Gathering of Eagles (GoE): An Indicator of Old Media Decline

So how many Gathering of Eagles (GoE) counterprotesters were in Washington yesterday, and how did their numbers compare to the Answer Coalition's protest count? The New York Times (may require registration) reported "several hundred counterdemonstrators" (HT Michelle Malkin, who has the priceless quote of the day -- ".... the NYTimes relied on 'several veterans of the antiwar movement' to give…
Tom Blumer
 

CBS Gives Full Air Time to Attorney Firing Critics

Justin McCarthy
 

Dismissing Signs of Progress, ABC, NBC Paint Dismal Portrait of Iraq

Keying off the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war this Tuesday, the networks will be running overviews of the situation there all week. Judging by the opening salvos this morning on ABC and NBC, you might when tuning in want to hide the sharp objects and keep the Zoloft handy. The picture painted is ceaselessly dismal, with any bright spots ignored or explained away.Take the report by ABC's…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Weekend Captionfest II

Original caption: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, center, flanked by Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, right, and Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.
NB Staff
 

Gabler: Don't Legitimize Fox News

Mark Finkelstein
 

Reader to WashPost: Paper Missed the Boat with Navy Headline

Ken Shepherd
 

WashPost Front-Pages Mugabe Violence Yet Doesn't Call Him a Dictator

On the one hand, I have to give the Washington Post credit for frontpaging today's story on longtime Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe's campaign of police thuggery against opposition leaders.Yet when I looked through the article, I found no mention that Mugabe is a socialist or leftist, nor was he labeled a dictator. In fact, the only dictator reference came in a graph that noted that the…
Ken Shepherd
 

CNN's Holmes: Antiwar Blogger Is Doing 'Some Great Stuff

Mike Bates
 

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 10 to

The big three networks seem to have found religion. Bush-bashing religion, but faith nonetheless. ABC’s "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" highlighted Mayan "spiritual leaders" who protested a visit by President Bush to Guatemala.The two shows focused on the "evil spirits" that the President supposedly brought and worried that the Commander in Chief has "angered the gods." NBC’s "Today" noted…
Scott Whitlock
 

WashPost Offers Second Day of Pentagon Protest Hype, No Liberal Labels

Tim Graham
 

Holt Lets Wilson Walk on Wife's Role in Sending Him to Niger

Mark Finkelstein
 

St. Patrick's Day Open Thread

So what are you doing to celebrate St. Paddy's Day?
NB Staff
 

Rather Praises Leftist Comedians Who 'Speak Truth to Power,' Actor Hai

Friday night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Dan Rather praised left-wing comedians with television shows, namely Bill Maher and Jon Stewart, for “speaking truth to power” at a time when journalists have “lost our guts.” Then, though last July Rather declared he "absolutely" believes "the truth" of his discredited Bush National Guard story based on forged memos, actor Jason Alexander hailed…
Brent Baker
 

Evening Newscasts on Plame's Testimony: 'Impeach Bush' and No Mention

The three broadcast network evening newscasts were similar Friday night in featuring full stories on Valerie Plame's testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, including video of Plame with a woman behind her wearing a pink “Impeach Bush” T-shirt -- ABC even caught a moment when the woman was making the “shame” sign with her fingers (see screen shot to right) -- and not mentioning…
Brent Baker