Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand Music:

	The Essential Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  29 January, 2002
	Duets Barbra Streisand EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  26 November, 2002
	Greatest Hits Linda Eder EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Rhino Records RELEASE DATE:  29 January, 2008
	Tony Bennett - An American Classic [Blu-ray] EDITION:  Blu-ray MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  12 December, 2006
	A Star Is Born Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  29 January, 2002
	Memories Barbra Streisand EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  25 October, 1990
	Barbra Streisand - The Concert (Live at the MGM Grand)(Keep Case) EDITION:  DVD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  30 March, 2004
	Barbra Streisand - A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More Barbra Streisand EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  20 September, 1989
	Streisand: Live In Concert (2 CD's) Barbra Streisand EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Sony RELEASE DATE:  08 May, 2007
	At Last...The Duets Album Kenny G EDITION:  Audio CD MANUFACTURER:  Arista RELEASE DATE:  23 November, 2004

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ABC reported McCain's comment that "economy is broken," but not previous day's comment that "fundamentals of our economy are strong"

During a September 16 ABC World News segment on Sens. Barack Obama's and John McCain's recent comments on the economy, correspondent David Wright aired a quote of McCain saying during a September 16 speech that "[o]ur economy is broken." But Wright did not note that the previous day, and many times before that, McCain made a remark that was flatly inconsistent with his assertion that the "economy is broken" -- stating that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." Rather than report that McCain made flatly inconsistent comments over the two days, Wright aired a different comment McCain made at the September 15 appearance, saying: "There's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets." Additionally, Wright failed to note that, according to several media outlets -- including ABC News senior national correspondent Jake Tapper -- McCain changed his message on the economy after the Obama campaign highlighted the "fundamentals of our economy are strong" comment. By contrast, NBC Nightly News correspondent Kelly O'Donnell reported that McCain said that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong" and that McCain later "defined -- or perhaps refined -- fundamentals not as economic facts and figures, but as working people": O'DONNELL: McCain's trouble here is in part of his own making, with these words: McCAIN [video clip]: Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong. O'DONNELL: But today he defined -- or perhaps, refined -- fundamentals, not as economic facts and figures but as working people. McCAIN [video clip]: And this foundation of our economy, the American worker, is strong. From the September 16 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson: WRIGHT: It's not like they haven't been talking about it. McCAIN: There's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets. OBAMA: We are in the most serious financial crisis in generations. McCAIN: Our economy is broken. OBAMA: What we need now is leadership that gets us out. WRIGHT: But what are the campaigns actually proposing? Both are now promising tougher regulations for Wall Street. McCain's called for a 9/11-type commission, to recommend reforms that would bring greater accountability. Obama has identified six specific reforms, including giving regulators greater enforcement powers. FRED BERGSTEN (director, Peterson Institute for International Economics): I don't think either has put forward a really cogent or persuasive package. WRIGHT: But economists say cracking down on Wall Street could well have an impact on Main Street, making it harder for Americans to qualify for a mortgage, for one. TOM GALLAGHER (economist, ISI Group Inc.): Everyone's for tighter regulation here. The fact of the matter is that's going to make it harder for some people to get credit, compared to the way it was. WRIGHT: Perhaps the sharpest difference between the two is over the taxes people pay. McCain believes cutting taxes across the board would promote economic growth. He'd make permanent the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, cut corporate taxes, and double the personal exemption for dependents. Obama would raise taxes on the wealthy, people who make more than $250,000 a year, but cut them for most households. He'd give middle-class families a $1,000 tax credit and cut taxes completely for seniors on fixed incomes. Here in the Rust Belt and across the country, Obama and McCain have been trying to convince voters they feel their pain and will do something about it. On the mortgage crisis, McCain says he'd encourage lenders to refinance loans for responsible homeowners; Obama would rely on a government fund to help people avoid foreclosure and would reduce taxes for low- and middle-income homeowners who don't itemize. BERGSTEN: Neither candidate has really addressed the cardinal, long-run macroeconomic problems of the economy -- that is, basically, the budget deficit. WRIGHT: Both candidates frame the economy as a leadership issue: McCain the maverick versus Obama the agent of change. And so far, neither candidate has managed to convince the voters that he has all the answers. David Wright, ABC News, Warren, Ohio. From a September 15 speech by McCain, aired during the September 15 edition of CNN Newsroom: McCAIN: As you know, there's been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street, and it is -- it's -- people are frightened by these events. Our economy, I think, still the fundamentals of our economy are strong. But these are very, very difficult time. And I promise you, we will never put America in this position again. We will clean up Wall Street. We will reform government. From a September 16 speech by McCain, aired during the September 16 edition of CNN's Your World Today: McCAIN: the working people of the state of Florida and this nation are the most innovative, the hardest working, the best skilled, most productive, most competitive in the world. And this -- this foundation of our economy, the American worker, is strong. But it's been put at great risk by the greed and mismanagement of Wall Street and Washington. I'll give you some straight talk, my friends. The top of our -- the top of our economy is broken. We've seen self-interest, greed, irresponsibility, and corruption undermine the hard work of the American people. It's time to set things right, and I promise to get the job done as your president. From the September 16 edition of NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams: O'DONNELL: This is Kelly O'Donnell, traveling in Florida and Ohio with John McCain and Sarah Palin. And late today, McCain fired back at Obama, matching mocking tone for mocking tone. McCain made a special point of telling voters near hard-hit Youngstown where Obama is tonight. McCAIN [video clip]: Talked about siding with the people, siding with the people, just before he flew off to Hollywood for a fundraiser with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends. O'DONNELL: McCain spent much of the day arguing his case, that he gets how bad things are and accusing Obama of using hard times for political gain. McCAIN [video clip]: Senator Obama saw an economic crisis and has found a political opportunity. My friends, this is not a time for political opportunism, this is a time for leadership. O'DONNELL: McCain's trouble here is in part of his own making, with these words: McCAIN [video clip]: Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong. O'DONNELL: But today he defined -- or perhaps, refined -- fundamentals, not as economic facts and figures but as working people. McCAIN [video clip]: And this foundation of our economy, the American worker, is strong. O'DONNELL: Campaign advisers reject Obama's charge that McCain's idea to create a commission somehow passes the buck by arguing that a bipartisan group that includes outside experts could, quote, "take the politics out of it." During McCain's 20-plus years in Congress, he says he's predicted trouble for mortgage giants, warned about CEO excesses. But he's also been cool to adding more government control, telling The Wall Street Journal in March, "I'm always for less regulation." And this morning with Matt Lauer on Today: McCAIN: I don't like excessive and unnecessary government regulation -- ask any American citizen who is subject to bureaucracies. But the fact is, I warned about this problem couple years ago. O'DONNELL: And Brian, when an adviser today was stressing John McCain's economic credentials, he told reporters that McCain, quote, "helped make this little miracle happen" -- the BlackBerry or cell phone -- citing his work on the Commerce Committee. When McCain heard about it, he laughed. Another adviser said McCain's not claiming to have invented anything and said that was a bone-headed comment. Just another day on the trail, Brian.
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:36:57 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article

