The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: May 19 to
May 26th, 2007 10:30 AM
"Get the Hint? Wink Wink? Nudge Nudge?" Katie Couric may be many things (don’t call her perky), but she’s not subtle. The "CBS Evening News" anchor touted a new special on Walter Cronkite, a journalist who "stood up to the Commander in Chief" during an "unpopular war." "We Can Dream, Can’t We?" Former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, now the anchor of ABC’s "This Week," took time out of his…
BDS Is Alive and Well on 'Entertainment Weekly' Blog about 'Lost' Fina
May 25th, 2007 9:21 AM
Video update below- 11:52 EST: “Entertainment Weekly's” online site, EW.com, is usually politics-free, but not this week. Who would have thought that EW's “Lost” blogger could inject a little Bush Derangement Syndrome into a review of the show's May 23 season finale? Somehow, writer Jeff Jensen managed to find a way (spoilers ahead). In case you aren’t a “Lost” viewer, here’s what you need to…
Rosie Ratifies Troops As Terrorists Suggestion on Her Blog
May 25th, 2007 12:30 AM
NewsBusters reader Bender messaged me earlier noting that, given an opportunity to explain her views on American troops and terrorism, Rosie O'Donnell made no effort to clear the air on her blog in a posting the evening of May 23 at Rosie.com.Here's the relevant exchange:
Will Media Report Al Qaeda Torture Manual With Same Zeal as Abu Ghraib
May 24th, 2007 5:35 PM
In early 2004, when the first revelations about prisoners being tortured by American soldiers at the Abu Ghraib facility in Iraq appeared, the media covered the story on almost a daily basis for months.With that as a pretext, the website The Smoking Gun has obtained graphic sketches of various torture techniques being employed by al Qaeda, as well as pictures of victims that have undergone such…
AP Article on Edwards and ‘War on Terror’ Ignores Candidate’s Pa
May 23rd, 2007 6:09 PM
The Associated Press ran a story Wednesday entitled “Edwards Calls ‘War on Terror’ an Ideological Doctrine” (h/t LGF). Unfortunately, the author chose not to look into former Sen. John Edwards’ (D-North Carolina) past to see whether the presidential candidate had either referred to or supported this “ideological doctrine” himself.Had the AP done some homework, it would have found that not only…
ABC's 'The Blotter' Exposed Secret US Plans for Covert Black Ops in Ir
May 23rd, 2007 6:35 AM
Update at bottom with video link- 18:10 EST:Why should a country go to the effort of spying on America when all they have to do is follow the US media? USA Today reported a database of phone calls and the New York Times publically exposed the SWIFT banking transaction database; both were used to combat terrorism. Now on the May 22 edition of ABC News’ the Blotter, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito…
More Media Bury Head(lines) in the Sand on Muslim Poll
May 23rd, 2007 1:15 AM
We reported yesterday about the evolving headline for an AP story on a poll showing a quarter of American Muslim males think that terrorism is sometimes justifiable.Well now Ace of Spades took it a step further, taking a wider look at how other news agencies are similarly downplaying the alarming statistic with headlines that spin the results positively.It's worth the read, although I have…
Kudos to Couric: Highlights Pro-Terrorist Views of Fourth of Young Mus
May 22nd, 2007 8:46 PM
On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric allocated a few seconds to alerting viewers to how a new poll discovered that a significant minority of Muslims in America hold “disturbing” views on the acceptability of suicide bombings and who carried out the 9/11 attacks. Neither the ABC or NBC evening newscasts mentioned the new non-network poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center…
