Keith Olbermann Attacks Fox ‘Nothing’ Channel

As reported by NewsBusters, the Fox News Channel lobbed quite a shot across the bow of its cable competitors Saturday with a new promo claiming it to be “The Only Cable News Channel That Does Not Bring You The Usual Left Wing Bias.” Feeling that he was up to the challenge, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann fired back on Monday’s “Countdown” (video available here):Speaking of satire, the Fox nothing channel…
Noel Sheppard
 

Hillary 10, Falling Gas Prices

CORRECTION: An earlier post incorrectly said none of the evening newscasts carried a mention of the falling gas prices. I apologize for the error.Gasoline costs nearly 20 cents less than it did the same time last year, but the good news merited only a passing mention on the night before President Bush’s State of the Union address. By contrast, the networks spent more than 10 minutes…
Ken Shepherd
 

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NB Staff
 

CNN Aggressively Defends Obama Against 'Smear' On His Indonesian Schoo

CNN heavily promoted an "exclusive" last night with stories by John Vause and Howard Kurtz rebutting an Insight magazine article on Barack Obama’s Indonesian schooling, that it occurred in a "madrassa," with the on-screen graphic "DEBUNKING A SMEAR." Conservatives shouldn't defend journalism from conservative media outlets if the story doesn't stand up -- if it carries a lot of shaky anonymous…
Tim Graham
 

Norah O'Donnell: Can Cheney 'Survive' Libby Trial

Mark Finkelstein
 

Hillary Clinton, 10; Falling Gas Prices

Pre-State of the Union newscasts ignored falling gas prices, totaled 10 minutes in face time with NY senator about 2008 run.
Ken Shepherd
 

Anti-American and Anti-Semitic Cartoons Aired on Iranian Television

One of the common themes emanating from the media in recent years is that the world and the Middle East were much safer places before America invaded Iraq in March 2003. In their view, all of the geopolitical problems began that very month, and prior to that point, the earth was a happy place whose citizens all got along like two-year-olds in a sandbox.Unfortunately, this position hypocritically…
Noel Sheppard
 

Today Show Refrain: Is Anybody Still Listening To Bush

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Michelle Malkin Finds What the Mainstream Media is not Reporting about

Justin McCarthy
 

Gore's ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Nominated For an Academy Award

Noel Sheppard
 

Hillary: 'I Have No Opinion' on Obama's Qualifications But 'I Have In

If Hillary isn't quite getting out the long knives, let's just say she's oiling the scabbard. As we noted earlier, on this morning's "Today" Clinton drew an invidious comparison between herself and John Edwards, referring to him as "on the sidelines" while she's in "the arena."And after some persistent questioning by Diane Sawyer on today's Good Morning America, Hillary took a little swipe at…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Hillary Blames Bad Image on 'Radio, Cable TV'; Swipes Edwards as 'On S

Gee, I wonder whom Hillary had in mind when she blamed her bad image on "radio and cable TV" this morning? She didn't quite name Rush, Hannity et al. as the "evildoers," but there was no mistaking the object of her disaffection.The comment came in the course of a "Today" interview with Meredith Vieira. Meredith began with a slow-pitch softball, asking whether Hillary believes the public has…
Mark Finkelstein
 

WashPost Puts Pro-Lifers in 'A' Section, But Uses Fake Feminist Photo

Tim Graham
 

The Media's Annual 'Let's Downplay the Washington March for Life' Day

Life News has the real story: Proving the pro-life movement is alive and well despite abortion advocates obtaining control of Congress last November, hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates participated in the annual March for Life. The mood was optimistic and positive despite 34 years of legalized abortion since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. Independent confirmation of the…
Tom Blumer