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Unimaginably Deranged Headline: ‘Bush Death Watch: Countdown
I'm sorry, but this Bush Derangement Syndrome has gone far enough, and if heads don't roll at the San Francisco Chronicle for this one, something is really wrong in this nation. The following was the headline of an article published at SFGate.com, the Chronicle's website, Friday (h/t NBer drillanwr): Bush Death Watch: Countdown!It's official: Less than one year until history slaps Dubya to the…
CNN Stocked Audience and Controlled Thursday's Debate Questions
There's a great deal of controversy brewing concerning implications that CNN not only stocked the audience at Thursday's Democrat Presidential debate, but also controlled the questions attendees asked. So much for Wolf Blitzer not caving into pressure from the Clinton campaign.*****Update: It looks like all six "undecided voters" set up to ask questions at the debate were plants. More at end of…
Media Go Cuckoo For Kerry Accepting Pickens Swift Boat Challenge
Did you hear about that challenge famed oilman T. Boone Pickens made on November 6 when he offered $1 million to anyone that could disprove even one charge made against Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? Like most people that weren't at the American Spectator dinner the evening Pickens made the offer, you probably didn't learn about this until Kerry accepted the…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 10 to
The Oil Prices That Stole ChristmasOn Tuesday, "Good Morning America" reporter Bianna Golodryga hyperventilated about high gas prices and highlighted a man who alleged that the cost of fuel is keeping him from going to church and that it could ruin Christmas. Golodryga piled on, suggesting that some Americans would be forced to eat "cheaper foods" such as pasta and peanut butter instead of fruits…
'Today' Spouse Segment: Bill the Thrill, Thompson the Troublemaker
A Google alert this morning brought an article about a speech in which NBC's Lester Holt claimed that he and his MSM colleagues "are perfectly capable of putting [their] personal bias aside." Holt went to state that "the level of organized attacks against news organizations from the blogosphere and even from competitors in recent years is unprecedented and disturbing."Less than an hour later…
Open Thread
People's Sexiest Man Alive issue is out (Matt Damon?) and inside, there's a feature on "Sexy at Any Age," with pictures of men from 20 to 60. The media's represented, with CNN's Anderson Cooper representing the age of 40, and at 59....Bryant Gumbel. What else is up today?
Anchoress's Anecdotes Demonstrate Ongoing Negative Impact of Old Media
The Anchoress, a three-time Weblog Awards finalist and 2007 Catholic Blog Awards Winner (congratulations!) in the Best Political/Social Commentary category (scroll down at link to see it), delivered a cold but necessary shower earlier this evening to those of us who are tempted to exaggerate or overstate the impact New Media is having on most Americans. I'll bet that a lot of us can relay similar…