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CBS Lectures McCain for Lowering Tone, Agrees His Hilton Ad 'Stupid
The CBS Evening News on Wednesday night delivered a campaign story that was little more than a recitation of John McCain's supposed misdeeds in lowering the tone of the campaign as reporter Dean Reynolds criticized McCain for spending “three times as long chatting” with a college football team “as he did talking issues to workers at a cabinet-making company,” took at shot at his access to…
Former NYTer Judith Miller on Media and National Security
NewsBusters readers should remember Judith Miller as the New York Times reporter that was jailed for 85 days in 2005 for refusing to reveal to a federal grand jury information related to the Valerie Plame affair.Having resigned from the Times in November 2005, Miller is now an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. On Monday, she spoke to WOR radio's Steve Malzberg about…
Possible VP Pick Pawlenty: Per Mile Tax Might Replace Gas Tax
Minnesota governor expresses concerns over diminishing revenue and sees tracking travel as possible solution.
NBC's Savidge: 'Isn't Obama a Bit of a Liar' on Oil Money
Hat tip bigtimer.Joe Scarborough has estimated that 95% of the elite media will pull the lever for Barack Obama. Even so, evidence continues to mount that the MSM is beginning to view the Dem candidate with a more discerning eye. The latest example comes from an unexpected corner, that occupied by NBC correspondent Martin Savidge. As NewsBusters has reported, on everything from climate change…
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: Boondoggle, Bias, Bailout & Billions
It took six years for government sponsored enterprises Fannie and Freddie to cost taxpayers billions.
CNN, Time Give Traction to Obama's Tire Exaggeration
Journalists use stretched data and low oil estimates in defense of Democratic presidential candidate's air pressure substitute for drilling.
Pew Poll Finds 'Obama Fatigue - 48% Hearing Too Much About Him
Could Barack Obama's paparazzi end up being the undoing of his presidential chances? According to a recently released poll by the Pew Research Center, when asked the question, "How much have you been hearing about Barack Obama?" 48 percent selected the response "too much." Even 34 percent of Democrats agreed they were hearing "too much." These numbers compare to just 26 percent of the general…
Oil War: The Media Crusade
Broadcast journalists have attacked oil industry for years over 'mind-boggling' profits, wanting to expand drilling and for funding global warming 'contrarians.'
Non-Scandal: CBS/Late Show Did Not Spike Anti-Obama 'Top Ten
Despite repeated e-mails NewsBusters received late last week apparently spurred by mis-informed postings elsewhere, I've hesitated, since I considered it so ridiculous, to address the allegation that CBS or David Letterman staffers caved to pressure and removed from the Late Show with David Letterman Web site a “Top Ten” list critical of Barack Obama, the “Top Ten Signs Barack Obama is…
Bush Gets Tremendous Crowds in S. Korea, US Media Ignores Story
Over at Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft introduces us to Amy Proctor's report on the amazingly large crowd of South Koreans that came out to welcome George W. Bush to their country. It's a good thing that Amy clued us in here in America, because our media sure ignored the story of this large turnout.
Amy directs our attention to The Korea Times report that revealed that 374 "conservative groups"…
Fox Host Neil Cavuto Rejects ABC's Economic Pessimism
ABC’s “Good Morning America” hosted Fox Business anchor/managing editor Neil Cavuto on Wednesday morning — by himself with no liberal counterpart! While co-host Diane Sawyer peppered Cavuto with questions based on the idea that the economy was a disaster and Barack Obama was being unfairly attacked by John McCain, Cavuto offered a healthy alternative not typically seen on ABC. Sawyer suggested…