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Neuharth: 'Media Owe Mea Culpa' for Not Warning of Bush's 'Misdeeds
In his weekly Friday column confusingly titled “Media should offer Bush a mea culpa,” USA Today founder Al Neuharth contended “many of us in the media owe a mea culpa to Bush -- and to you -- for failing to properly inform” him and the public “of the possible consequences” of Bush's “major misdeeds.” We've lacked enough critiques of Bush policies? Bush, Neuharth condescendingly opined, “simply…
Saturday Night Comedy Video Open Thread
Tonight's Comedy Video Open Thread will again feature your recommendations. Readers are encouraged to submit suggestions to Noel and Warner via PM or EM (nsheppard@newsbusters.org, igcolonel@hotmail.com).As a possible theme, I'd love to see what everyone thinks is the funniest episode or scene from a sit-com. To get the ball rolling, embedded right is the "Chuckles the Clown's Funeral" episode…
Lefty Journo Prof Decries Profit Motive In 'Killing' of Seattle P-I
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer could be going out of business. And the culprit is . . . capitalism. That's Pilgrim's Complaint. Tim Pilgrim, that is. The professor of journalism at Western Washington University was quoted today in the P-I's article about its own pending demise. The P-I's parent company, the Hearst Corp., has put the paper up for sale, and prospects aren't good for finding a…
Saturday Sports Open Thread
Who's going to win today's playoff games?Baltimore at TennesseeArizona at CarolinaIs this Cleveland and LeBron's year? Is Pitt the real deal? Is San Jose? Is Florida really number one?Joe Concha's views on today's football games below the fold:
Anchorage Daily News Claims Own Anti-Palin Story Wasn't Paper's Fault
Remember when you were a kid and you and your best friend got caught doing something you two weren't supposed to be doing? Remember the first words blurted from your mouth was, "Well, it's HIS fault?" It's a common reaction for a kid trying to avoid the wrath of Mom that he knows is coming after getting caught for doing what he knew was wrong in the first place. Well in essence, this is what the…
CNN Doubles Down; Reposts Withdrawn Video of Apparently Faked CPR Atte
This post follows up on last night's NewsBusters post ("They Never Learn: CNN Withdraws Apparently Faked Video of CPR Attempt on 'Dead' Palestinian Child").CNN has reposted a video it withdrew yesterday. That video purports to show the death and hasty burial of a cameraman's 12 year-old younger brother, one of two children allegedly killed on the roof of their home in rocket fire from an Israeli…
CBS Airs Accusations Israelis ‘Targeted’ Civilians, Implies Both S
On Friday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Mark Phillips treated with credibility accusations by Palestinians, "supported by UN officials," that the Israeli military was "targeting" civilians in Gaza, and played a clip of a woman accusing Israeli troops of "herding" her family into a house and shooting her husband. And, without informing viewers of the blockade’s importance in preventing Iran or…
NBC’s Gregory Describes Hamas as ‘Terrorist Group Bent on Destruct
Among the anchors and correspondents on the broadcast networks, NBC’s David Gregory has been unique in conveying to viewers the nature of Hamas as, on two occasions during the opening weekend of the airstrikes by Israel in Gaza, Gregory referred to Hamas as a "terrorist organization that is bent on the destruction of Israel." He also recently gave attention to the Hamas doctrine that the purpose…