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'Hannity & Colmes' Lists More Than 70 Scientists Skeptical of Global W
Show proves case isn't closed, discusses major new documentary.
CNN’s Cafferty: Bush Sees Constitution as an Inconvenience for His A
During Tuesday’s "Situation Room," Jack Cafferty used the conviction of a former aide to Vice President Cheney as a springboard for wild attacks against George W. Bush. According to the CNN correspondent, a decision by the President to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby would be symptomatic of "an administration that has come to view things like the Constitution and the nation’s laws as inconveniences…
CNN Displaying Irony: Plays Clip of Bill Maher Grilling Ann Coulter
As previously reported by Newsbusters here and here, the mainstream media highlighted Ann Coulter’s "faggot" remark, yet ignored Bill Maher’s implication that the vice president’s assassination would be a good thing. On the March 5 edition of CNN Newsroom, Rick Sanchez, in reporting on Ann Coulter and spiking the Maher story, unintentionally inserted some irony into the story.When playing many of…
MSM 101: How to Profile a Conservative Legislative Leader (If You Must
Alright, class. Imagine you're a reporter in the mainstream media and you want to write a formulaic profile of a conservative legislator but don't know how. It's easy if you follow the simple steps I've written down below. For our purposes today, I'm illustrating from the March 6 Politico profile of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)First, start with some praise about said leader's…
Runway Waits Uncommon Despite Media Hype
USA Today emphasizes two-hour waits, but Associated Press shows chances 1 in 1,000.
GMA Highlights ‘Vicious’ Coulter; Ignores Maher Musings About Chen
Has Ann Coulter gone too far? “Good Morning America” reporter Jake Tapper posed that question on Tuesday’s program. Commenting on Coulter’s use of a slur at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, he used the words “vicious” and “mean spirited” to describe the author. An ABC graphic described the speech as “nasty.” And yet, the ABC program has not aired a single story on prominent…
Bill Maher Responds to NewsBusters
Well, sports fans, HBO’s Bill Maher has officially responded to Saturday’s NewsBusters’ article concerning statements he made on his “Real Time” program Friday evening about the failed assassination attempt on Vice President Dick Cheney last week. To quote Strother Martin from the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” what we have here is a failure to communicate.This is how Maher began his response: