No Party ID for Troubled Dem Detroit Mayor and Superdelegate

Lynn Davidson
 

CNN Features Only Anti-War Websites on Iraq War Anniversary

Wednesday’s "The Situation Room" featured three anti-war grassroots websites during a short segment, without including any from the opposing viewpoint. Host Wolf Blitzer introduced the segment by talking about the anti-war protests marking the 5-year anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. "Hundreds of anti-war protesters gathered in Washington for this, the fifth anniversary of the war in…
Matthew Balan
 

Crude Coverage

Media ignore OPECs control of oil market when covering Americas pain at the pump.
Nathan Burchfiel
 

Newsweek Editor Warns of Crude New GOP Plot to Incite the Rabble

Tim Graham
 

AP Rezko Story: No Dem Label for Illinois Gov, Former RNC Treasurer Ta

Yesterday NewsBusters contributor and MRC News Analysis Division intern Lyndsi Thomas noted the Chicago Tribune leaving out the Democratic Party affiliations of two politicians tied up in the Tony Rezko trial: Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, the governor's father-in-law.Now it's the AP's turn in a related story tied to the Rezko trial in "Lawyer testifies he plied…
Ken Shepherd
 

CBS’s Rodriguez: Obama Speech 'Defining Cultural Moment in America

Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show" devoted four segments to Obama’s speech on race and the Jeremiah Wright controversy and that coverage began with a proclamation by co-host Maggie Rodriguez that: "It's being called a defining cultural moment in America. Barack Obama speaks about America's racial stalemate, a moving moment, a political risk." Rodriguez went on to tease upcoming coverage of the speech…
Kyle Drennen
 

NYT: Obama's 'Nuanced' Race Speech Like Lincoln, JFK

Clay Waters
 

Sherri Shepherd: Reverend Wright's Words 'Taken Out of Context

Justin McCarthy
 

Associated Press CEO Calls For Full Press Rights For Bloggers

Tom Curley tells National Press audience online media has already supplanted both print and broadcast media.
Jeff Poor
 

Mika Bemoans Blue-Collar Whites Who 'Can't Hear' Obama's Message

There's a new entry next to Mika Brzezinski's name in the annals of MSM elitism. The Morning Joe panelist today lamented blue-collar whites who "can't hear" the message Barack Obama propounded. Poor benighted souls. Joe Scarborough called Mika on it.Brzezinski's comment came in response to Scarborough's exposition of why he didn't think Obama's speech would work with many blue-collar whites.…
Mark Finkelstein
 

AP Chief Defends Use of Photos of Flag-Draped Coffins of Deceased U.S

Some have accused the media of trying to undermine the war effort by swaying public opinion with images of flag-draped coffins returning from Iraq, but the visuals are justified and important, according to Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley. Curley was the keynote speaker of the Sunshine Week dinner at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on March 18. Curley defended the…
Jeff Poor
 

Media Myth: Crude Coverage

BMI Staff
 

McCain Pushes 'Cap-And-Trade' Plan to Fight Global Warming

GOP candidate promotes working with Europe on climate change, but only wants to 'encourage' involvement of 'rest of the world.'
Dan Gainor
 

Kelo Calamity Continues; Media Remains AWOL

You really can't make this stuff up, as they say. This is from the New London Day last Friday (link probably requires registration, and would require a paid subscription after this coming Friday; HT Liberty Conspiracy): Fort Trumbull Developer Asks FHA To Back $11.5M LoanFaced with a tight lending climate, the Corcoran Jennison company has asked the Federal Housing Authority to back an $11.5…
Tom Blumer