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AP's Snow Wants You to Know: Cuban Communism Is 'Unshaken
In a report yesterday from Cuba, Anita Snow of the Associated Press, with the help of the headline writers at ABC, seemed intent on telling any Yanqui imperialists or hard-liners in Miami's Little Havana who might have any ideas of doing something rash during the transition of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul to forget about trying anything (HT Rush Limbaugh; story #4 at link; link…
'Howard Wolfson's Always Calling Around Threatening People
Tucker Carlson, on his MSNBC show this evening, describing the Clinton campaign's press relations . . .TUCKER CARLSON: They're awful to the media: let's be totally blunt. They're awful to the press. They treat the press like enemies. [Clinton Communication Director] Howard Wolfson's always calling around threatening people. Threatening people! News organizations! They do that! People hate you if…
Brit Hume Undermines '60 Minutes' Hit Job on Rove
FNC’s Brit Hume, in his Monday “Grapevine” segment, undermined CBS’s Sunday night 60 Minutes scoop about Karl Rove’s smear efforts to destroy former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, a Democrat now in federal prison for bribery, “some say, only because of his politics,” CBS’s Scott Pelley framed his story. Hume relayed how “Rove says he does not recall ever meeting the woman who is accusing him of…
'Dangerous Not to Be Aware How It Sounds on Television
The airwaves have been filled today with the clip of an angry Hillary saying "shame on you, Barack Obama," and another of Clinton mocking the notion that, to believe Barack, "celestial choirs will be singing."But on this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews unearthed yet another clip of Hillary at her harshest. And after playing it, a butter-wouldn't-melt-in-his-mouth Matthews ripped the Clinton…
CNN Chief Klein Lauds Net’s ‘Commitment’ to ‘Unbiased’ Cove
CNN’s Jon Klein, in an internal memo obtained by the TVNewser blog, bragged about the strong ratings the network won during its recent debates and primary coverage, and spun the reason for this success. "CNN is proving that with innovation, execution, and passion, the sky's the limit. Our deep-seated commitment to independent coverage that is unbiased — without an agenda — is more powerful and…
CBS ‘60 Minutes’: Karl Rove Part of ‘Covert Campaign to Ruin
On Sunday’s CBS "60 Minutes," anchor Scott Pelley interviewed former Alabama Republican attorney, Jill Simpson, about a supposed effort to smear the former Democratic governor of Alabama, Don Siegelman: "Now this woman tells us there was a covert campaign to ruin the governor, a campaign that she says involved Karl Rove, at the time the president's top political advisor." In a story that violated…
CBS Plays Class-Envy Card Over Countrywide Event That Didn't Happen
Embattled mortgage lender cancels controversial Colorado event, but 'Early Show' report spins it anyway.
AP Article on States' Budget Woes Ignores Spending Excesses
Old Media coverage of government budget difficulties usually focuses on the here and now, and all the "tough decisions" that have to be made. Seldom is there ever an examination of how a state or local government entity got into its current fix. Scratch just a little bit beneath the surface, though, and you'll almost inevitably find that an annoying habit of overspending during the good times…
Newsweek.com Photo Bias: Raul Castro vs. John McCain
Below the page break I've included screen grabs taken around 3:50 p.m. today for top stories at Newsweek.com, one having to do with John McCain and how his denial of an affair with Vicki Iseman "invited a game of catch me if you can," the second about the rise of a Raul Castro, a dictator who "promises change." The latter, flashing a peace sign, looks somewhat avuncular. McCain, however appears…
Time Gives Global Warming Alarmist Site Free Advertising
A Time.com article by Bryan Walsh encouraged readers to go to an environmentalist Web site because it might be their last chance to see the "polar world." "Man your computers - GlobalWarming101.com might give you a last glimpse of a dying polar world," Walsh wrote on February 22. The Web site is run by Will Steger, who identified himself as an author, photographer and "ceaseless advocate for…
NBC Prediction of $4 Gas Falls Way Short
'Street Signs' anchor Burnett's warned of price spike that never materialized.
Time Shills for Global Warming Alarmist Site
Bryan Walsh warns readers to visit GlobalWarming101.com because it 'might give you a last glimpse of a dying polar world.'
Ouch: NYT's Public Editor Says Paper Shouldn't Have Run McCain Affair
You know the Times had a bad week when even Clark Hoyt, the paper's public editor (and often toothless internal watchdog) thinks its big McCain blockbuster reeked:Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, said the article about John McCain that appeared in Thursday's paper was about a man nearly felled by scandal who rebuilt himself as a fighter against corruption but is still "careless…