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CBS’s Katie Couric Gets Another Journalism Award for Palin Interview
In yet another testament to liberals celebrating liberals, on Thursday the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism announced that CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric won the Alfred I. duPont award for excellence in broadcast journalism for her slanted 2008 interview with vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In the interview, shown over a number of days on the CBS Evening News in…
Study: On Twitter, Republicans Dominate Dems
On Twitter, Republicans are absolutely dominant, according to a recent study by a prominent Washington policy analyst. The study found that Republican politicians have far more followers and influence on the micro-blogging site than do their Democratic counterparts.GOP prominence on online social networks heralds a markedly different trend from the technologically dominant Obama presidential…
Brzezinski: Scarborough Only 'Elegant, Articulate, Non-Aggressive' Con
Fox News on-air talent, eat your heart out - that is, when it comes to Mika Brzezinski's ideal conservative. Brzezinski appeared at Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 13 to promote her new book, "All Things at Once" along with her MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host and author of "The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise," Joe Scarborough. Brzezinski was…
CNN Praises Several U.S. Companies Giving Aid to Haiti
Corporations often take a beating from the news media, but on Jan. 14 CNN found a reason to praise the actions of several U.S. companies. "Corporate America contributing millions of dollars to the relief effort in Haiti as well as providing some badly needed goods and services," Heidi Collins said teasing Stephanie Elam's "Newsroom" report. Elam replied, "It's encouraging to see people reacting…
ABC’s Shipman Touts Keith Olbermann’s Slam of Pat Robertson as
Good Morning America’s Claire Shipman on Thursday highlighted Keith Olbermann’s slam of Pat Robertson as "the devil" for comments he made about the earthquake in Haiti. Co-host also George Stephanopoulos questionably spun Reverend Robertson as "one of America's top religious leaders." [Audio available here.] After explaining how Robertson asserted that the people of Haiti, long ago, "swore a…
CNN Highlights Corporate Haitian Relief Efforts
Stephanie Elam names a dozen companies giving millions in funds, goods or services to disaster relief.
MRC Study: After 'Negro' Comment, 71% of Network Coverage Supported Ha
The controversy over Harry Reid's crack about Barack Obama's lack of a "Negro dialect" is apparently over, at least according to the broadcast networks. Although the story only broke Saturday afternoon, the last network news story aired Tuesday night on Nightline. An MRC analysis found that from Saturday to Tuesday the networks ran a combined 37 items on Reid's "Negro" remark, including…
Dear USA Today: Current Crisis Not Worse than Great Depression
U.S. economic woes are not the result of globalization and free trade.
Congress Will Get The Point(s) in November
Finally, some shovel-ready jobs come November (cartoon after page break):
Stop the Presses: AP's Crutsinger Puts Out a Well-Written Deficit Repo
In his coverage of yesterday's Monthly Treasury Statement from Uncle Sam, the Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger, who I have criticized frequently for cruddy reporting, especially on federal finances, did a pretty good job reporting key facts and conveying very real concerns that are brewing over the country's current fiscal path. In the process, he made a stunning admission about the economy's…
ClimateGate's Michael Mann Received Stimulus Funds, Media Mum
A scientist in the middle of the ClimateGate scandal received economic stimulus funds last June.As NewsBusters reported on November 28, Penn State University is investigating Professor Michael Mann, the creator of the discredited "Hockey Stick Graph," for his involvement in an international attempt to exaggerate and manipulate climate data in order to advance the myth of manmade global warming.…
Flashback: Nets Repeated Charges of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza, Less A
It was a year ago this weekend that the Israeli military halted its three-week campaign, Operation Cast Lead, against Hamas militants in Gaza, during which Israel had responded to thousands of rockets and mortars launched from Gaza over several years. During Israel’s military campaign, on a number of major stories, many American television newscasts were more inclined to report accusations made…
