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FNC's Baier Apologizes for Not Describing Guandique as an 'Illegal
FNC's Bret Baier did something Friday night you rarely, if ever, hear from a journalist: He apologized for incomplete reporting, specifically for failing to identify as an illegal alien the man charged with murdering Chandra Levy. Picking up on a Friday Washington Times article which quoted media coverage information reported Tuesday night on NewsBusters (and Wednesday on MRC.org), Baier noted in…
CNN's Brown: Obama's 'Stimulus Plan Really Is Saving Jobs.' For How Lo
CNN anchor Campbell Brown began her No Bias, No Bull program Friday evening with only part of a major story. Reporting on Barack Obama's stimulus plan "saving" 25 police jobs in Columbus, Ohio, she overlooked an essential fact: the jobs Obama took bows for yesterday may well not be permanent. She started her broadcast:CAMPBELL BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everyone.On a day when the number of…
Rhodes Scholar Maddow Calls Congressman Pence 'Steve
If you're going to criticize a member of Congress on national television, wouldn't you try to get his or her name right?Seems like a slam dunk if you want to be taken seriously, correct?Well, on Thursday's "The View," MSNBC's Rachel Maddow poked fun at Indiana Congressman "Steve" Pence for wanting to freeze government spending. The Stanford and Oxford educated Rhodes scholar with a Ph.D in…
Press Secretary Gibbs Having Fun Battling Limbaugh
Shortly after it was revealed the Obama administration is engaging in a coordinated media attack on Rush Limbaugh, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs admitted that he's having fun battling the conservative talk radio host.Gibbs is apparently also enjoying the sparring with CNBC's Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli.Anything to distract the nation from a deteriorating economy and the obvious lack…
Obama's British 'Gift Gaffe' Not Reported By U.S. Media
The Obamas, Barack and Michelle both, pretty much diplomatically botched the recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife. Oddly enough, the U.S. Old Media seems uninterested in the story that is a hot topic in England, a story that's left many Brits a bit miffed.
As the visit of the national leader of our closest ally began, the President informed the Brits that he wouldn't…
Bozell Column: A Low-Tech Lent
Lent is a season of sacrifice and repentance. Most commonly, the discussion of Lenten commitments revolves around our obesity problem, sounding like a recommitment to already dissolved New Year's resolutions about a better diet or more exercise. Sometimes, we can sound like we're more focused on Jenny Craig than Jesus Christ. Christians are supposed to concentrate on denying themselves in some…
Couric Uses Bad News to Tout How 'Stimulus' Bill 'Is Creating' Jobs
CBS anchor Katie Couric on Friday night used the jump in the unemployment rate to 8.1 percent to cheerlead for how the “stimulus” bill is “creating” jobs, an impact her newscast illustrated with two full stories after reporter Anthony Mason declared: “It's the government that's going to have to pull us out of this recession.” (On ABC's World News, Betsy Stark similarly saw salvation in the…
NY Times Says GOP Senator Bunning 'Bit of a Screwball,' May Be Mentall
New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich specializes in spunky profiles of politicians -- hostile profiles of conservatives, flattering ones of liberals. His latest, on controversial Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, "Republicans Looking for a Reliever in Kentucky," fell safely into the former category, crammed with personal attacks ("questions about his mental fitness") and colorful insults (Bunning's…
Jim Cramer Responds to White House Criticism
After calling Obama's budget one of the 'greatest wealth destroyers of all time,' the 'Mad Money' host replies to administration's attacks on his credibility.