NBC Political Director Ignores Own Poll Results, Misleads About Others

Joshua Sharf

Rooney: Days of CBS News as “Paragon of Journalistic Virtue” Are

Wow, the CBS Christmas parties are sure going to be fun. Veteran commentator Andy Rooney recently amended his earlier comments about designated Evening News anchor Katie Couric. I don’t think these statements will be popular over at CBS either: Rooney: "I have this ancient view of CBS News as a paragon of journalistic virtue, and that time is gone." The most charitable way to characterize that…
Scott Whitlock

Hillary Bemoans ‘Rich are Getting Richer,’ Oprah Says 'I Have All

In November, famed television host Oprah Winfrey was gushing over the possible presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) at the International Emmy Awards ceremony. Unfortunately, it appears that these two prominent liberal women don’t share the same view concerning wealth in our nation, for one panders as if she hates it – lavish book contracts and futures trading forays aside – while the…
Noel Sheppard

Meredith Vieira Fires Back at Conservative Critics

Greg Sheffield

CBS Revels In "Corporate Catfight" Over Gas Prices

Ken Shepherd

The Missing Mexican Link: What the Antique Media Are Ignoring About Im

In the past couple of weeks as illegal immigration has dominated the front pages and the lead stories of virtually every network’s evening news program, you haven’t been able to swing a gato muerto without hitting some pundit or broadcaster discussing the “unwanted jobs” being taken by undocumented workers. In fact, according to LexisNexis, there have been over two hundred news reports since this…
Noel Sheppard

Washington Post: Hillary's Publicists, House GOP's Doomsayers

Tim Graham

'Today': W's Poll Numbers Fallen - and They Can't Get Up

Mark Finkelstein

Media Myth: Recruitment is Down

Greg Sheffield

Bozell Column: Meredith Vieira, Anchor/Protester

Brent Bozell

Chris Matthews Panders to Barbara Boxer, Becomes Censure Cheerleader

Watching Chris Matthews and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) on Tuesday’s “Hardball,” it was impossible to differentiate between the political talk show host and the Democrat senator searching for mid-term votes for her party. In fact, at times, it seemed that the host was the Democrat senator, as Matthews appeared to be beseeching his guest to censure President Bush regarding terrorist…
Noel Sheppard

Was Moses Jewish? Not on ABC

Jack Engelhard

CNN's Blitzer and Cafferty Muse About Third Clinton Term: “Answer to

CNN's Wolf Blitzer wondered, on Tuesday's Situation Room, “if Bill Clinton could run for President again, would he be re-elected?" Though Clinton never reached 50 percent (43% in 1992, 49% in 1996), Jack Cafferty excitedly agreed with the proposition: "Oh, I think he probably would be, in a heartbeat, don't you?" Cafferty listed some other potential candidates, such as "the Governor down in…
Brent Baker

Rumsfeld to Reporter: “I Have a Real Daytime Job

At today’s Pentagon press briefing, a reporter said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld didn’t dispute or address a claim from a book about the run-up to the War in Iraq. Rumsfeld interrupted him and made him look like a fool: RUMSFELD: You think I'm going to stand around reading your books and disputing things in them or validating or not validating? I have a real daytime job. You would do…
Ian Schwartz