Olbermann Raises McCarthy and Rails Against Ingraham's “Unforgivable
March 23rd, 2006 12:39 AM
In leading his Countdown show on Wednesday night, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann pegged “the day in 1988 when the first George Bush sandbagged Dan Rather during a live interview on CBS as the moment” when “the process of blaming the messenger became an essential ingredient in American politics,” raised Joe McCarthy's name in noting the location of President Bush's criticism of press coverage of Iraq…
NBC Showcases Anti-War West Virginian Over One with Critique of Media
March 22nd, 2006 9:24 PM
At a forum with President George W. Bush Wednesday at the Capitol Music Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia, Gayle Taylor, the wife of a member of the military recently returned from Iraq, was drowned out by a standing ovation when she told Bush: "It seems that our major media networks don't want to portray the good. They just want to focus-" Neither the CBS Evening News or NBC Nightly News found…
Time's Ware Snarls At Hugh Hewitt: Al-Qaeda, Al-Zarqawi 'Winners' in I
March 22nd, 2006 5:00 PM
During the 11pm hour of the March 21 Anderson Cooper 360, Cooper moderated a discussion on the media’s coverage of Iraq. Among those featured in the debate was Baghdad bureau chief for Time magazine, Michael Ware, who asserted that the "main winners" in Iraq were al-Qaeda and "superstar of international jihad" Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Cooper started off the debate by asking conservative talk show…
O’Reilly and Ingraham Take on NBC and Television Media Bias
March 22nd, 2006 11:25 AM
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly had radio host Laura Ingraham on “The O’Reilly Factor” Tuesday evening (hat tip to Expose the Left). Fresh from her battle with NBC’s David Gregory on the “Today Show,” O’Reilly wanted Ingraham’s view (video link to follow) about NBC (from closed captioning): Bill: Is it your opinion that NBC news spins the war in Iraq negative? Laura: Well, it's not between me and NBC,…
Laura in the Lions Den, Carville Advises W to Talk About Failure
March 21st, 2006 7:50 AM
Was it David Gregory, or an SNL parody of a biased liberal MSMer? The topic on this morning's Today show was whether media coverage of Iraq has presented a distorted picture. Under the circumstances, you might have thought Gregory would have feigned some facsimile of fairness. But his very first question to James Carville advanced the theory that . . . President Bush is a liar. Asked Gregory: "…
