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CBS's Storm Ignores Liberal Congressman's Call for 100-Percent Tax on
Reporter echoed Rep. Dennis Kucinich's rhetoric later in the interview.
Walter Cronkite Created Fox News
Jeffrey Lord writes in the American Spectator that the extreme partisanship of CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite is what created Fox News. For decades, CBS led all the others in being the most actvist network, and the sheer brazenness of that activism is what spawned the Fox News Channel.
Physicist Fritjof Capra, in his bestseller The Tao of Physics, writes that "by the very act of…
Air America Continues Ratings Slide
After being plugged relentlessly by the New York Times and other "objective" media outlets, the ratings for Air America continue to drop. Brian Maloney has the details:Like an ice cream cone left in the hot July sun, Air America Radio's ratings are melting in some key (read: liberal) regions of the country.Based on fresh ratings data released Thursday evening, the "progressive" radio network has…
Thursday Night Fights: Chris Matthews and Audience Take on Ann Coulter
For your viewing pleasure, MSNBC decided to add to the Friday Night Fights series with a special Thursday edition. However, as "Hardball's" producers must have believed the challenger in the left corner, host Chris Matthews, was going to be outmatched by the challenger in the right corner, they decided to film the segment with an audience conveniently stocked with Ann Coulter haters. As a result…
Olbermania: Why is This Man on Television
The fact that Jason Leopold doesn't have a television show is a significant reason to believe that there is some sanity within the TV news business. However, the fact that Keith Olbermann still has one after years of failure does make one wonder about the mental acuity of the folks at MSNBC.When you think about it, aside from its host, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" has a lot of things going…
NBC's Gregory Goes to Area Kerry Won to Prove GOP Faces Election Backl
If Democrats win big this fall, David Gregory's Thursday story on NBC Nightly News may look prescient, but his effort to show how Republicans are newly in trouble in suburban Philadelphia suffered from several analytical flaws. Of those in four featured soundbites, three complained about Iraq, including one comment from a Democratic congressional candidate who hardly represented any trend among…