American Press Reps Shill For Al-Jazeera, Declare U.S. Media Are “Dy

Al-Jazeera held a news forum yesterday at which a number of American media members spoke poorly about the U.S. press, while giving high praise for their Arabic counterparts. According to the Guardian Unlimited (hat tip to Drudge): “Arabic-language media have an unprecedented chance to take over as the world's premier news source because trust in their US counterparts plummeted following their ‘…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN, NBC Say They Won't Show Mohammed Cartoons

Double standard, anyone? NBC Nightly News and CNN have each announced that they have chosen not to display images of the cartoons of Mohammed that are currently causing outrage. Michelle Malkin has a great post (as usual) on this, but here's a rundown:CNN : "CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons in respect for Islam."NBC Nightly News (Thu. 2/2/06): "... we've chosen not to show" the cartoons.…
Dave Pierre
 

CBS Highlights CIA Chief’s Rebuke of Damaging Leaks; ABC Skips, NBC

Brent Baker
 

Bill Clinton Protests "Outrageous" Anti-Islam Cartoons, But What About

Tim Graham
 

NBC, CBS Jump on Bush's "Addicted To Oil" Line With Morning News Repor

Tim Graham
 

According to CNN: DeLay Out, Boehner In, Still Corrupt

Chad Chandler
 

Newspapers Saw the U.S. Budgets Slightly Smaller Shadow

Its five more years of drastic cuts, say The Washington Post and New York Times
Ken Shepherd
 

NYT: Only Christian Fundamentalists Make Controversial Blog Posts

Clay Waters
 

AP: "Will & Grace" Plot Has Britney Spears Hosting Cooking Segment, "C

Tim Graham
 

NY Times' Selective Use of Political Labels in Alito Story

John Matthews
 

Ray Nagin Pulls A Kerry on CBS: "50 Percent" of Americans Live On Gulf

Michael Rule
 

Hypocrisy Defined: ABC Finally Withholds a Bomb Video

One thing you can count on in life is that if your vulnerability is caught on tape, the news media is going to use it. If you get caught after a hurricane shirtless, they'll use it whether you like it or not. If a police dog rips off your clothes -- even if you're innocent -- they're going to use it. If a carjacker beats you up in the most humiliating way and it is caught on tape, watch the news…
Mithridate Ombud
 

Boston Globe Touts 'Legal Specialists' Who Question Bush's 'Accuracy

The Boston Globe is not exactly breaking news on its front page this morning, running a story in which they found "legal specialists" who were willing to call the President a liar. This matches, of course, the general position of the Boston Globe on the Bush administration, so these specialists are credible and believable, and warrant front-page mention. Legal specialists yesterday questioned…
Lyford Beverage
 

WashPost Military-Amputee Humor: A "Fair Depiction of Reality," Cartoo

Tim Graham