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NBC Promotes Shrink Who Crusades for Regulating Advertising to Childre
From a post of mine at BusinessandMedia.org. “Food
marketing to children is a $10-billion-a-year industry, and some
parents’ advocates and lawyers are saying it’s out of control,” noted
NBC reporter Stone Phillips as he opened his August 18 story.To
lend scientific authority to these claims, Phillips turned to Harvard
psychologist Susan Linn, whom he merely described as “the author of
‘…
NBC's Phillips Cites Psychologist Who Blames Advertising for Obesity
But the 'Dateline' excerpt left out that main source founded an organization dedicated to regulating advertising to children.
Media Ignore Celebs Against Terrorism
Have you heard the news of the latest celebrity political pronouncement?For those living in a cave, Bernie Mac, Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Danny De Vito, Bruce Willis, and a host of other celebs recently signed an issue ad taking a stand…against terrorism.Didn't hear about it? That's no surprise. According to Nexis, not a single American news organization other than Fox News Channel has…
Editor and Publisher Mag Worries about 'Photojournalism in Crisis
Is the more than 100-year-old profession of photojournalism going to be destroyed in just a few short weeks? David D. Perlmutter, journalism professor and author of "Visions of War, Photojournalism and Foreign Policy," writes in Editor and Publisher that he is alarmed by what is happening to his beloved profession. In twenty years of researching and teaching about the art and trade and doing…
Real Endangered Journalism
Here at NewsBusters, we often bring you irrational rants from paranoid lefties who are certain that Chimpy Bush McHitler is trying to become dictator of America, enslave anyone to the left of Pat Robertson, and personally assasinate Pinch Sulzberger.Now, for a change of pace, here's Val Prieto on some real journalists who actually are living in a totalitarian government. Here's an excerpt but the…
NY Times Has More on Hezbollah's 'Vast Social Services Network
Sabrina Tavernise reports from a village in Lebanon for Friday's "A Girl's Life Bound Close To Hezbollah," and honors the mantra of the terrorist group as a "social services network," just like her colleague John Kifner did on Wednesday -- and again, without using the word "terrorism.""Israel's goal of uprooting Hezbollah from southern Lebanon has frequently been questioned by critics who say…
CBS's Regan Burns Sunscreen Makers with Biased Report
Reporter pushes for FDA regulation, includes only pro-regulation sources.
GMA Highlights GWU's Turley: Court Ruling Could Lead to Bush Impeachme
Friday’s morning shows largely preferred the JonBenet Ramsey case over yesterday’s district court ruling declaring the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program to be unconstitutional. NBC’s "Today" and CBS’ "The Early Show" limited their reporting on the issue to brief anchor reads, as did their evening news counterparts, as the MRC’s Brad Wilmouth previously reported. "Good…