Fox News More Biased Than ABC News? FNC Applies Extremist 'Far Right

In a Friday night story on criticism of Pastor Rick Warren, for inviting Democratic Senator Barack Obama to the evangelist's annual “Global Summit on AIDS and the Church” held at the Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, ABC's Jake Tapper relayed how “many conservative Christian leaders...were furious with Warren for inviting Obama. Why? Because the Senator supports abortion rights.”…
Brent Baker

Media On Bush and HIV/AIDS, or “Praise the Lord and Pass the Antiret

Gary Hall

News Flash: MSM Approves Mixing Religion And Politics - If You're Bara

I'm confused. Doesn't the MSM abhor the mixing of religion and politics? Isn't it quick to invoke the specter of theocracy and decry the crumbling of the [non-existent] "constitutional separation of church and state"? Well, yes, in general. But there is an exception to the MSM rule. Turns out it's OK to mix religion and politics, when it's Dems in general - and Barack Obama in particular -…
Mark Finkelstein

Media in Near-Panic over Two Less Than Perfect Economic Reports

NOTE: Skip to the last paragraph to get the media bias-related conclusion/speculation. ______________________________ The Institute for Supply Management's November report tells us that manufacturing's winning streak is over: Economic activity in the manufacturing sector failed to grow in November for the first time following 41 consecutive months of growth, while the overall economy grew for…
Tom Blumer

CNN’s Cooper Invites Jimmy Carter to Rank Presidential Mistakes

Scott Whitlock

No Olbermann, But CENTCOM Tracks What Some Extremists Are Saying

Mark Finkelstein

Weekend Captionfest

NB Staff

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 25 to December

Ever wonder what makes Keith Olbermann such a fine journalist? Well, according to the former sportscaster, it’s the fact that he doesn’t "make the facts up" like Rush Limbaugh does.PBS host Jim Lehrer trumpeted his objectivity in a more creative way. Using a food analogy, the anchor deemed himself the "flavor of neutrality." (Just a thought, but where do the liberal flavors originate? Ben and…
Scott Whitlock

Open Thread

NB Staff

ABC, CBS, NBC All Avoid Coverage of 'Ferocious' Alcee Hastings Fight I

Tim Graham

LAT Tells Only Part of the Story of Alleged Racial Incident

Matthew Sheffield

CBS Obesity Report Trims Opposing Views

'Evening News' story shorts personal responsibility and cost arguments.
Julia A. Seymour

Columbia Journalism Students Cheat on Ethics Test

Greg Sheffield

CNN's Soledad O'Brien Critical of Bill Clinton

Ken Shepherd