions, same answers endlessly re-looped as the media-candidate interview process grinds on.

Hillary Clinton brought a ratings bonanza this "Meet the Press" this week, delivering an audience of 4.71 million viewers to the network — it's ...

ABC's Charlie Gibson kicked off last week's New Hampshire primary coverage on a high after hosting the back-to-back GOP and Dem debates — which ...

MSNBC had envisioned an intimate, sit-down affair moderated by Tim Russert and Brian Williams with the candidates asking questions of each other; not so, said the Judge, unless Kucinich can play, too.

Never has a symbiotic relationship between politicians and television been as obvious as in the past two weeks. News networks discovered that primaries, nominations, and elections could serve as the mother's milk of TV.

After I told Fox yesterday that the story about me wasn't true -- and this is the surreal part -- they kept reporting it anyway. Fox's Garrett told me he'd "take it under advisement." Take it under advisement?

Iowa has a population of around 3 million, with 2 million eligible voters. Obama got 91, 000 votes, Huckabee got 38,700. Do the math. Never have so few done so much for so fewer.