Journalism Guru: Media Should Be Willing to Admit Bias
For various reasons, people in the journalism business aren't generally willing to admit what everyone on the outside can see: Personal bias is endemic to journalism and is something that should always be something to be filtered out as much as possible, especially in the political realm.Thankfully one journalism pundit who is honest enough to admit to the truth of the foregoing statement is one…
ABC Tries to Tar Fred Thompson With Their Dan Quayle Brush
If you are old enough to remember how badly the press corps treated vice president Dan Quayle -- you might recall specifically that they made fun of how he once spelled potato(e) -- you will understand why ABC's Political Radar blog is trying to associate Fred Thompson with Dan Quayle in theirs headlined, "Fred Thompson's Quayle-Hunting?" They mean the association to be a detraction, something…
WaPo's Weisman Sneaks in Swipe at GOP in Pete Stark Article
Covering the flap over Rep. Pete Stark's (D-Calif.) assertion that President Bush likes to see American soldiers die for sport, Washington Post reporter Jonathan Weisman tossed in a swipe about Republicans of his own, characterizing a vote to uphold Bush's SCHIP veto as a vote to "deny children health care." [Video of Stark's comments available on YouTube via the NRCC here]Here's the relevant…
New News Agency Funded By Left-wing Billionaires, Bias Question Ignore
A new and supposedly nonpartisan news agency named ProPublica is about to start offering free of charge its "investigative journalism" created with "moral force" to newspapers and other news sources soon and so far the announcement has been met with favorable coverage by the MSM. But, ProPublica is being funded by a pair of left-wing billionaires responsible for funding such groups as the Center…
Author: Biased Media Overlook Hillary Clinton's Injection of Faith Int
Left-wing secularists who oppose religion in the public square may be dismayed to learn that their values apparently conflict with those of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.), according to the author of a new book on the former first lady's religious beliefs. Although many Democrats support a very strict separation of church and state, the front-runner for the party's…
Vote to Kill 'Fairness Doctrine' Forever Could Come up Today
In an effort to kill it forever, Representative Mike Pence (R-Ind.) is attempting to force a vote on the floor of the House today over the future of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." Yesterday, Pence secured House passage of the "Free Flow of Information Act" to protect the press and is now launching an effort to nix the ability of the executive branch from re-instituting the woefully unfair "…
Colonel Hunt Agrees with General Sanchez's Media Criticism
As NewsBusters previously documented, most of the mainstream media highlighted General Ricardo Sanchez’s criticism of the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War, but ignored his criticism of the media’s coverage. The one exception, of course, is Fox News.Retired Colonel and Fox News Military Analyst David Hunt appeared on the October 17 edition of "Fox and Friends" to discuss Sanchez’s…
Religion Reporter Hits Media Double Standard on Mocking Faith
"Would the media laugh at a nude chocolate Mohammed?" So asks Arkansas Democrat-Gazette religion editor Frank Lockwood with the headline to a October 16 blog post hitting fellow journalists for a double standard in reporting insults to religious faith.Reacting with disdain towards a flippant Associated Press article about a confectionery rendering of a naked Jesus Christ, Lockwood answers with a…
