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Katrina Brought Poverty in America to the Front Page
Unfortunately, journalists haven’t accurately reported the data involved.Catastrophic events in America’s cities have a tendency to generate discussions about race, class, and poverty. The Watts riots in 1965, as well as the Rodney King riots in 1992 are fine examples. Hurricane Katrina has sparked another such debate. Unfortunately, America’s media are relying on consistently questionable or out…
CNN Changes Evolution
CNN runs an AP article on King Midas, a 300-pound sea turtle from Louisiana. In one of the photo captions it says King Midas is "in his watery home with other fish at the aquarium in New Orleans."They don't know fish from turtles and they want to preach to us about global warming and the environment?
Part 2: Shocked, Just Shocked Net Reporters Hype “Staged” Bush Eve
A follow-up, with Friday morning coverage, to the Thursday night NewsBusters posting, “Shocked, Just Shocked Network Reporters Hype 'Staged’ Bush Event with Troops,” which detailed how the NBC Nightly News LED with the supposed scandal and how the other networks devoted full stories to it. The network obsession, with the ordinary preparation for a presidential event involving nervous…
Boston Globe’s View of Iraq Vote Similar to Al-Jazeera’s
Published just hours apart, but by journalists separated by thousands of miles and a huge cultural divide, articles at the Boston Globe and al-Jazeera concerning the voting just finished in Iraq had striking similarities in their views. In fact, the tenor of both reports was quite negative. The key points raised in the al-Jazeera article were:“In what the American President George W. Bush claims…
Milbank Reports on "Condom" Sighting at Rove Grand Jury Testimony
The Washington Post sent its ace reporter, Dana Milbank, to cover yesterday’s grand jury appearance by chief White House aide, Karl Rove. Milbank gave the reader a fascinating blow-by-blow of the proceedings, including letting the curious know that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald does indeed use public restrooms:“Almost three hours after Karl Rove entered the grand jury chambers yesterday…
"Stagegate" Upstaged All the Good News From Bush's Video Teleconferenc
In the midst of the feeding frenzy concerning contentions that the video teleconference between President Bush and soldiers stationed in Iraq was staged (video link to follow), most of America’s media forgot to tell the public what actually happened during the event. In fact, there was a lot of great news offered by these soldiers that has largely gone unreported as a result.For instance, as…
CNN's Situation Room Blog Update Showcases NewsBusters
Just before 5pm EDT Friday, during The Situation Room's review of blog postings, CNN's Jacki Schechner recited examples of blog sites critical of the media's hyping of the so-called “staged” live tele-conference Thursday between President Bush and soldiers in Iraq. With a shot of the NewsBusters posting, “Shocked, Just Shocked Network Reporters Hype 'Staged' Bush Event with Troops” on screen,…