Media Miss Mark Concerning President Bush and the G-8's Climate Change

On Thursday, a NewsBusters headline asked “G-8 Statement Regarding Climate Change: Will Media Use It to Bash Bush?”The answer: Most definitely.From print to television, the formal declaration published by the group of eight most developed nations emanating from their summit in Germany was depicted as a winner for the host country’s chancellor Angela Merkel, while George W. Bush was the big meanie…
Noel Sheppard

Hot Air Calls Out WSJ's 23-Year Break from Reality on Illegal Immigrat

Longtime readers of The Wall Street Journal's editorial pages know three things: The paper's editorials and opinion columns are usually among the best anywhere -- and not just on business and economics. The Journal has for years had every reason to be proud of the fact, as the late Robert Bartley noted, that it is one of the few papers readers would buy for its opinion pages. The Journal has…
Tom Blumer

Open Thread

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NB Staff

NY Times Riffs on 'Segregation Now' Speech to Slur Immigration-Law Opp

Mark Finkelstein

L.A.Times: Attacks Thompson Over ABC Radio Ad

Warner Todd Huston

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: June 2 to

"What Isn’t His Fault?"On Wednesday’s "Situation Room," liberal anchor Jack Cafferty argued that, perhaps, it's President Bush, not Vladimir Putin, who is attempting to reignite the Cold War. However, Cafferty might want to consider the fact that fewer pesky journalists seem to mysteriously disappear in the United States than they do in Russia. A Left Wing GOP? That’s the Ticket to Success!…
Scott Whitlock

Weekend Chat Shows Echo: Hillary Books Are 'Sexist

The new books by liberal-media stars investigating Hillary Clinton are already drawing the annoying accusation from the Clintonistas that they’re sexist, and then their media supporters are backing them up on the charge. The liberal media attacks their own. On last weekend’s chat shows, the trend was apparent. On The Chris Matthews Show, Chris adopted a confessional I-may-be-a-pig tone with…
Tim Graham

CNN's Cafferty Laments Lack of Anti-War Protesters 'Tearing up College

Brad Wilmouth

Yahoo Rigged Bush Headline While Reuters Set Up Kyoto Strawman

More headline editorializing, this time on Yahoo. A June 5 Reuters article titled, “Bush bashes Putin on democracy on eve of G8 summit” sounds like Bush attacked Russian president Vladimir Putin, but the body of the article clearly did not support that view. The headline told a very different story than the article. Editors not reporters are generally responsible for headlines, and they can…
Lynn Davidson

ABC's Gibson Bemoans 'Hope' of Immigration Deal Defeated by 'Polarizat

ABC's Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos on Friday night lamented the lost “hope” in the defeat of the compromise “immigration reform” bill as Gibson fretted about how “polarization” killed it. “Immigration bust,” Gibson teased World News: “Is there still hope for immigration reform after a highly touted deal falls apart?” He then led the newscast by repeating his “hope” line: “Many had…
Brent Baker

Post Keeps Missing the Point About Alternative Minimum Tax

Julia A. Seymour

CNN Anchor: Democrats 'Weak On Defense, But That Was Ridiculous

Ken Shepherd

Left-Wing Voices Fuel ABC's MPG Report

While past ABC reports have mourned the hardship facing the American auto industry, ABC aired liberal support for higher fuel efficiency standards that would make competition more difficult and manufacturing more expensive. But reporter Dean Reynolds gave almost no time to the auto industry in his June 7 “World News with Charles Gibson” story. Reynolds cited left-wing Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)…
Julia A. Seymour

Post Misses the Point Again about Alternative Minimum Tax

Report cites five Democratic congressmen and one left-wing think tank compared to one Republican congressman.
Jeff Poor