Newsweek Gives Chavez Quite a Stage to Voice Anti-Americanisms
In March 2003, in the midst of the lead-up to the war in Iraq, CBS’s Dan Rather sat down with Saddam Hussein to allow the Iraqi leader to present his side of the story to the American people. This week, Newsweek and Lally Weymouth gave one of the world’s foremost despots, Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez, a similar opportunity. The following is a sample of the exchange, with Weymouth's…
Hugo Chavez: Strongman With A Heart of Gold
If you only got your news about Hugo Chavez from the Today show you could only assume that he's a sweetheart of a guy. To date Today show has yet to fully report on, shall we say, Chavez's bad side. On this morning's Today at 8:11 am, Natalie Morales offered no context in her anchor brief about Reverend Jesse Jackson's trip to Venezuela.
Boston Globe Touts Wonders of Cuba’s “Free Universal Healthcare
“Free universal healthcare has long been the crowning achievement of this socialist state,” Boston Globe reporter Indira A.R. Lakshmanan touted from Havana in a front page story last Thursday. In the August 25 article headlined, “As Cuba loans doctors abroad, some patients object at home,” Lakshmanan relayed all the cliches, promoted by the left, about the wonders of Cuban health care, without…
Washington Post Misrepresents Havoc Caused by U.S. Amendments to U.N
A front-page story in today’s Washington Post suggests that Bush administration amendments to a 29-page draft agreement prepared by the United Nations for its upcoming world summit on poverty and U.N. reform have “thrown the proceedings in turmoil”:Less than a month before world leaders arrive in New York for a world summit on poverty and U.N. reform, the Bush administration has thrown the…
What Liberal Media
Would any reporters like to take a moment away from tearing up Pat Robertson on their front page to mention how heinous it was when former presidential advisor George Stephanopoulos suggested we assassinate Saddam Hussein? Probably not.
Olbermann Targets Hume as “Worser” in “Worst Person in the World
On his MSNBC Countdown show on Wednesday night, Keith Olbermann, who described the Fox News Channel as “just a brand name, not a description,” named FNC's Brit Hume his “runner-up” in his daily “Worst Person in the World” gimmick. What riled Olbermann? Hume daring to criticize as “'excessive' the TV coverage of Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela…
Why Does Our Media Support Our Enemies
A front-page story concerning Iran in Tuesday’s Washington Post was clearly intended to thwart American efforts preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons, as well as to embarrass the Bush administration with more implications of faulty intelligence.In an article entitled “No Proof Found of Iran Arms Program”, Dafna Linzer states:Traces of bomb-grade uranium found two years ago in…
Network Firestorm Tuesday Night Over Pat Robertson
Despite Pat Robertson's waning role in national politics, the broadcast and cable networks on Tuesday evening jumped on his Monday suggestion that Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated now in order to avoid a costly war later. All three broadcast network evening newscasts featured full stories, with ABC's World News Tonight making it the lead. Anchor Charles Gibson…
