Yahoo Used Ground Zero Photos to Score Points on Waterboarding, Econom
February 10th, 2008 3:26 PM
A Yahoo photo slideshow of Ground Zero perfectly demonstrates the bias news agencies frequently insert into captions. Instead of just describing the photo, Yahoo included captions with partisan cheap shots unrelated to the image to score typical anti-War On Terror points (h/t NB reader Larry Jordan). Out-of-place comments about waterboarding, the downturn in the economy and a criticism of Rudy…
LAT Constructs False Cheney 'Tortured People' Quote
February 10th, 2008 12:10 PM
In one of the most egregious examples of MSM bias I've seen lately, Tim Rutten of the L.A.Times has blatantly lied about remarks that Vice President Cheney made at CPAC in a February 8th piece headlined "Bush's message for McCain." Rutten makes the outrageous claim that Cheney said he was "glad the administration had tortured people" during the Conservative Political Action Conference, but a…
Sen. Hatch Lashes Out at MoveOn.org and Daily Kos Again
February 8th, 2008 2:17 PM
NewsBusters readers should recall that in September, as many in Congress condemned the "General Betray Us" advertisement placed in the New York Times by George Soros's MoveOn.org, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said on the Senate floor: Now, all of America understands MoveOn.org and other groups like it are called the nutroots of our society. These people are nuts and they don't care who they hurt,…
Dem Consultant Shuster to Obama: Get Rougher With Republicans
February 8th, 2008 7:11 AM
David Shuster: not just an MSNBC "correspondent" anymore -- now a Dem campaign consultant too! In the opening segment of today's Morning Joe, Shuster offered a kernel of consulting wisdom to the Obama campaign, and the message was clear: Barack needs to get rougher with those mean-spirited Republicans.MIKA BRZEZINSKI: We did get some comments from Barack Obama yesterday about Mitt Romney…
Buchanan: McCain ‘Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi
February 6th, 2008 4:24 PM
Former Nixon and Reagan aide-turned media pundit Pat Buchanan has a unique take on the Sen. John McCain's success in running for the Republican presidential nomination. What does Buchanan think will happen if McCain succeeds as the GOP nominee for the upcoming 2008 presidential election? "He will make Cheney look like Gandhi," Buchanan said. Buchanan participated in a panel with former Bill…
Hollywood's Double Standard: 'Redacted' Praised, '24' Has to Move Left
February 5th, 2008 11:16 AM
The writers' strike is giving conservative fans of "24" a temporary reprieve from a maddening, preachy plots planned in the new season. So argues Bryan Preston at Hot Air, noting that Hollywood praises liberal anti-military, anti-war on terror fare like "Redacted," while it can't abide a pro-American, pro-war on terror far like "24," despite the latter being vastly more successful as a commercial…
AFP Recycles Old Story to Impugn Progress in War on Terror
February 4th, 2008 5:46 PM
Agence France-Presse (AFP) the oldest news agency in the world and the largest French news agency, has been caught recycling two-year-old Congressional subcommittee testimony as current news. On Sunday, AFP released an article, "US Qaeda strategy fatally flawed; analysts," which opened:
The Latest Media Scam
January 24th, 2008 6:17 PM
Left wing think tank hatchet reportingThe Establishment Media's Weapon of ChoiceAnd you thought only the New York Times was engaged in not-for-profit journalism. Behold the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), who on Wednesday made headlines across the nation with their report -- co-authored with the Fund for Independence in Journalism (FIJ) -- entitled "Iraq - The War Card: Orchestrated Deception…
ABC Reporters Fawn Over Bin Laden Son and His 'Curious Proposal
January 22nd, 2008 1:29 PM
ABC correspondent Nick Watt conducted a softball interview with the son of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden on Tuesday's "Good Morning America" and he credulously repeated Omar bin Laden's goals of being an "ambassador for peace." Host Diane Sawyer called the idea a "very curious proposal," while Watt announced that the younger bin Laden "wants to meet with President George W. Bush" and…