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ABC and CBS Ignore Plunge in Unemployment Rate to Lowest Since Before
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday that the unemployment rate for January fell by 0.2 percent from December, down to 4.7 percent, the lowest level since July of 2001. But viewers of ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News on Friday night heard nothing about it, though ABC had time for another full story on the “cartoon outrage” by Muslims and a full piece on an Institute for…
Cartoonist Ted Rall: "We Do Not Owe Our Liberties To The Military
In an especially contentious exchange on this evening's Hannity and Colmes (Friday February 3, 2006), cantankerous cartoonist Ted Rall, a guest on the program, unbelievably declared, "We do not owe our liberties to the military." The topic was the recent Washington Post cartoon by Tom Toles that has outraged many. The cartoon prompted a letter to the editor (linked at Michelle Malkin) from the…
USA Today Insists Mine Safety Fines Arent High Enough
The untold story, however, is the trend toward increased safety and higher productivity in American mines.
6-Year Low in Unemployment Claims Draws Yawns from Media
Networks ignore the story while major newspapers downplay it.
ABC Stuck in a Moment of One-Sided Coverage
World News Tonight features Bonos call for more foreign aid, but no critics of corrupt African governments.
CBS Promotes Byron Pitts Who Delivered Sycophantic Coverage of John Ke
In the wake of the departure from CBS News of John Roberts to CNN, CBS News President Sean McManus on Thursday promoted Jim Axelrod to assume Roberts' Chief White House Correspondent slot, named Lara Logan Chief Foreign Correspondent and shifted Byron Pitts to “National Correspondent, covering the biggest domestic stories and reporting on a new beat focusing on faith, family and the culture.”…