Hypocritical Media Bashing of Mrs. Fred Thompson
July 13th, 2007 12:09 PM
A very peculiar thing is happening with a normally feminist media that has the potential to have a huge impact on the 2008 presidential campaign.As press outlets go out of their way to advance the presidential aspirations of Hillary Clinton, and laud the first female Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, attacks on Jeri Thompson, the wife of soon-to-be candidate Fred Thompson, are quite in vogue.It…
ABC Plans Another Town Hall Special With Another Democrat
July 11th, 2007 12:31 PM
"Good Morning America" has scheduled a second town-hall style special with a presidential candidate and, unsurprisingly, the recipient is another Democrat. 2008 contender John Edwards will appear on Monday, July 16 to discuss poverty with ABC co-host Diane Sawyer. Readers of NewsBusters will remember that the last such event, anchored by Robin Roberts and airing March 26, featured Hillary Clinton…
'Today' Blames McCain Implosion on War Support; Rollins Tells It Like
July 11th, 2007 7:56 AM
If I hear one more MSM outlet ascribe the implosion of John McCain's candidacy to his support for the war in Iraq, I'm going to scream . . Let's see. Why don't we check out this morning's "Today"?NBC REPORTER CHIP REID: He's been falling steadily in the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll from 29% in December to 24 in March and last month just 14%. His unwavering support of the Iraq war is unpopular…
L.A.Times: Democrats Need to be MORE Emotional Campaigners
July 11th, 2007 7:37 AM
This one is a hoot. The L.A.Times has posted a piece in their politics section about the supposed revelations of Drew Westen, a psychologist who is advising Democrats that they are too logical and rely on "facts" too much in their campaigns. Westen is warning Democrats that they need to be more "emotional" in their appeals to the voters because, according to his "research", Democrat and…
Nets Blame Iraq War Stance, Not Immigration Position, for McCain's Cam
July 10th, 2007 9:13 PM
Tuesday's CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News blamed Republican presidential candidate John McCain's reduced fundraising and low rank in the polls, which led two top advisers to leave the campaign, on McCain's view that U.S. troops must stay in Iraq -- not on how out of step he is with conservatives on the immigration bill he crafted with Ted Kennedy. CBS anchor Katie Couric declared: “No…
ABC, CBS Ignore Drug Angle of Gore Son; Stephanopoulos Gushes Over Nov
July 10th, 2007 3:19 PM
Kristin Gore, daughter of former Vice President Al Gore and author of a new political satire set in Washington, appeared on the Tuesday editions of "Good Morning America" and "The Early Show." Both shows only gingerly addressed the subject of Kristin’s brother, Albert Gore III., and his arrest for marijuana and prescription-drug possession after being pulled over last week in California. GMA…
McCain About to Punt on Iraq? Lauer Question Raises Possibility
July 10th, 2007 7:34 AM
Does NBC have some inside dope? Is John McCain, till now one of the staunchest supporters of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, about to bug out? An unusual question from Matt Lauer to Tony Snow this morning raised that possibility.Here's the exchange that came on this morning's "Today" at 7:08 A.M. EDT, toward the end of Lauer's interview of White House press secretary Snow:TODAY CO-HOST…
Howard Kurtz Questions Responsibility of NBC Showing Gore's Live Earth
July 9th, 2007 10:08 PM
In a striking contrast to his fellow reporters, the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz took NBC to task for the extensive Live Earth coverage on NBC and its sister cable channels (earlier NewsBusters item on this very same column, with transcript of Kurtz's discussion on CNN's Reliable Sources.) Shockingly, Kurtz even used quotation marks when mentioning the global warming “crisis.” In his “Media…
