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Foley Story Day 19: CNN’s ‘American Morning’ Devotes Nearly 20 M
After nearly three weeks of covering every aspect of the Mark Foley scandal, CNN’s "American Morning" still hasn’t tired of the story. Wednesday’s edition of the program featured over 18 minutes of coverage. This encompassed seven full reports on the disgraced Congressman and one anchor read. In contrast, there were no reports on the unfolding controversy of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, a…
More Economic Bull from Media Bears
Despite all the good news, 'Goldilocks economy' never just right for network reports.
ABC's Rosie O'Donnell Praises 'Fantastic' ACLU and Phil Donahue to O'R
As reported earlier here on Newsbusters, Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly appeared on Wednesday’s edition of 'The View' to promote his new book Culture Warrior. As one would expect, O’Reilly and liberal 'View' co-host Rosie O’Donnell clashed at several points during the segment, particularly in their discussion of the war in Iraq. O’Donnell would go on in the interview to praise the ACLU as a "…
CNN Uses Poll Data to Push Show That Slams Economy
Reporters O'Brien, Schneider admit economy's doing well, but tout bad poll numbers to promote Dobbs program.
Real Wages Up 2.2 Percent Since September ’05, Will Media Notice
One of the continual carps of the media concerning the current economic expansion has been that only low-paying jobs are being created that aren’t keeping up with inflation. Well, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday:Average weekly earnings rose by 4.0 percent, seasonally adjusted, from September 2005 to September 2006. After deflation by the CPI-W, average weekly earnings increased…
