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Like a Mama Bear, Networks Protect Obama from His Down Market
Stock market reports ignore president's influence or defend him against criticism, but gave credit for March 4, Election rallies.
FOX: Gay Sex and Bible Bashing is Apparently A-OK for Kids
Family Guy – talk about a misnomer. The animated Fox television series crossed sexual, moral and religious boundaries on Sunday evening when it aired content inappropriate for its young target audience.The controversial material was not limited to one subject, or isolated in a single scene. Images of gay men kissing, a baby eating semen, physical abuse, sexual touching and a half naked male were…
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Pleads 'Guilty' to Barney Frank for Media Scru
The Treasury Department oversees the Internal Revenue Service. But if the Secretary of the Treasury - or any other political appointee being considered for the Treasury Department - didn't pay his income payroll taxes, it doesn't matter. That's the message from House Banking Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and he blamed the fourth estate for acting like it does matter. On MSNBC's…
LA TV Station Notes ACORN Presence at School Board Meeting; Other Outl
Los Angeles's NBC television affiliate must not have gotten the memo telling them that they should not utter the name of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), lest anyone reach the "wrong" conclusions. NBC Los Angeles is the only media outlet I have found thus far to identify ACORN's presence in a story about a "disruptive display of disobedience" by members the United…
MRC's Bozell Reacts to Newsweek/Air America Partnership
Imagine a partnership between the owners of the Titanic and the Hindenburg, and you've pretty much got the brilliance behind Newsweek's newly-announced alliance with Air America."[G]iven the respective ratings, it’s an outstanding business decision. Clearly, Newsweek wanted a radio partner whose listenership mirrors their readership -- minimal and declining rapidly," quipped Media Research Center…
But What If The Rich Refuse To Be Eaten
Between bites of Kobe beef burger, President Obama has decided to eat the rich no matter the damage to the economy.
ABC Enthuses Over 'Muscular Arms' of 'Rock Star' Michelle Obama
On Tuesday's "Nightline," ABC gushed over Michelle Obama with the enthusiasm and objectivity usually reserved for "Access Hollywood" reporters. Correspondent Yunji de Nies lauded the "rock star" first lady for her fashion sense and for speaking openly about balancing work and family. "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden asserted that "with her muscular arms and outfits, she's become, well, a…
Pulling Heartstrings and Straining Credibility: The Media Promote Embr
Media outlets preyed upon people's emotions this week in its reporting of President Barack Obama's decision to overturn the Bush Administration ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research is a hot topic among pro-life advocates because it involves the destruction of human embryos in order to obtain the stem cells needed. CBS' Chip Reid said of…
Air America Begins Syndication Division With ... Newsweek, Whose Curre
"Journalistic" Cheap Shot at the CompetitionUPDATE: Below the fold. ------------------------------------------- Couldn't they have at least waited a week to make this announcement?Liberal radio uber-failure Air America is branching out, expanding their tremendously successful business model to include syndication of outside programming. And with whom are they beginning this new venture?Why,…
Brown U Prof: John Edwards Can Find Platform as Champion for the Poor
If you thought John Edwards was permanently gone from the political scene, you would be wrong. Unbelievably, Edwards is now tentatively taking steps to re-enter politics as you can read in this McClatchy report by Barbara Barrett which appeared in the Miami Herald. The idea of Edwards returning to politics might seem like an incredibly laughable notion to most of us but not to a certain Brown…