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Newsweek of McCain's Implosion: America 'Won't Listen to a Military Ma
One of the chief reasons that Republicans in general and Conservatives in particular were always wary of John "the maverick" McCain is the slobbering love that the MSM so constantly lavished upon him. The MSM is so distrusted that their love for McCain relayed to the country that there must be something wrong with him. As his campaign descends into ever lower depths of disarray, we may begin to…
John Edwards Poverty Tour Bombed? Shame, It's a 'Nation's Inability to
Newsweek’s Jonathan Darman lamented this week that the John Edwards poverty tour/publicity tour didn’t passionately grip America, that it did not immediately become a mythic event, like filthy-rich Bobby Kennedy's poverty tour in 1968. In a dramatic flourish, the young Harvard-educated whipper-snapper blames this tragedy on not-very-compassionate America: "There is something tragic about Edwards'…
Media Give Short Shrift to Pro-Illegal Alien Judgment
Nearly every news organization that covered the court decision voiding Hazleton, Penn.'s immigration laws sided with the illegals.
Paying it Forward, One Organ at a Time
ABC's feature on an organ donor's generosity brightens a dreary news week.
Old Media Again Claim Declining New-Home Prices by Ignoring Changes in
Yesterday, Brent Baker at NewsBusters caught the Old Media emphasis on the decline in existing-home unit sales, even though the median existing-home price went up. CBS and Katie Couric apparently invoked the Great Depression in their existing-home sales commentary (I think any number of those 90 and older could say: "I knew the Depression, and Katie, this is no Depression."). Today we have the…
NBC Nightly News Profiles Female Sergeant Fulfilling 'Dream' of Servin
Thursday's NBC Nightly News combined the usual with the unusual for an evening newscast story: A breast cancer survivor story which would appeal to woman and a look at an Army Sergeant who has now fulfilled her 'dream' of getting to serve in Iraq, hardly a view expressed very often on network news. Anchor Brian Williams introduced the profile: “Tonight we have a story of a woman who is serving…
EPA to Probe Threatening E-Mail Sent to Global Warming Skeptic
On July 13, NewsBusters reported that Michael T. Eckhart, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, sent an e-mail message to Dr. Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute threatening to destroy his career: If you produce one more editorial against climate change, I will launch a campaign against your professional integrity. During a hearing of the Senate Environment and…
Don't Inhale -- Obesity's Contagious
Media take obesity study seriously, worry that extra pounds are 'spreading' 'like a virus.'
On 'The Colbert Report,' Gay Author Mocks Boring 'Straight White Peopl
Wednesday night on "The Colbert Report," author Charles Kaiser was on the show to plug his book, The Gay Metropolis. Hoping to get the Colbert bump, Kaiser talked about how his book chronicles the history of gay culture and society in New York starting from 1940. One of his claims is that homosexuals and African Americans are “both more interesting than straight white people.” He also discussed…
CNN's Roberts Gives Fluff Interview to Senator Schumer on Gonzales Iss
CNN's John Roberts, co-host of "American Morning," gave nothing but softball questions to New York senator Chuck Schumer on Thursday morning. Prefacing his interview with sound bites from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where attorney general Alberto Gonzales was testifying on the controversial Terror Surveillance program, Roberts got right to the point that Schumer wanted to get out in the…