Media Ignore Syrian Minister’s Claim That CIA Was Behind 2005 London
March 22nd, 2007 1:13 AM
Is it the media’s job to keep American citizens aware of statements made by foreign officials that could shed light on what we’re up against in winning the wars in Iraq and on terrorism? Or, should the press keep the caustic comments of such political officials from the public in order to maximize the impression that all the problems in the world are caused by the Bush administration?While you…
Antiwar Media Ignore Israel Related Consequences of Iraq War Retreat
March 19th, 2007 8:51 AM
As NewsBusters reported about the March 11 installment of “Meet the Press,” former “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel made some almost verboten observations concerning the dangers of a premature withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. Amongst other things, Koppel claimed the battle between Sunnis and Shia currently taking place there would become a much larger religious conflict throughout the entire…
Gathering of Eagles (GoE): An Indicator of Old Media Decline
March 18th, 2007 11:54 AM
So how many Gathering of Eagles (GoE) counterprotesters were in Washington yesterday, and how did their numbers compare to the Answer Coalition's protest count?
The New York Times (may require registration) reported "several hundred counterdemonstrators" (HT Michelle Malkin, who has the priceless quote of the day -- ".... the NYTimes relied on 'several veterans of the antiwar movement' to give…
Seymour Hersh Says Bush Administration is the Most Dangerous in Histor
March 4th, 2007 10:52 AM
As previously reported by NewsBusters, Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO was another in a litany of Bush bashes on this cable program. However, before Bill Maher indicated his regret that the recent assassination attempt on Vice President Dick Cheney failed, he interviewed one of the administration’s staunchest critics, the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh.Those tuning in to hear one of the White House’s…
Ombudsman Rips Atlanta Paper For Lousy Coverage of Carter Book Controv
February 28th, 2007 10:12 AM
NewsBusters has reported for months how the mainstream media did an absolutely lousy job covering the controversy surrounding former President Jimmy Carter’s book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [see editor's note at bottom of post]. As odd as it may seem, the ombudsman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution agreed with us.Angela Tuck, the AJC’s public editor, wrote the following on…
AP: US Troops Are Poor, Few Options and KIAs from rural Areas 'Disprop
February 20th, 2007 9:29 AM
Talk about creating a false dichotomy geared to discrediting a policy! The AP has generated a doosie in theirs titled "Rural America bears scars from Iraq war" and subtitled "Nearly half of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq came from a small town".
Their main thrust is that small towns are somehow seeing their sons fall on the field of battle in "unfair" numbers.
Across the nation, small towns are…
Sawyer Defends Middle East Trip: 'Even Your Adversaries Have Their Own
February 15th, 2007 3:34 PM
On the Thursday edition of "Good Morning America," co-host Diane Sawyer responded to critics of her recent visits to Syria and Iran. After reading some viewer e-mails about the interviews she conducted with leaders of those countries, including a question on why ABC allowed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad so much time to spew his propaganda, Sawyer informed her audience, "People all over…
Jimmy Carter Accuses Jewish Organization of Slandering Him to Raise Mo
February 7th, 2007 7:35 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter has gotten himself into more hot water, although it seems quite unlikely that any in the media will pay much attention to this recent faux pas (h/t LGF).In a seemingly absurd response to a call by The Simon Wiesenthal Center for members and supporters to send letters to Carter concerning his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” the former president penned a…
