Open Thread: Rate Media Coverage of State of the Union

Sound off on how the media is covering President Bush's speech and the Democratic response.
Open Thread
 

Footnote, Please? TV Critic Says "Sizable Number" Think Bush Worst Pre

Tim Graham
 

Katie Turns Off BS Detector as Kerry Trumpets Bogus Stats

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry must be thinking how fortunate he was that there were no real journalists in the room -- just perky Katie Couric -- when he appeared on NBC’s Today to complain about President Bush’s State of the Union address. As NewsBusters’ Mark Finkelstein noted earlier, Couric did ask a couple of pointed questions, at one point asking Kerry if there “was there anything you…
Rich Noyes
 

Blatant Plug: Read MRC Critique on NRO

With help from Mr. Baker's blogs, and the kindness of Duran Duran-loving editors at NRO, my overnight analysis of the State of the Union is posted on National Review Online today.
Tim Graham
 

Word Games: Bush Speech a "Spectacle

Tim Graham
 

Lauer: Radical Islam "Some Kind of Term", Brokaw on W "Extremes," Kati

Mark Finkelstein
 

ABC Offers Most Slanted Coverage; Raises Nixon, Blames Bush for Partis

While CBS News coverage of the State of the Union speech showcased the bombast of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, the ABC News coverage was the most hostile to Bush and conservative policies with its analysis delivered through a liberal prism. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas began the evening by emphasizing Bush’s low approval rating fueled by “an inept response to Hurricane Katrina, and the…
Brent Baker
 

Retired General on ABC Rejects Premise Political Pressure Influences M

Picking up on President Bush’s assurance, in his Tuesday night State of the Union address, that military decisions in Iraq will be made by military leaders, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough rejected the notion of any such military independence, but during ABC’s coverage, when Charles Gibson similarly questioned if the military will be able to determine troop levels, retired General…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews: Bush a Hypocrite on “Civility” Since He “Jammed” Ira

Brent Baker
 

Tim Russert Adopts Democratic Complaint Bush First to Not Raise Taxes

Brent Baker
 

Word of the Night for the Public Mood: “Sour” -- Employed by ABC

Brent Baker
 

CNN Omits Facts in Sheehan Article

Robin Boyd
 

Media’s GDP Reports Grossly Unproductive

It turns out that media coverage of the nation’s economic growth can vary a lot depending on how strong or weak the economy is doing. Strong numbers are downplayed or undermined and weak numbers like the fourth-quarter results are highlighted in some of the major media.The Commerce Department released the fourth-quarter Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) January 27, and the 1.1 percent growth was…
Noel Sheppard
 

AP "Analysis" More Partisan than Democratic Response

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