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CNN's Brown Confronts MRC's Bozell on Criticism of Injecting Race into
[Brent Baker posted this item on behalf of MRC President Brent Bozell to provide for a discussion on his blog page about his TV appearance.] On Tuesday's NewsNight, CNN anchor Aaron Brown set up an interview with Bozell by complaining that “we were called a 'race-baiter' by a conservative media Web site. Needless to say, we don't agree, which made our conversation with the piece's author, Brent…
Nets Frame Roberts Hearing from the Left; Williams Touts Specter's
Some noteworthy quotes from Tuesday's broadcast network evening newscast coverage of the Senate's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. ABC's Linda Douglass saw civil rights through a liberal prism as, over a picture of Roberts with Ronald Reagan, she relayed how “Democrats hammered him about things he wrote as a young government lawyer 25 years ago, when the Reagan…
AP Turns Better Than Expected Economic News Into a Calamity
Some good economic news was released by the Labor Department today. However, if you rely on the AP as your source for such things, you’d never know it:“Surging costs for gasoline and other energy products fueled inflation at the wholesale level in August, pressure that is expected to become even more intense once the full impact of Hurricane Katrina is felt.“The Labor Department said its…
Pointless in Seattle
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer caps off a silly editorial about Rep. Richard Pombo's plans to strengthen/weaken (depending on whom you ask) the Endangered Species Act with this concluding paragraph: As critics point out, the act hasn't restored many threatened species to robust health. If consensus can be found, it's possible that Congress could craft better ways of restoring endangered species.…
ABC Confused About Own Poll, Skips How More Blame Locals Than Bush
ABC News can't seem to figure out what percent of whites in their latest poll believe that the response to Katrina would have been faster “if the victims were wealthy and white,” with World News Tonight anchor Elizabeth Vargas (20 percent), an on-screen graphic (21 percent) and ABCNews.com (24 percent) all offering a different percentage. And while Vargas highlighted Monday night how “…
George Carlin: "Rich White Men Don't Care About Poor Black People
"Entertainer" George Carlin was a panelist on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher this past Friday September 9, 2005. The panel was discussing the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Carlin said this (audiotape on file) (emphasis mine):CARLIN: "It shouldn't be a surprise that rich white men don't care about poor black people. Period." Gee. The last time I checked, Carlin had sold…