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FNC’s O’Reilly Notes ABC’s Donaldson & Roberts Defending Caldero
On Monday’s The O’Reilly Factor, during the show’s regular "Reality Check" segment, FNC host O’Reilly seemed to pick up on a NewsBusters item which highlighted ABC’s Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts defending Mexican President Felipe Calderon using his speech in Congress as a forum to criticize Arizona’s effort to enforce laws against illegal immigration. In their defense of Calderon on Sunday's…
May 27th, 2010 5:55 AM
PBS’s Meacham Frets Over Anti-Obama ‘Hate’ from Right, Invokes M
On Friday’s Need to Know on PBS, co-host Jon Meacham – also of Newsweek – devoted the show’s regular "In Perspective" segment to highlighting "anger" and "hate" felt by some conservatives toward President Barack Obama, and included examples of protesters and anger expressed toward liberals. He began the segment by raising the possibility of violence resulting from "extremism": "Perhaps we should…
May 27th, 2010 12:36 AM
Left-wing Blogger Argues Rampant Promiscuity Among College Students, D
Article on Huffington Post Religion blog argues college students lack the ability to love, but have plenty of sex.
May 27th, 2010 12:00 AM
Washington Post Downplays Polyamorous Gay Triad in Murder Cover-up Tri
The Washington Post has omitted crucial details in 60 percent of D.C. murder case coverage.
May 27th, 2010 12:00 AM
Schultz Scared Border Troops Given 'Shoot To Kill' Orders
"Psycho Talk" is a regular segment on Ed Schultz's regular MSNBC show. But after his bizarre outburst this evening, you really have to wonder whether Ed's the one ready for the rubber room . . . Interviewing a liberal Dem congressman, Schultz expressed concern that the 1,200 National Guard troops that Pres. Obama has ordered to the Mexican border may have been issued "shoot to kill" orders.Ed,…
May 26th, 2010 8:31 PM
MSNBC's 'A Nation Divided' Teeming With Liberal Talking Points
MSNBC’s May 26 special on immigration reform, “A Nation Divided,” was replete with unbalanced interviews with liberal activists and one-sided segments featuring only liberal positions on the controversial issue.MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer pitched softballs to Democrats Michael Nowakowski, vice mayor of Phoenix, and Raul Castro, former Arizona governor, without brining on guests to counter their…
May 26th, 2010 6:02 PM
MSNBC's Luke Russert Derides Republicans for Not Engaging in 'Elevated
MSNBC’s Luke Russert on Wednesday chided Senate Republicans for meeting with Barack Obama and using language that wasn't "exactly the things that we’d necessarily see as elevated Presidential dialogue." The network reporter highlighted the "tense" discussion between the President and the GOP members. "It was quite interesting to see some of these adjectives thrown about President Obama," Russert…
May 26th, 2010 5:44 PM
MSNBC's Ratigan Guns for McDonnell Over Use of NRA Eddie Eagle Program
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is "missing the target when it comes to whose interests he's really looking out for" but "then again, that's nothing new for us, is it," MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan complained in the "Busted" segment of today's program.Ratigan lamented that McDonnell stripped out the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) as an alternative organization that Old Dominion educators could…
May 26th, 2010 5:26 PM
Today Show Features Family Divided by Immigration Laws
NBC's Natalie Morales, on Wednesday's Today show, introduced Telemundo's Maria Celeste Arraras to tell the story of a South Florida family that has been separated by immigration laws in a segment that painted plight of the illegal immigrant in the most sympathetic tones. The tale of a Colombian mother deported back to her home country because she overstayed her visa, was part of, as Morales put…
May 26th, 2010 4:45 PM
Goodbye to 'Law & Order:' 20 Years of Attacking Businesses, Conservati
"Law & Order," the popular courtroom drama that concluded its 20th and final season May 24, is a primetime TV legend. But the show that boasted its stories were "ripped from the headlines" often provided its viewers a distorted reality in which businesspeople were mostly portrayed as villains. The Business & Media Institute examined "Law & Order," along with other television…
May 26th, 2010 4:34 PM
MRC Study: Media Double Standard on Gulf Coast Disasters
For more than a month, the American Gulf Coast has been threatened by a gigantic oil spill, caused by the April 21 explosion of a British Petroleum deepwater rig. Yet unlike five years ago — when the media were quick to put the onus on the Bush administration for its handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina — for four weeks, ABC, CBS and NBC failed to scrutinize the administration’s…
May 26th, 2010 4:16 PM
Frum's Review of Rush Book Ignored New Liberal Quotes, For and Against
David Frum has responded on his own site Frum Forum to the NewsBusters post on his nasty Limbaugh book review in The Washington Post. For starters, he claimed that he focused on Limbaugh's ornate digs because this is "really the only news" in the Zev Chafets book. To claim there’s no news in here is to admit you skimmed it. I wish Frum had plopped in the Post this snippet from pages 139 and 140…
May 26th, 2010 4:04 PM