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Connie Chung, In Evening Gown, Sings Goodbye to MSNBC Audience
It's not especially newsworthy that Connie Chung and Maury Povich's Saturday program on MSNBC, which debuted in January, has been canceled. Perhaps no more newsworthy, but definitely more amusing, is that on the show's final episode this past weekend, Chung, as she danced on top of and around a piano, bade her audience farewell in song, to the tune of "Thanks for the Memories." (Hat tips: Drudge…
ABC Ignores Role Huge Taxes Play in Driving Black Market on Smokes
Reporter failed to ask New York's top lawyer if $3-a-pack tax rates have encouraged tax evasion.
Is Al-Jazeera Less Biased than the New York Times
If there were great news out of Iraq, which media outlet would be the least likely to report it?a. An anti-American news network from Qatarb. A terrorist-run television station in Lebanon c. The New York Timesd. The Washington PostIf you answered “a” or “b,” you were contradicted by last week’s coverage. Some absolutely magnificent news did come out of Iraq last Thursday, yet, hard as it might…
Networks Think Inflation is Important Only When It’s Rising
The three broadcast networks have focused growing attention on inflation recently – 42 stories since early May. CBS anchor Bob Schieffer declared on June 14 “Well, it is back, inflation, that is.” The following day, ABC’s Bill Ritter cautioned, “everything from mowing the lawn to joining a gym could cost you more money.”Yet, when positive inflation news was announced just hours later by the new…