ABC Uses Craig Scandal to Again Predict Doom for GOP
August 28th, 2007 12:29 PM
Tuesday’s "Good Morning America" used the arrest of Senator Larry Craig in a men’s bathroom as an excuse to again herald the end of the Republican Party. Guest co-host Bill Weir teased a story on the Idaho legislator by wondering, "Is the GOP losing its grip?" Reporter David Kerley saw this as a case of Republican hypocrisy. He pointedly observed that "Craig is a conservative who lists among his…
Saunders Discredits Media-highlighted Schroeder Slam on Conservative I
August 27th, 2007 9:20 PM
FNC's Brit Hume on Monday night picked up on a column by the San Francisco Chronicle's Debra Saunders which discredited the media spin on an AP/Ipsos poll that found liberals read one more book a year than conservatives, a finding Pat Schroeder, President of the Association of American Publishers claimed illustrated how conservatives can't think beyond slogans. The AP and CNN's Jack Cafferty both…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 18 to
August 25th, 2007 10:23 AM
A ‘Beautiful’ AlarmistNBC’s "Today" show continued its global warming alarmism this week. Reporter Bob Dotson profiled a polar explorer who is teaching, or indoctrinating, today’s youths about global warming. The "Today" crew couldn’t refrain from gushing over this "sobering," "beautiful" message from an "impressive guy." However, NBC doesn’t want viewers to get excited over every issue.…
CNN Exploits Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq to Critique Bush Absence
August 22nd, 2007 7:31 PM
CNN used an old tactic in the mainstream media’s play book - a person overcome by emotion - to drive home the point they wanted to make - that the only state that hasn’t been visited by President Bush is Vermont. In a segment during the 4 pm hour of "The Situation Room" detailing this apparent "snub," CNN chief national correspondent John King played a clip from an interview of Regina Gilbert,…
Seattle Times Editor Scolds Staffers For Cheering Rove Resignation
August 15th, 2007 5:40 PM
It seems that some folks at the Seattle Times got a bit giddy when they heard news of Karl Rove's resignation.The paper's David Postman clarified in an August 14 "Postman on Politics" blog post that while it "sounds like a conservative's parody of how a news meeting would be run... It was only a couple of people who cheered [Rove's resignation] and they, thankfully, are not among the people who…
ABC Again Insinuates That ‘Bitterly Polarizing’ Rove Was Behind Sw
August 14th, 2007 4:08 PM
According to ABC’s Terry Moran, Karl Rove’s brand of politics can be defined by a mixture of "divisiveness, anger" and "ruthlessness." During a segment on Monday's edition of "Nightline," the co-anchor derided the "era of Karl Rove" as one that exhibited "bitterly polarizing politics." Moran also left the impression that it was Rove, the Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bush, who was behind the…
