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Jon Stewart on CNN: Bush Administration Shows "No Real Credibility
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, used his February 27 appearance on Larry King Live to take some political jabs at the Bush administration. Stewart launched several attacks against the Bush White House, including his charge that the administration has "shown no real credibility." Jon Stewart: "...My mind has been blown just so consistently by this administration’s insistence…
What Did Fannie Mae Know and When Did She Know It
Washington Post reports Raines, Gorelick knew of accounting practices early on, but glosses over their ties to Democrats.
Same Skewed Poll, But NY Times Gives It a New Liberal Angle
So how did the New York Times play the poll they conducted jointly* with CBS News, the one that sampled a much higher percentage of Democrats than Republicans? Tucked away on page A14, the Times story was headlined: "Amerians Are Cautiously Open to Gas Tax Rise, Poll Shows." According to the article by Louis Uchitelle and Megan Thee, even most of this biased sample of Americans is against…
Bush, Admin Hail Decline of Old Media, Rise of New
After being bashed for years by an elite press corps full of ideological opponents, the Bush White House is fighting back in an upcoming book by former Washington Times reporter Bill Sammon, condemning the media and especially CBS."It's the beginning of the twenty-first century; it also happens to be the beginning of—or near the beginning—of a revolution in newsgathering and dissemination,"…
Lou Dobbs Claims Dubai Ports World is Trying to Shut Him Up
On Monday’s installment of “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Dobbs claimed that officials from Dubai Ports World, the company in the middle of the current port controversy, are putting pressure on CNN to silence him and CNN’s coverage of this issue (video link to follow): “Dubai Ports World tonight is making what I consider to be a rather astonishing new attempt to silence me and our coverage of this ports…