'Studio 60:' Lessons Learned

Did Aaron Sorkin finally realize that singling out Christians for mockery on his new show wasn't fair (or particularly brave)? We did criticize him pretty severely for his two-dimensional stereotyping of Christians in the opening show, and again, when he expanded on the slurs in "Studio 60"'s second week.This time, "Studio 60" featured a skit on this show about a show that mocked not only…
Al Brown
 

NBC Wins the Prize For Most Enthusiastic Woodward Book-Selling

Tim Graham
 

Foley's Gone, But AP, Reuters Bias Goes On Against His GOP Replacement

No, this isn't a joke. Of all the possible photos available of Joe Negron, the Florida state representative who has replaced Mark Foley as the GOP congressional candidate in the 16th CD, the top one here is the one the Associated Press chose to accompany its article: FL GOP picks Foley replacement. Congressmen come and congressmen go. But the Associated Press's liberal bias goes on forever.…
Mark Finkelstein
 

CBS & ABC Paint Foley Scandal as Doomsday for GOP: 'Too Late for Damag

“It could be too late for damage control,” CBS anchor Katie Couric intoned Monday night in painting the worst-possible scenario for continued GOP control of the House in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal. Reporter Gloria Borger declared: "There is no getting around it: The unraveling of the page scandal could be the undoing of some House Republican leaders, if not their hold on Congress.” With…
Brent Baker
 

Media Give Hillary Clinton a Pass Regarding Her Selective Amnesia

Noel Sheppard
 

Network Morning Shows Begin With Big Push On Foley, Potential Loss of

In the wake of Rep. Mark Foley's sudden resignation over ABC finding his sexually charged electronic messages to teenage male House pages, Monday's broadcast network morning shows all began with Foley, and the networks presented doom-laden scenarios of a crumbling Republican majority and some demands for Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republican House leaders to resign. "But this is more than…
Tim Graham
 

Drip, Drip, Drip of Foley Messages Part of Calculated Campaign

Mark Finkelstein
 

ABC Worries Churches Are Ruining Texas City's Finances

Reporter features mayor's complaints but leaves out existing regulation on churches, mayor's rosy view of the city's finances in 2006 'State of the City' speech.
Ken Shepherd
 

Ex-CIA Agent Scheuer Responds to Clinton’s ‘Fox News Sunday’ Cla

Those of you who have been following the bin Laden’s-Still-Alive Blame Game since it started in September are aware of a gentleman named Michael Scheuer. He is a retired CIA agent that used to be the head of the agency’s bin Laden unit, and has been communicating with me for several weeks regarding what the intelligence community did and didn’t do concerning the hunt for al Qaeda’s leader.…
Noel Sheppard
 

Clueless in Secaucus: Pre-FNC, Ex-MSNBC Chief Recalls, Few Saw Any Lib

Brent Baker
 

Once Again 'The Early Show' Gives Election Year Time To Democrats Advi

Michael Rule
 

Clinton and Demi: How Will Media Handle ‘Bimbo Eruptions’ Now

The Sun reported over the weekend (hat tip to Hot Air) that former president Bill Clinton is being a naughty boy again:Ashton Kutcher, star of MTV’s Punk’d, said Clinton, 61, gave Demi, 43, the eye at a recent bash.Kutcher, 28, told US chat show host Jay Leno that he felt like the invisible man while the three ate together. He said: “I met Bill Clinton once but he didn’t really talk — he was…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC: Texas Town Has Too Many Churches

Ken Shepherd
 

Europe Shows Some Spine

Greg Sheffield