Tim Russert Agrees Liberal Bloggers Are Pushing Democrats to the Left
June 16th, 2007 8:10 PM
Something interesting is happening between the new and old media: the more Democrats move to the left to please liberal bloggers, the more mainstream press members express disdain.On Wednesday, following in the footsteps of the Washington Post’s David Broder and Time’s Joe Klein, and just days before Democrat strategist Bob Beckel, NBC’s Tim Russert jumped on the “Netroots Are A Danger to…
CNN’s Jack Cafferty Blames President Bush For Hamas Takeover of Gaza
June 16th, 2007 5:11 PM
On Thursday, Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds was curious how quickly Israel would be blamed for Hamas’ activities in Gaza, with the answer expeditiously coming from the Boston Globe.Well, CNN’s Jack Cafferty one-upped the Globe Friday by actually blaming Hamas' takeover of Gaza on – wait for it! – President George W. Bush.Color me unsurprised.In his normal spot on CNN’s “The Situation Room,”…
Jihadis Issue Internet Guidelines To Propagandize Non-Islamic Websites
June 15th, 2007 10:59 AM
The Middle East Media Research Institute published a rather concerning announcement Thursday regarding the Global Islamic Media Front’s new campaign to bombard non-Islamic websites with pro-Islamic propaganda (h/t Charles at LGF, emphasis added throughout):"What we expect from you brothers and sisters is for the [Islamist] forum to be like beehives during the raid... [whereby] one person takes…
Tuesday Night Fights: Tucker Carlson vs. ACLU Supporter Rosa Brooks
June 13th, 2007 4:59 PM
MSNBC was certainly the place to be Tuesday evening if you like watching a conservative take on a liberal about the value of the ACLU, and how tied into the Democrat Party that organization is. Also on the debate docket was the value of torture in terrorist interrogations.What more could you ask for on a Tuesday evening?Without further ado, in the left corner was Rosa Brooks of the Los Angeles…
Dan Rather Pines for Return of ‘Quality News With Integrity’; Slam
June 12th, 2007 6:48 PM
Appearing on Tuesday’s edition of "Your World With Neil Cavuto," former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather talked to guest host David Asman and defended his "tarting it up" comment about successor, Katie Couric. He dismissed the "insulting" assertions by CBS President Les Moonves that his comments were sexist. Additionally, Rather, who left CBS after famously trying to smear President Bush’s…
Why Have Media Ignored 1992 Gore Speech That Blasted Iraq As Terror Sp
June 12th, 2007 3:59 PM
Most Americans are aware that former Vice President Al Gore has been an outspoken opponent of President George W. Bush’s policies concerning Iraq.Yet, as Gore has traveled the nation and the world speaking against this war, the media have chosen to ignore a major policy speech given by vice presidential candidate Gore at the Hyatt Regency Hotel/Capitol Hill to the Center on National Policy on…
Boise TV: Snide Remarks During Soldier's Upbeat Report
June 12th, 2007 3:07 AM
What is it about some news outlets that they can't report a story without trying to flavor it with their own biases? That they can't give "just the facts m'am" but have to throw in their snide asides and negative phraseology? And, it's bad enough when they do it in their normal attempts at "reporting" the news, but when they do it in between an upbeat report by one of our soldiers who's opinion…
