Foley's Gone, But AP, Reuters Bias Goes On Against His GOP Replacement
October 2nd, 2006 9:24 PM
No, this isn't a joke. Of all the possible photos available of Joe Negron, the Florida state representative who has replaced Mark Foley as the GOP congressional candidate in the 16th CD, the top one here is the one the Associated Press chose to accompany its article: FL GOP picks Foley replacement. Congressmen come and congressmen go. But the Associated Press's liberal bias goes on forever.…
Woodward Book: Lauer Interprets For The Liberal Hearing-Impaired
October 2nd, 2006 7:54 AM
If Matt Lauer ever decides to leave 'Today,' he has a promising career ahead of him interpreting for the hearing-impaired at meetings of Moveon.org and like-minded groups. Interviewing Bob Woodward on this morning's 'Today' about his Bush-bashing State of Denial, Lauer served as a cheerleader worthy of Katie at her perkiest. At one point, Lauer summarized matters thusly:"You paint a picture of…
Olbermann's 'Countdown' Dispatches with Journalistic Integrity
October 1st, 2006 10:16 PM
As the Virginia senate race continues to degenerate into a media cesspool of preposterous racial accusations, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's "Countdown" took things further downward Friday by deliberately editing a report on the latest Democratic activist accusing Republican George Allen of being a racist:On Friday, "Countdown" reported on the latest allegations against
George Allen. We noted that…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to
September 29th, 2006 4:26 PM
As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…
CNN Recounts ‘Macaca’ Story as Time When Allen ‘Used Another Rac
September 26th, 2006 3:37 PM
CNN’s "American Morning" featured two reports this morning on Senator George Allen and the controversies engulfing him. Anchor Soledad O’Brien and political reporter Bob Franken apparently found the whole story amusing, as they could barely restrain their glee. During both segments, Franken brought up "macaca"-gate. At 8:07AM, after mentioning the most recent allegations that Allen, as a college…
