Obama Spokesman Says 'Obama Ready to RULE on Day

**Video Below the Fold** The co-chair of Barack Obama's Transition Team, Valerie Jarrett, appeared on Meet the Press this weekend and used, shall we say, an interesting word to described what she thinks Barack Obama will be doing in January when he's officially sworn into office. She told Tom Brokaw that Obama will be ready to "rule" on day one. It's a word that reflects the worst fears that…
Warner Todd Huston

Dem Affiliation Far From Number One Concern In AP's Urinating Councilm

A 44-year old New Jersey man has been arrested in Washington, D.C., for allegedly urinating on people while intoxicated at a Grateful Dead tribute band concert. Talk about embarassment, a Grateful Dead tribute band?! Oh, did I mention the man is a Jersey City Democratic councilman?The AP ignored Steve Lipski's Democratic party affiliation in a November 9 story about the Friday incident, even…
Ken Shepherd

Nets Promote Prop. 8 Protesters

News coverage denies traditional marriage supporters any opportunity to make their case.
Colleen Raezler

News Anchor: Hate on Both Sides as Prop. 8 Protesters Stomp on Cross

Talk about false moral equivalence.
CMI Staff

'Access' Denied to Prop 8 Supporters

A popular entertainment news show, Access Hollywood, provides a platform only for celebrities in favor of same-sex marriage.
Erin Brown

WaPo: Bush Pro-Life Regs Onerous, Ideologically Offensive

Reporters quote a former Clinton official accusing the Reagan and Bush administrations of establishing the Mexico City Policy, which limits the promotion of abortion by government-funded groups, for overtly political reasons.
Kristen Fyfe

Reuters Laugher: 'Media Bias Largely Unseen in Presidential Race

File under: Don't believe your lying eyes and ears. Barely two weeks after a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey determined that “by a margin of 70%-9%, Americans say most journalists want to see Obama, not John McCain, win on Nov. 4,” as even 62 percent of Democrats recognized how journalists hoped Obama would be victorious, Reuters set out to prove any and all favorable…
Brent Baker

LA Times Portrays Right Wing Media as Bitter and Angry

In what can only be described as delusional, Los Angeles Times writer James Rainey attempted to castigate the right wing media as a bitter and resentful group of shameless journalists - attributes that can only describe the liberal media's behavior for at least eight years now. The title itself, ‘Right-wing media feeds its post-election anger,' demonstrates that Rainey will not be pulling any…
Rusty Weiss

Unmasking the Myths Behind the Fairness Doctrine

I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire
CMI Staff

Unmasking the Myths Behind the Fairness Doctrine: Executive Summary

I do not agree with what you have to say, but Ill defend to the death your right to say it.
CMI Staff

Down a Dark Abby

The Culture and Media Institutes analysis of Dear Abbys 2007 columns reveals that the worlds leading advice columnist cannot be trusted to promote traditional sexual morality but she can be trusted to promote moral relativism.
CMI Staff

Down a Dark Abby: Executive Summary

The Culture and Media Institutes analysis of Dear Abbys 2007 columns reveals that the worlds leading advice columnist cannot be trusted to promote traditional sexual morality but she can be trusted to promote moral relativism.
CMI Staff

Media's Road to Recovery: 'The First Step Is Admitting The Problem

As NewsBusters previously reported, the Washington Post's ombudsman admitted Sunday that her paper's coverage of this year's presidential campaign was clearly biased towards Barack Obama.Although that shouldn't surprise any sane person in this country, such a mea culpa is just good marketing unless the entity confessing the inappropriate behavior plans on doing something to correct it.Jennifer…
Noel Sheppard

Economic Ignorance: Tucker Blames Financial Crisis On Bush

For years NewsBusters and its affiliate the Business & Media Institute have agonized over the astounding economic ignorance of many press members who despite their lack of financial acumen have the gall to offer their unqualified opinions to the public.No finer example of a media member who should understand her limitations and keep her mouth shut during economic discussions was the Atlanta…
Noel Sheppard