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When Media Aren't Ignoring Controversial Evolution Movie, Expelled, Th
New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times discussed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth at least three dozen times before the documentary was released. Ben Stein's Expelled? Two mentions.
Stephanopoulos Quizzes Obama on Relationship to Member of Terrorist Gr
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, a co-host of Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, quizzed presidential candidate Barack Obama about his relationship with William Ayers, a member of the Weather Underground, a radical group that conspired to bomb buildings such as the Pentagon in the 1970s. Prefacing the issue under the “general theme of patriotism,” and previous questions about why Obama…
Couric Fears Clinton-Obama Battle Will Hurt in Fall, Schieffer Concurs
A broadcast network anchor again worried Wednesday night about how much the ongoing Democratic primary battle “is hurting” the candidates and their chance to beat Republican John McCain in the fall. After CBS's Bob Schieffer pointed out how a new ABC News/Washington Post poll found the percent who consider Hillary Clinton to be “honest and trustworthy” has fallen from 52 to 39 percent over the…
Hillary on Working Class White Southerners in 1995: 'Screw 'Em
In light of the brouhaha surrounding Barack Obama's comments about high unemployment in small towns making Americans "cling to guns, or religion," one has to wonder whether press outlets are going to go gaga over derogatory statements Hillary Clinton made in 1995 about working-class white southerners.This is especially the case given how media ignored revelations about Bill Clinton's 1991 and…
Will MSM Cover U. of Maine U.S. Flag Desecration
We have another incident of empty showboating by a college kid who imagines herself to be making "art" and a "statement" by placing American flags on the floor in hopes that people would disrespect them enough to walk upon them. One Miss Susan Crane of the University of Maine at Farmington decided that her "art" was going to be an exercise in desecration. Keep your eye on this and see if the MSM…
Media Myth: Nine Worst Business Stories
Some of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from other companies or the economy, but from the media – journalists exaggerating an issue to make a story sexier or anti-business groups influencing the media to advance their agenda. Four of the stories on the following list started with a press release or report from an environmentalist group, labor union or “consumer group…
Matthews: What Kind of 'Klutz' Takes Orders from Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos," has ticked off Chris Matthews. On Wednesday's "Hardball" Matthews insulted Limbaugh's listeners, who are voting in the Democratic primary, as he questioned: "What kind of klutz do you have to be to take orders on how to vote from Rush Limbaugh and to change your party identity so that you can vote against, for somebody to screw the other party?"The following…
Obama/Clinton Debate Live Discussion
Discuss the debate as it happens here on this thread or in our live NB chat. The faceoff airs tonight on ABC stations at 8pm ET, 7 Central. For West Coast airing times, check your local ABC affiliate's web site.
ABC Ignores Congressional Support, Only Shows Backlash to Northwest/De
If you didn't know any better, you might think ABC correspondent Lisa Stark has a personal vendetta against airline mergers. For the second consecutive night, Stark gave viewers every reason to oppose a merger between Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) on the April 15 "World News with Charles Gibson." This time it came in the form of opposition on Capitol Hill. "But…
'World News' Reports Only Opposition to Airline Merger
ABC excludes several key senators' support for Delta/Northwest merger in report about government hurdles.
MSNBC Won't Air 'Fake' Anti-Gun Ad
MSNBC has refused to air a dishonest anti-gun ad: The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group created by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg,on the grounds that the ad is too "controversial." The ad, below, features each of the three leading presidential candidates pledging to make it harder to buy guns at gun shows, and images of three…
