Cafferty Attacks "Right-Wing Nuts" and "Lunatic Fringe" On Gay Marriag

Brad Wilmouth
 

Gregory Raises Nixon-Like Approval with Bush, Pushes Him to Adopt 'Cen

All the networks got a few minutes Thursday afternoon with President Bush at an outdoor setting along the Arizona-Mexico border, and while ABC's Martha Raddatz, CBS's Bill Plante, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux and FNC's Carl Cameron all stuck, as least as aired, to immigration questions, NBC's David Gregory compared Bush's approval to Nixon's, suggested the public has reached a “final judgment of…
Brent Baker
 

Bell South Demands Retraction from USA Today

Greg Sheffield
 

War on Terror Quagmire Update: See How Much Coverage THIS Gets in Amer

Tom Blumer
 

Susan Sarandon Endorses Hillary Clinton’s Opponent in New York Senat

The Associated Press is reporting (hat tip to Drudge) that actress and liberal activist Susan Sarandon has endorsed Jonathan Tasini, a long-shot challenger to Hillary Clinton in the New York senatorial race. According to the article: “Sarandon has been a harsh critic of Clinton's vote on the war, telling a British television interviewer last month that Clinton had ‘crumbled under the pressure of…
Noel Sheppard
 

Journalists Mourn Loss of Far-Left, Ideologically-Driven Shoddy Report

Brent Baker
 

CNN: Will Hayden Speak Truth to Power

Mike Bates
 

Lopez: Only the Washington Times Noted Ted Kennedy's Glaring Hypocrisy

Tim Graham
 

CNNs Dobbs Continues to Ignore Growth in Auto Industry

Anchor blames free trade for foreign dominance, but doesnt point to the job creation that results.
Ken Shepherd
 

New Time Editor Wants 'Stronger Point of View' -- Code Words for More

Yesterday I noted that Richard Stengel, the recently crowned managing editor of Time magazine, had a documented history of media bias. The Washington Post confirmed that fact today with a brief profile (registration required) on Stengel. He told the Post’s Howard Kurtz that he’d like the magazine to "have a stronger point of view about things." Regarding his own politics, the new managing editor…
Scott Whitlock
 

Beverly Hills School Sends Kids to Gore Enviro Flick

The Drudge Report is reporting that a high school in one of California’s most prestigious neighborhoods is going to be sending 1,500 of its students to go see Al Gore’s new movie concerning global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth.” According to the report: “On May 24, 2006, 1,500 Beverly Hills High School students will be boarding 30 gas-guzzling buses across town to see Al Gore's new global…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC Not Ready to Pull Plug on Hillary Campaign Piece

Greg Sheffield
 

Media Mantra: Tax Cuts Favor the Wealthy

Networks fixate on tax cuts ‘for the rich’ while ignoring exploding tax revenues. While Congress hammered out a $70 billion tax-relief bill last week, the media wasted no time spinning it. After the House approved its version on May 10, the “NBC Nightly News” cited “Democratic critics [who said] the overall bill is heavily tilted in favor of the very wealthy.” At roughly the same time, the “CBS…
Noel Sheppard
 

Dan Rather Says Today's Journalists Are Too Nice

Speaking in the Headlines and Biographies lecture series at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Dan Rather says today's journalists have an "urge to be so polite, this mandate not to offend anyone - anywhere." Journalists afraid to bash President Bush? That's unlikely. Of course, the president's low approval ratings have more to do with conservatives hating Bush than liberals, and Rather could not…
Greg Sheffield