Differing Media Outrage: Hillary’s 2001 Car Accident Was Totally Ign

America’s media have been falling all over themselves with outrage concerning this weekend’s quail hunting accident involving the vice president. Yet, when a van containing Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) rolled through a checkpoint at the Westchester County airport in 2001 injuring a policeman, the press paid virtually no attention. A LexisNexis search identified only six reports on this subject in…
Noel Sheppard
 

LA Times Silent On Al Gore's "Terrible Abuses" Remarks

Dave Pierre
 

WashPost Publications Go from 'Manslaughter' to 'Homicide' for Hunting

Tom Johnson
 

Olbermann Raises Possible “Negligent Homicide" Charge, That Cheney W

Brent Baker
 

Upcoming GQ Issue Offers a Disparaging Dick Cheney Quiz

The Huffington Post has gotten some advance highlights of a rather disparaging quiz concerning America’s vice president that is due to be published in the upcoming March issue of GQ. According to HuffPo, the title of the quiz is “You Don’t Know Dick.” Here are some sample questions:7 NUMBER OF MILITARY DEFERMENTS CHENEY RECEIVED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR:[ A ] None[ B ] Two[ C ] Four[ D ] Five 11 TO…
Noel Sheppard
 

Nets Devote as Much Time to Whining About Being Snubbed as to Victim

The three broadcast network evening newscasts all led Tuesday night with the minor heart attack suffered by the victim of Vice President Cheney’s hunting accident, but all gave equal time to, for the second night in a row, obsessing over the snubbing of the White House press corps -- this time how Scott McClellan didn’t inform them of Harry Whittington’s complication. ABC co-anchor Charles…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews on Cheney: "Does He Hate the President Too

Mark Finkelstein
 

Matthews on Cheney Hunting Mishap: “Has Press Been Playing This Down

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews seriously asked on the 5pm EST edition of Tuesday’s Hardball, about media coverage of the Cheney hunting accident: “Has the press been playing this down?” Matthews exclaimed that he was “shocked” at how “this was bottom of the fold in the New York Times and the Washington Post yesterday.” He went on to claim: “I've talked to experts, they can't believe that the papers…
Brent Baker
 

Lawrence O’Donnell’s Hunting Accident Explanation: Cheney Was Drun

Television producer and “McLaughlin Group” regular Lawrence O’Donnell is offering an explanation of the now infamous weekend quail hunting accident at the Huffington Post: Vice President Dick Cheney was drunk. O’Donnell’s proof? All the lawyers that he’s talked to since the news of this event was first released on Sunday say so, and wealthy Republicans are all drunks. I’m not kidding.O’Donnell…
Noel Sheppard
 

Like The "Domestic Spying" Scandal, The Early Show Overblows The "Hunt

Michael Rule
 

Hey Harry, Is That Broom Loaded

Michael Rule
 

The MSM's Lust For Scandal

David Flanagan
 

Cartoonist Ted Rall Threatens Libel Suit Against Ann Coulter

Greg Sheffield
 

From the Mouths of Babes... to the Pockets of Oil Execs

Times reporter pits oil profits against anti-poverty initiatives.
Charles Simpson