CBS News Writers to Strike

Jeff Poor

NY Congressman: Whoopi Goldberg Is ‘Absolutely Insane

As NewsBuster Justin McCarthy reported Monday, "View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who grew up during the "Jim Crow" era, actually said that America is "not as free as it was when [she] was a kid." A few hours after this aired, Congressman Peter King (R) of New York was Steve Malzberg's guest on WOR radio. Malzberg read Whoopi's comments to King, who responded by first saying, "They are…
Noel Sheppard

Iranian Official Advocates Killing Gays, MSM Silent

Justin McCarthy

LAT Spreads Church Abuse Falsehoods But Ignores Teacher Abuse Study

An opinion article by author Jason Berry in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (11/11/07) claims that United States Catholic bishops "released data [in 2004] showing that they had identified about 4,400 abusive U.S. priests." The truth? That number refers to the number of priests who had allegations of abuse.This discrepancy is significant for a number of reasons:
Dave Pierre

CBS: Decrease in African-American Military Service Bush’s Fault

In what began as a Veterans Day tribute to African-American military veterans, a segment on Sunday’s CBS "Sunday Morning,"soon became a rant against the Bush Administration as reporter Bill Whitaker exclaimed: The concerned Department of Defense has studied why black enlistment has plummeted and found that many of the so-called "influencers" in the black community, parents, teachers, clergy, feel…
Kyle Drennen

Global Warming Bill Could Cost Every U.S. Man, Woman and Child Up to

Estimate forecasts Lieberman-Warner bill being debated in the Senate would cost $4 trillion to $6 trillion over 40 years.
Jeff Poor

Weather Channel Founder Discusses Global Warming Myth With Beck

As NewsBusters reported last Wednesday, The Weather Channel founder John Coleman published an op-ed at ICECAP in which he called "global warming the greatest scam in history." Although this was prominently featured at the Drudge Report for almost 36 hours, the major television news media completely ignored Coleman's words with the exception of CNN and Fox News. Really taking the lead on this…
Noel Sheppard

Barbara Walters: 'Very Depressing' to Agree With O'Reilly

Barbara Walters wanted "The View" audience to understand that she normally disagrees with Bill O'Reilly. But when it came to his views on child-rearing, Walters had to admit that she largely agreed with the Factor host. And that depressed her.O'Reilly, the father of two young children, appeared on today's View to promote his new book on child-rearing and related issues, Kids Are Americans Too.…
Mark Finkelstein

Bozell Column: Beware Hillary's 'Whitewash

The Hillary Clinton juggernaut likes to try and run over every new threat, especially the ones they can call "old news." Every new book on her life, personal and political, is dismissed as "old news" – unless the person retelling and reshaping the "old news" is Hillary. Her recounting of her life is minty-fresh. Every other book smells like a reopened casket. Whenever – if ever – authors of…
Brent Bozell

CNN Puts Negative Spin on Withdrawal of Brigade from Iraq

Instead of the progress that has been made in lowering violence in the country, CNN decided to focus on the "significant price" of the troop surge in Iraq. Tuesday’s "American Morning" reported that the Defense Department had decided to pull an entire brigade out of Iraq. Co-host John Roberts asked Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr "what’s this really mean for the war?" Starr only mentioned…
Matthew Balan

'Today' Tells Viewers Fall in the Stock Market Can Be a Good Thing

CNBC personal finance expert Suze Orman explains the 'buy low and sell high' strategy is best for long-term investors.
Jeff Poor

Hillary's Warning to Blitzer

Matthew Sheffield

ABC on '08: Will 'Brilliant' Bill Damage 'Independent' Hillary

It's probably not surprising to learn that when ABC correspondent Claire Shipman convened a panel of women voters to discuss Bill Clinton defending his candidate wife, the ladies mostly gushed over the political couple. Shipman, who reported on the segment for Tuesday's "Good Morning America," found one voter who lauded, "As a strong woman, like, there's a part of her that appeals to me, even…
Scott Whitlock

Bozell Discusses 'Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hilla

Appearing on the November 13 "Fox & Friends," MRC president and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell discussed his latest book, "Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell you About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will."Video (3:48): Real (6.38 MB) and Windows (7.31 MB), plus MP3 audio (1.12 MB)Bozell sat down with co-host Gretchen Carlson. Here's an excerpt:CARLSON: ...The main message of your…
NB Staff