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CBS, NBC Silent As Only ABC Notes End of 'Weak' Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season has ended on Nov. 30, and once again it went out with a whimper. That was good news for coastal residents in the U.S., since the “weak” 2014 hurricane season continued the nine year “drought” of major hurricanes making landfall.
But the broadcast networks practically ignored the "good news."
December 3rd, 2014 11:02 AM
Only 'GMA' Notes End of 'Weak' Hurricane Season
Nine years without a major Atlantic hurricane hitting land noted by Washington Post, but two networks silent.
December 3rd, 2014 10:54 AM
Nets Cover Mike Brown Death 23X More than the 130 Killed in Chicago
They're fixated on Ferguson, but massive violence in the Windy City doesn’t fit Nets' liberal narrative.
December 3rd, 2014 10:03 AM
CBS Covers ABC Reporter Grilling W.H. Press Secretary, ABC Doesn't
On Tuesday afternoon, Jonathan Karl, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent, confronted White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest over President Obama’s appointment of Colleen Bell, a major Obama donor and producer of the soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful, to be the ambassador to Hungary. Despite the controversy surrounding the appointment, ABC has yet to cover Karl’s questioning on…
December 3rd, 2014 9:43 AM
WashPost Buries Democrat Sex-Assault Plea: 281 Words on Page A-5
Insult the Obama daughters, and you are a nationally infamous political figure. Rape some women? Well, if you’re a Democrat, that’s a yawner of a story by comparison.
Call it a tale of two Hill staffers. While The Washington Post put Republican aide Elizabeth Lauten’s resignation over Facebook comments on page 1 on Tuesday with an 1,161-word report, a Wednesday story on a former Democratic…
December 3rd, 2014 8:46 AM
Barkley Doubles Down on ‘Tribe Mentality,’ ‘Racial BS’
“It’s disingenuous for too many people with hidden agendas, especially lawyers, and people who love racial BS to go on, to act like white cops are out there killing black folks.”
December 3rd, 2014 8:00 AM
Bob Beckel Hits Barkley: Hasn't 'Seen a Poor Neighborhood in 20 Years'
Former NBA great Charles Barkley is making headlines again with some recent negative comments he made about the Ferguson rioters and the media coverage of them.
When Barkley’s comments were brought up on Fox News Channel’s The Five, former Democratic campaign manager Bob Beckel criticized Barkley’s commentary almost calling it self-serving: “He has not seen a poor neighborhood in 20 years,…
December 3rd, 2014 7:38 AM
ABC Omits Karl Grilling Earnest Over Obama Donor Becoming Ambassador
On Monday, ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl grilled White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on what exactly did Obama campaign donor and former soap opera producer Colleen Bell have in terms of qualifications for becoming the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary.
When it came to ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir mentioning or playing video of that exchange on Monday evening,…
December 3rd, 2014 1:22 AM
NBC Promotes Jeb Bush ‘Noting the Missteps’ by Past GOP Candidates
On the same evening that MSNBC’s Hardball seemed rather excited about a possible run for President in 2016 by Republican and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, NBC Nightly News was busy doing the same thing during on a news brief on Tuesday.
Anchor Brian Williams opined that Bush was “the latest in the Republican Party to speak truth to power or at least try to” during an event sponsored by The…
December 2nd, 2014 11:07 PM
WaPo Foreign Affairs Writer Digs Into Lauten's Juvie Record, Writings
At the Washington Post, there is apparently not a darned thing going on in any foreign country that can't wait until Elizabeth Lauten's life is completely turned upside-down.
That's what one must conclude, given that the paper, taking the already well-documented media obsession with Lauten to a new level, tasked foreign affairs writer — that's right, foreign affairs writer — Terrence McCoy with…
December 2nd, 2014 10:56 PM
Bozell & Graham Column: The Hypocrisy Over Presidential Kids
It’s an obvious rule: Never pick on a president’s family.
Elizabeth Lauten, the formerly unknown “communications director” for two-term GOP congressman Stephen Fincher resigned after a national-media feeding frenzy over some stupid words about the president’s daughters on her personal Facebook page.
December 2nd, 2014 10:49 PM
CBS and NBC Skip Police Investigating Comments By Brown's Stepfather
Major broadcast networks CBS and NBC failed to cover the news that police in Missouri are looking into inflammatory comments made by Michael Brown’s stepfather in the aftermath of a grand jury’s announcement on November 24 that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in connection to Brown’s death. Following the announcement of the decision, Louis Head stood surrounded by his…
December 2nd, 2014 9:48 PM
Lefty Writer John Judis: Ferguson Grand Jury ‘Did the Right Thing’
John Judis of the New Republic and Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker believe that young black men often get a raw deal from police, but aren’t convinced that Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown fits into that paradigm.
December 2nd, 2014 9:44 PM
Hardball's Matthews Thrilled Over Prospect of Jeb Bush 2016 Candidacy?
If you plan on running for president as a Republican in 2016, it's safe to say that Chris Matthews is not exactly an endorsement you'd covet. While the Hardball host didn't officially give his seal of approval to Jeb Bush, he made pretty clear on his December 2 program that he respects the former Florida governor, seeing him as an anti-Ted Cruz.
December 2nd, 2014 8:51 PM