The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: January 27 to February
February 2nd, 2007 9:45 AM
When it comes to the subject of global warming, members of the media have lost all restraint. CNN’s Larry King nervously wondered if climate change might "really kill us all?" Could it "submerge cities like New York and Washington and San Francisco under floods from melting Arctic ice caps?" Not to be outdone, "Good Morning America’s" weatherman warned of the dire threat of global warming. The…
Biden Comments Rate 'Oops' from NY Times, No Front-Page Mention by Glo
February 1st, 2007 6:36 AM
In our continuing calvalcade of coverage of the Biden "clean and articulate" comments, we thought it would be interesting to see how three of the leading liberal newspapers treated the story on their respective front pages this morning.At the New York Times, the headline on the smallish front-page article brought a dash of downplaying humor to the story: "Biden Unwraps His Bid for ’08 With an…
Obama Freezes Out Fox News as a Result of Madrassa Story
February 1st, 2007 12:03 AM
Does Barack Obama have a thick enough skin to survive another nineteen months of constant media attention and scrutiny on the presidential campaign trail?An article by the Washington Post’s Mary Ann Akers has to make one wonder (emphasis mine throughout):Sources tell The Sleuth that the Obama camp has "frozen out" Fox News reporters and producers in the wake of the network's major screw-up in…
MSM Forgive-a-thon Continues: Olbermann Calls Biden Comments 'A Slip
January 31st, 2007 8:46 PM
I'm feeling a lot of love out there. Directed by the MSM toward Joe Biden, that is, for having called Barack Obama the first "clean" and "articulate" black presidential candidate. Earlier this evening, as noted here, Chris Matthews, joined by MSMers Jay Carney and Anne Kornblut, cut Biden mucho slack.The forgive-a-thon continued on Countdown. First, Keith Olbermann declared Biden's comments "a…
Defending Biden's Blooper, Matthews Ignores 'Clean' Crack
January 31st, 2007 6:22 PM
Let's play one of our favorite parlor games: "WIARHSI?" You know: "What if a Republican Had Said It?" In today's game, let's imagine what would happen if a Republican presidential candidate had said that Barack Obama was the first "clean" and "articulate" African-American presidential candidate? Which paper would be first to call for the Republican's withdrawal from the race: the NY Times,…
Vieira Shocker: 'Can We Afford to Leave Iraq if Iran Will Take Over
January 30th, 2007 7:46 AM
This one could make waves.When a NBC military analyst made the case that US withdrawal from Iraq would have very harmful consequences, you might have expected Meredith Vieira to argue the point. But not only did the NBC host seem to buy into his logic, she took it a significant step farther toward its logical conclusion.Retired LTC Rick Francona was Meredith's guest on this morning's "Today."…