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NY Times, Reuters quoted McCain criticizing Obama for Hollywood fundraiser, didn't mention reports of McCain's own recent lucrative fundraisers

September 17 blog posts by The New York Times and Reuters quoted Sen. John McCain criticizing Sen. Barack Obama for flying "off to Hollywood for a fundraiser with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends" but did not mention that McCain also attended a fundraiser in Miami earlier in the week at which he reportedly raised $5.1 million. Nor did they point out that McCain reportedly held a fundraiser with celebrities last month in Beverly Hills. Describing Obama's September 16 fundraiser, Times reporter Jeff Zeleny wrote on the Times blog, The Caucus, that "Senator Barack Obama stood beneath the stars -- surrounded by the ones from Hollywood -- and tried to soothe the concerns of worrying Democrats here on Tuesday as he held the biggest fund-raising night of his campaign." After describing the event, Zeleny continued: The fund-raising rush for Mr. Obama comes at the very time he was working to turn the campaign's focus to the economy. Even before he arrived at his first reception here on Tuesday night, Mr. McCain criticized his rival's fund-raising trip to California. In a rally in Ohio, Mr. McCain mocked Mr. Obama's schedule, accusing him of flying "off to Hollywood for a fundraiser with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends." "Let me tell you my friends," Mr. McCain said, "there's no place I'd rather be than here with the working men and women of Ohio." Similarly, in a post on Reuters' blog Tales from the Trail, reporter David Alexander wrote: "So what does Barack Obama do after a hard day of defending the common man during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Throw a $28,500-a-head fundraising dinner, of course." Alexander stated that Obama "spent the day Tuesday campaigning in Colorado, where he talked to supporters about the mortgage crisis that has reshaped Wall Street and caused many people to lose their homes. ... Then he jetted off to Los Angeles Tuesday evening for a pair of glitzy fundraisers that could be the biggest for Democrats during this election cycle." Alexander then reported that McCain criticized Obama for "courting the stars instead of ordinary folk," and quoted McCain's statement attacking Obama. By contrast, in a September 17 Wall Street Journal article, Brody Mullins and Glenn R. Simpson reported: "Many of the fund-raising events that Republican rival Sen. McCain attends, including one in Miami on Monday, begin with a private cocktail hour with the Arizona senator for contributors donating about $25,000 each. Some events that Sen. McCain held this summer for his campaign and the Republican National Committee offered special treatment for couples who wrote checks of up to $100,000."
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:59:04 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article

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NPR, CNN's Crowley report on Obama's Beverly Hills fundraiser, ignore McCain's recent lucrative fundraisers

