The NewsBusters Interview: 'Indoctrinate U' Filmmaker Evan Maloney
October 25th, 2007 12:50 PM
Today I'm pleased to announce a new feature: The NewsBusters Interview. These will be a series of lengthy, candid conversations we'll be conducting with prominent individuals in the media and political worlds. Recently I had the privilege of attending the premier of the "Indoctrinate U," a documentary that exposes the widespread suppression of conservative and libertarian opinions on America's…
Obama Wants Official Fired for Race Remarks; Similar Comments Not a Pr
October 19th, 2007 6:11 PM
Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama is demanding that John Tanner, head of the Justice Department's voting rights division, be fired for racially insensitive remarks:John Tanner's remarks came during an Oct. 5 panel discussion on minority voters before the National Latino Congreso in Los Angeles. Tanner addressed state laws that require photo identification for voting, saying that…
Couric Previews Valerie Plame Interview, No Mention of Leaker Armitage
October 19th, 2007 2:52 PM
Perhaps one of the most distorted stories in recent mainstream media history, the Valerie Plame CIA leak controversy, has become even more so with Plame’s upcoming "60 Minutes" interview with CBS Anchor, Katie Couric. On Friday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked with Couric about the interview and began by describing Plame as "...beautiful, smart, a covert agent." Smith then went on…
UK Court : Schools Must Warn of Bias in 'An Inconvenient Truth
October 4th, 2007 8:07 AM
Conveniently, the American media is largely ignoring a significant statement from a UK High Court judge who said Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” promotes “partisan political views” and the schools should treat it as such. As a result the British government was forced to rewrite their website and their “guidance” and will need to issue a warning before showing the film.As NewsBusters reported,…
Shuster's Grotesque 'Gotcha' Game Exploits American Soldier Killed in
September 24th, 2007 7:38 PM
Does it get much lower than this? After first extolling the "F--- Bush" headline, MSNBC's David Shuster, substituting for Tucker Carlson today, later engaged in a grotesque game of "gotcha," exploiting an Amercan soldier killed in Iraq to make his partisan point.Chatting with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe and MSNBC analyst Craig Crawford, talk turned to the controversy surrounding the editorial in…
Colorado State College Newspaper Editor Regrets Consequences of Bias A
September 22nd, 2007 11:55 PM
After seeing the consequences of advertisers disappearing, the editor of the Rocky Mountain Collegian editorial board is regretting the consequences of printing the extremist headline of F*** Bush! Here is the news:
Profane College Newspaper Editor Doesn't Understand Free Speech
September 22nd, 2007 4:58 PM
Here we go again with a so-called freedom of speech claim of a bunch of low-class, petulant children playing at being real "journalists" in one of our state funded Universities. This time it's the little fellas at The Rocky Mountain Collegian, the school paper of Colorado State University, who are hiding behind a real right and using it as cover to realize their 15 minutes of fame. These anti-…
