Kudos to AP For Balanced Report on Abramoff and Congressional Corrupti
As has been widely reported by NewsBusters, the media have been actively misrepresenting the burgeoning Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal as being exclusively a Republican problem. Today, Jim Abrams of the Associated Press logged a report dealing with House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) assertions Thursday that Republicans have created "one of the most closed, corrupt congresses in…
ABC Trumpets “Exclusive” with “Whistleblower” Behind NYT’s
ABC led Tuesday’s World News Tonight by touting an “exclusive” story from Brian Ross -- an interview with one of the sources for the December 16 New York Times story which disclosed an ongoing secret operation to monitor communication by people inside the U.S. with terror suspect abroad. "Tonight, the whistleblower who spent decades spying for the U.S.," co-anchor Bob Woodruff teased before co-…
Russert Lobs Slow-Pitch Softballs at NYT’s “NSA Eavesdropping” R
NBC’s Tim Russert invited the New York Times reporter who broke the NSA eavesdropping story three weeks ago onto “Meet the Press” this morning. Despite the obvious controversial nature of the guest and the subject matter, Russert asked no truly compelling or interrogative questions of James Risen, and, as a result, produced an interview that not only didn’t challenge Risen about the fortuitous…
On MSNBC, Vanden Heuvel Praises Feingold -- Who Took Cash from Abramof
Before introducing his guest Byron York, Matthews gave the following segue: Now The National Review, one of the staunchest defenders, a big conservative magazine has said Delay must go.The above statement was followed with "we're joined right now by Byron York of The National Review and Katrina Vanden Heuvel of The Nation." There was no mention that The Nation is a liberal magazine or that…
