Joe Scarborough Slams Media Distortions of Ann Coulter
June 28th, 2007 3:54 PM
On the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough slammed media outlets, such as AP and The Hill for misrepresenting what Ann Coulter said in her now famous on-air debate with Elizabeth Edwards. He also attempted to set the record straight by playing an extended clip of her appearance on the June 25 "Good Morning America," which started the whole controversy. But first,…
‘Instapundit’ Glenn Reynolds Discusses New Media’s Impact on Pol
June 28th, 2007 2:53 PM
One of the most well-known conservatives in the blogosphere is Glenn Reynolds, whose “Instapundit” website continually receives some of the highest traffic totals of all political venues on the Internet.Due to his expertise on such issues, the folks at the largely liberal Mother Jones published an interview with Reynolds last week wherein the topic of discussion was how the new media are…
ABC's Overnight Anchor Jokes About a ‘Skinny Death Match' Between Pa
June 28th, 2007 11:31 AM
ABC's "World News Now," a news program that airs at 3:30 am Eastern, when most people in the U.S. are fast asleep, replayed Jake Tapper's earlier "World News" report on the war of words between Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards, and Ann Coulter during its broadcast on Thursday.At the conclusion of the report, hosts Taina Hernandez and Ryan Owens (…
ABC Edits Out Coulter Zingers in Debate With Edwards
June 27th, 2007 11:56 AM
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," co-anchor Chris Cuomo portrayed the previous day’s on-air debate between Elizabeth Edwards and Ann Coulter as a one sided lecture from the ‘08 contender’s wife. The ABC program edited out or didn’t play either of Coulter’s best verbal barbs.The conservative author’s zinger, that John Edwards’ use of her name to raise money is better "than giving $50,000…
‘Meet the Press’ Demonstrates How Terrible an Unbalanced Panel Can
June 24th, 2007 2:58 PM
On June 3, NBC’s “Meet the Press” marvelously demonstrated how wonderful a panel discussion can be when there are an equal number of liberal and conservative pundits present as reported by NewsBusters here.Three weeks later, host Tim Russert stocked his panel exclusively with liberals: David Broder of The Washington Post, John Harwood of The Wall Street Journal and CNBC, Gwen Ifill of PBS’…
FNC’s Kirsten Powers: ‘Here’s the Deal With Liberal Talk Radio
June 24th, 2007 12:14 AM
Most Fox News watchers are familiar with Kirsten Powers, the outspoken Democrat strategist and political analyst that is often a guest of Bill O’Reilly’s.On Friday, Powers sat in for Brian Kilmeade on Fox Radio’s “Brian and the Judge.” At issue was the just-released report from the Center for American Progress regarding conservative domination of AM radio. To say the least, Powers' take on this…
Liberal Radio Host Demonstrates Hypocrisy of Fairness Doctrine
June 23rd, 2007 8:25 PM
An interesting debate over the recent Center for American Progress report concerning conservative dominance on the radio transpired on Thursday’s “Tucker” when the moderately conservative Michael Smerconish, acting as guest host, took on liberal radio’s Ed Schultz.The discussion ended up being a classic battle between a capitalist who believes that free market forces are determining programming…
Conservative Radio Dominance Not as Grave as Liberals Proclaim
June 22nd, 2007 3:37 PM
Update (Ken Shepherd): Maloney tells me he'll be on the John Gibson radio program on Fox News radio shortly after 6:20 p.m. to discuss this.As NewsBusters reported here and here, liberals around the country are carping and whining about conservatives having too much control of AM radio.In fact, just yesterday, the Center for American Progress issued an outline as to what needs to be done to…
Group Led By Clinton’s John Podesta Outlines Assault of Conservative
June 21st, 2007 1:52 PM
The supposedly “free speech” left are out in force trying to silence all voices in the media with views different than their own just in time for the 2008 presidential campaign.Potentially more worrisome, one liberal advocate in the middle of this debate has close ties to the Clintons, although it is quite unlikely the press will convey such when its recommendations are disseminated with their…
Pelosi's House Brushes Off CNN's Questions on Earmarks
June 20th, 2007 12:36 PM
Have we entered the Twilight Zone? A mainstream media outlet is going after Congress, particularly a Democrat Congress, for not living up to one of their promises?CNN correspondent Drew Griffin and a team of two staffers and six interns all 435 members of the House of Representatives a simple question - if they get obtain a copy of each representative's earmark request. Even with the Democrats'…