Scorn on the Bayou -- The Political Economics of Katrina

Newsweek uses gross misinformation to paint grim, untrue picture of New Orleans and U.S. poverty. For two weeks since hurricane Katrina made landfall, America’s media have been presenting startling images of an impoverished New Orleans. Unfortunately, many journalists have been as inaccurate with their economic assessments of this region as they were in estimating how much time it would take to…
Noel Sheppard
 

Early Show Continues to Ignore Jefferson Scandals

Ken Shepherd
 

Did Reuters Mislead About 'Bathroom' Note

Wilking's pictureDid Reuters photographer Rick Wilking falsely imply that President Bush asked permission to go to the restroom during his trip to the United Nations? Yesterday, as I noted here at NewsBusters, Wilking took a picture ("destined to become one of the most joked about photos of the month" in the words of Editor & Publisher) of a note allegedly being written by President Bush.…
Matthew Sheffield
 

CNN, MSNBC Screen Out the "Socialist Worker" Credentials of Guests

Tim Graham
 

PBS Analysts Ridicule Eminent Domain Concerns of Conservatives and Tal

During PBS's coverage Wednesday of the Senate hearing with Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, analysts ridiculed the concern of some conservative Senators over the Supreme Court's recent eminent domain ruling and mocked the role of naive talk radio hosts. During a break at about 4:45pm EDT, Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant was befuddled by "the vigorous nature of this opposition to a rather…
Brent Baker
 

New York Times Uses Skewed Poll to Promote Falling Bush Approval

Clay Waters
 

'Groundhog Day,' Today-Show Style: Get Up, Go to Studio, Exult in W's

Mark Finkelstein
 

AP Corrected Mistake on Bush Responsibility Claim, CBS Didn’t

Following President Bush's Tuesday news conference in which he took responsibility for federal mistakes following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, some news organizations left out the word federal in their reportage, creating the possible impression that Bush had shouldered blame for state and local failures.National Review’s Stephen Spruiell noticed this later in the day when he spotted a CBSNews…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Burying Bush In Bad Polls

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Emmy Awards Plan Tribute to Former News Anchors

This year's national Emmy awards (set to air Sunday night) are scheduled to include a salute to the three anchormen of yesteryear, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw. Quoting the Hollywood Reporter:The end of an era in television news will be commemorated during Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards telecast with a lengthy segment that will pay tribute to the careers of long-serving news…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Is Ex-FEMA Boss Brown’s Hiring Bush’s Fault or Democrats

In the week leading up to former FEMA director Mike Brown’s exodus, the media spent a lot of time castigating the president for hiring someone with such poor qualifications. Yet, a video report (to follow) from CNN of all places states that the Democrats had a large hand in this appointment. Of course, that hasn’t been the media’s position up to this point. Here is an article from…
Noel Sheppard
 

Reuters Runs 'Bathroom Break' Note

Matthew Sheffield
 

Media Add to Celebrity Push for U.N. Aid Mandate

Dan Gainor
 

Eleanor Clift Finds Good in Katrina -- The Return of Socialism

Is the Reagan Revolution finally coming to an end? “Progressives” like Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift certainly would like to think so. In fact, in a recent op-ed, Eleanor contends that the wake of Katrina is the death knell for such heinous things as tax cuts and smaller government:“If there’s an upside to Katrina, it’s that the Republican agenda of tax cuts, Social Security privatization and…
Noel Sheppard