Lauer: Radical Islam "Some Kind of Term", Brokaw on W "Extremes," Kati

Mark Finkelstein
 

ABC Offers Most Slanted Coverage; Raises Nixon, Blames Bush for Partis

While CBS News coverage of the State of the Union speech showcased the bombast of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, the ABC News coverage was the most hostile to Bush and conservative policies with its analysis delivered through a liberal prism. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas began the evening by emphasizing Bush’s low approval rating fueled by “an inept response to Hurricane Katrina, and the…
Brent Baker
 

Retired General on ABC Rejects Premise Political Pressure Influences M

Picking up on President Bush’s assurance, in his Tuesday night State of the Union address, that military decisions in Iraq will be made by military leaders, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough rejected the notion of any such military independence, but during ABC’s coverage, when Charles Gibson similarly questioned if the military will be able to determine troop levels, retired General…
Brent Baker
 

Matthews: Bush a Hypocrite on “Civility” Since He “Jammed” Ira

Brent Baker
 

Tim Russert Adopts Democratic Complaint Bush First to Not Raise Taxes

Brent Baker
 

Word of the Night for the Public Mood: “Sour” -- Employed by ABC

Brent Baker
 

CNN Omits Facts in Sheehan Article

Robin Boyd
 

Media’s GDP Reports Grossly Unproductive

It turns out that media coverage of the nation’s economic growth can vary a lot depending on how strong or weak the economy is doing. Strong numbers are downplayed or undermined and weak numbers like the fourth-quarter results are highlighted in some of the major media.The Commerce Department released the fourth-quarter Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) January 27, and the 1.1 percent growth was…
Noel Sheppard
 

AP "Analysis" More Partisan than Democratic Response

Lyford Beverage
 

ABC the Most Negative Before SOTU Address: State of the Union “Sour

Brent Baker
 

Rall: US Military No Different Than Terrorists

Robin Boyd
 

MSNBC's Blogger, Eric Alterman, Connects Carroll Kidnaping To U.S. Act

Scott Whitlock
 

Reuters on Abortion Debate: "Conservatives" vs. "Abortion Rights Activ

Tim Graham
 

Windfall Tax, Anyone

The Free Market Project has noticed of late how the media are warming back up to the notion of a "windfall profits" tax on oil companies. The windfall profits tax was a hotter topic in the months after Katrina, but the idea didn't stick then. But now with a new session of Congress, a State of the Union address on the way, and 2005 profit reports running over the wires, the push to soak "Big Oil…
Ken Shepherd