During the September 17 edition of NPR's Morning Edition, correspondent Scott Horsley reported on what he described as "a pair of posh fundraisers in Beverly Hills" for Sen. Barack Obama, and in the following segment, correspondent David Greene reported on Sen. John McCain's criticism of Obama for attending one featuring Barbra Streisand. But neither Horsley nor Greene reported that McCain also attended a fundraiser in Miami earlier in the week at which he reportedly raised $5.1 million. Nor did they point out that McCain reportedly held a fundraiser in Beverly Hills with celebrities last month. During the first segment, Horsley reported: "After speaking in Colorado, Obama was off to California for a pair of posh fundraisers in Beverly Hills -- one of them featuring Barbra Streisand." Following Horsley's segment, Greene reported: "I'm David Greene, traveling with Senator McCain, who had some things to say about Obama's fundraiser out in Beverly Hills." Greene then aired a clip of McCain saying of Obama: "He talked about siding with the people, siding with the people, just before he flew off to Hollywood for a fundraiser with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends. Let me tell you, my friends, there's no place I'd rather be than here with the working men and women of Ohio." Greene ended the segment by saying: "These days, McCain's speeches are all about the economy. ... Oh, and there's also no Barbra Streisand music." Similarly, on the September 16 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, senior political correspondent Candy Crowley reported of Obama's Beverly Hills fundraisers: "One of those fundraisers ... $28,500 a head." She added: "That was too good for John McCain to pass up. He told one crowd he'd rather be talking to working class men and women in Ohio." But while Crowley noted Obama's fundraiser for "$28,500 a head," she did not note McCain's Miami fundraiser or his fundraiser with celebrities in Beverly Hills. By contrast, in a September 17 Wall Street Journal article, Brody Mullins and Glenn R. Simpson reported: "Many of the fund-raising events that Republican rival Sen. McCain attends, including one in Miami on Monday, begin with a private cocktail hour with the Arizona senator for contributors donating about $25,000 each. Some events that Sen. McCain held this summer for his campaign and the Republican National Committee offered special treatment for couples who wrote checks of up to $100,000." From Horsley's report on the September 17 edition of NPR's Morning Edition: HORSLEY: After speaking in Colorado, Obama was off to California for a pair of posh fundraisers in Beverly Hills -- one of them featuring Barbra Streisand. STREISAND: [singing] Happy days are here again. The skies above are clear again. HORSLEY: OK, that's actually a CD. But the people who ponied up $2,500 bucks last night got to hear Streisand in person. The two events brought in some $9 million, on top of the record $66 million Obama raised last month. But because he passed up public financing, Sheila Krumholz of the watchdog Center for Responsive Politics says Obama will have to keep up this pace to stay competitive with McCain and the Republican National Committee. KRUMHOLZ [audio clip]: Obama has raised more than twice what McCain has, but the picture is less lopsided when you consider the amount of money the parties can spend for their respective candidates. HORSLEY: That means Obama will be spending some valuable campaign time in non-swing states, like California, raising money and talking about yours. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Beverly Hills. From Greene's report on the September 17 edition of Morning Edition: GREENE: I'm David Greene, traveling with Senator McCain, who had some things to say about Obama's fundraiser out in Beverly Hills. McCAIN [audio clip]: He talked about siding with the people, siding with the people, just before he flew off to Hollywood for a fundraiser with Barbra Streisand and his celebrity friends. Let me tell you, my friends, there's no place I'd rather be than here with the working men and women of Ohio. GREENE: McCain was in an airport hanger in Vienna, Ohio, outside Youngstown. The event yesterday afternoon reunited McCain with his running mate, Sarah Palin. She also went after Obama. PALIN [audio clip]: Now, I know that there are a lot of small towns in this beautiful valley, and folks here don't quite know what to make of a candidate like our opponent, who has lavished praise on working people when they're listening, and then talks about, though, how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns, when those people aren't listening. We all tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Vienna or Youngstown, and then another way in San Francisco. GREENE: Palin was pointing to a comment Obama made at a fundraiser back in April. She kept hammering the theme of Obama not being on the side of working families. PALIN [audio clip]: There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you. GREENE: John McCain, Palin said, is the candidate voters should trust to deal with the current turmoil on Wall Street. And McCain's been talking about solutions. He said yesterday that he'd set up a high-profile body, much like the 9-11 Commission, to study the economic crisis, and he called for tighter federal regulations on Wall Street. [...] GRENE: These days, McCain's speeches are all about the economy. They come to an end with barely a mention of the war or foreign policy. McCAIN [audio clip]: We need to carry the state of Florida, and with your help, we will do that. And I will support -- thank you for your support. GREENE: Oh, and there's also no Barbra Streisand music. David Greene, NPR News, traveling with the McCain campaign. From the September 16 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight: CROWLEY: From Golden, Colorado, Obama went straight to Hollywood, California, where he will be at a couple of fundraisers tonight for his own campaign and for the Democratic Party. One of those fundraisers, Lou, $28,500 a head. That was too good for John McCain to pass up. He told one crowd he'd rather be talking to working class men and women in Ohio. Lou. DOBBS: Yeah, that is a little hard to square up, isn't it -- $28,500 a plate versus the populist message that both of these candidates, by the way, have discovered, Candy? I think that's fascinating that the people are starting to get some notice from both candidates. CROWLEY: Well, there's nothing like a crisis on Wall Street to kind of focus the mind and to have people -- have them both come out with plans saying here's what I would do.
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:30:06 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article

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