Nixon's Denigration of Fred Thompson Newsworthy to ABC

The news media have hardly been admirers of Richard Nixon, but ABC News found new respect Tuesday for Nixon's assessments now that old tapes show how during Watergate he ridiculed furure GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson as “dumb as hell.” On the day of Thompson's debut at a GOP residential debate, both Good Morning America and World News featured stories from Brian Ross, who in the World…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews Ignores CNBC Promise of ‘Economic Debate

Jeff Poor
 

Matthews Takes GOP 'Economic Issue' Debate to Iraq and Beyond

Moderator helped push discussion into non-economic concerns including bin Laden and policing Internet.
Jeff Poor
 

‘American Morning’ Bashes Southwest for Prohibiting Lewd T-Shirt

Jeff Poor
 

CNN Highlights E-Mail Calling Bush a 'Born-Again Idiot

Dave Pierre
 

Chris Matthews Advances 'No Blood For Oil' Agenda in GOP Debate

Geoffrey Dickens
 

CBS 'Early Show': The 'Underwhelming' Fred Thompson

On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," host Hannah Storm exclaimed that Fred Thompson "has received a lot of criticism...for being underwhelming so far out on the campaign trail." This just hours before Thompson’s participation in his first GOP debate. The segment began with a report by Nancy Cordes who observed that Thompson’s "...been trying to keep expectations low."Storm then invited on guests…
Kyle Drennen
 

CNN's Dobbs Blasts Couric and Moyers Over Patriotism

On Monday’s "Lou Dobbs Tonight," host Lou Dobbs took aim at Katie Couric and Bill Moyers for "silly public statements" they’ve made regarding the practice of wearing an American flag lapel pin. "CBS's Katie Couric, of all people, taking exception to an American journalist saying 'we,' when referring to the United States.... I'm sorry, Katie Couric, but who could possibly be offended by…
Matthew Balan
 

NY Times' Cult of Che--Minus the Brutality and Oppression

Lynn Davidson
 

Anderson Cooper on His 'Planet in Peril': 'We Have No Agenda' Really

Justin McCarthy
 

‘The Early Show’ Blasts Hollywood Executive for Allegedly Sexist R

You know the media are saturated with political correctness when it becomes necessary to defend Hollywood. And the October 9 CBS “The Early Show” was no exception. LA Weekly’s Deadline Hollywood Daily reported Warner Bros. President of Production Jeff Robinov made the decree “We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead.” The article, written by Nikki Finke called Robinov’s comment “…
Jeff Poor
 

Whoopi Shocker: 'View' Co-Host Calls Out Al Sharpton on Duke Lacrosse

Justin McCarthy
 

CBS Honors ‘Nobel Laureate’ Carter, Who Hails His Relations with D

On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," host Harry Smith interviewed former president Jimmy Carter, who he introduced as "Nobel Peace Prize Laureate President Jimmy Carter." Smith then proceeded to launch into a discussion about Iran citing an "an exhaustive investigative piece in the New Yorker...by Sy [Seymour] Hersh." Apparently Harry and ‘Sy’ are good buddies. Smith described how Hersh’s article "…
Kyle Drennen
 

'The Early Show' Attacks Hollywood for Shying Away from Female Leads

Warner Bros. executive denies sexist remarks, even though there is empirical evidence to support his position.
Jeff Poor