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CBS Evening News Executive Producer Castigates NewsBusters Stories
Declaring that the Media Research Center “is a much more biased organization than any institution in the MSM," CBS Evening News Executive Producer Jim Murphy, on the CBS News “Public Eye” blog on Thursday, criticized two MRC CyberAlert articles I wrote which were first posted this week on NewsBusters. Public Eye Editor Vaughn Ververs asked Murphy to comment on a September 20 NewsBusters item…
CNN on Paying for Katrina: Raise Taxes, Cut Iraq Funding
CNN’s Joe Johns patrolled the halls of Congress this morning asking senators and representatives how America was going to pay for the reconstruction of New Orleans. His questions normally revolved around two themes: raising taxes, and cutting funding for the Iraq war (video to follow):To Sen. Cornyn (R–Tex): Are we talking about scaling back tax cuts to pay for Katrina?Lead-in to Sen. Reid (D–…
AP Suggests Political Motive Behind Preparations for Rita’s Arrival
In a possible foreshadowing of what we can expect in the next few days, the Associated Press suggested that there is a political motive behind the massive mobilization occuring in Texas ahead of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Rita:“Eager to avoid the public pounding he got for his response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush pledged on Wednesday to be "ready for the worst" as another big…