'Today' Blames McCain Implosion on War Support; Rollins Tells It Like
If I hear one more MSM outlet ascribe the implosion of John McCain's candidacy to his support for the war in Iraq, I'm going to scream . . Let's see. Why don't we check out this morning's "Today"?NBC REPORTER CHIP REID: He's been falling steadily in the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll from 29% in December to 24 in March and last month just 14%. His unwavering support of the Iraq war is unpopular…
Bias in Coverage of Immigration-Bill Failure Extends to Protecting Ted
One doesn't have to look very far to see opinionated assertions in the supposedly objective Old Media coverage of yesterday's immigration-bill failure in the Senate.
Here's part of what an unbylined AP report said almost immediately after it was clear that the bill would not get the 60 votes needed for cloture: "The carefully crafted compromise was left for dead after a similar vote three weeks…
Amnesty Opponents: NYT Sees Racist People
One of the standard liberal memes on immigration is that everyone who is opposed to laxer immigration laws is a racist. Normally, this is just an undercurrent in elite media reportage, not so in this New York Times article which portrays helpless Senate Republicans beset by a racist mob:The recipient was Senator Mel Martinez, Republican of Florida, who has been a leading advocate of the proposed…
NBC News: 'Ugly Emotions' on Illegal Immigration Being 'Fanned' by Rus
On Sunday's NBC Nightly News, reporter John Yang distorted Pat Buchanan's point about the level of crime committed by illegal immigrants as he impugned Rush Limbaugh for helping to “fan” such “ugly emotions.” Previewing the expected Senate vote Tuesday on whether to revive the immigration bill, Yang asserted that “the outcome is uncertain, largely because of the heated debate over how to treat…
‘Meet the Press’ Demonstrates How Terrible an Unbalanced Panel Can
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’…
