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ABC Discovers Free Market Cure for Curbing Meth Abuse
'World News' praises billionaire who tackled Montana's drug problem with business sense.
CBS Looks for Hidden Agenda of GOP Contributors, Not Democrats
'Evening News' interrogates Giuliani 'bundler,' but skips over President Clinton's contribution-related appointments.
Ford's Sept. Sales: Reuters Errs, While the Rarely Reported AFA Boycot
Here's what Reuters said about Ford's September US performance, compared to what Ford's PR release actually said: Oops. Much more important, the saddest story almost never told by Old Media continues to play out.
ABC Sympathetically Spins ‘Withering’ Media Attacks on Anita Hill
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," ABC host Robin Roberts sympathetically interviewed Anita Hill and asserted that her 1991 testimony in front of the Senate resulted in the law professor enduring "withering scrutiny from the press." Roberts also pointedly noted that Hill "passed a polygraph test. Clarence Thomas refused to take one. You passed one." An ABC graphic defiantly observed, "Anita…
Laura Ingraham Smacks Down CNN's Toobin on Thomas's 'Rage
Update (NB Staff | Oct. 3, 14:55): Ingraham's producer was kind enough to send us an MP3 (14:03 long, 4.82 MB) of the exchange. On Monday’s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin unspooled a wild, unsubstantiated theory that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is "furious all the time" and when Cooper asked if his "hatred of the media" started with the Anita Hill charges, Toobin…
The Media's Moment of Silence
From the no-news-is-good-news department (and Instapundit) comes news that the media have suddenly decided to start covering Iraq less. Investor's Business Daily explains:Ever since the Sept. 10 testimony of Gen. David Petraeus, we've heard less and less from the mainstream media about the war in Iraq. The old adage "no news is good news" has never been truer.That the media are no longer much…
Are Media Wisely Running Away From Bogus Rush ‘Phony Soldiers’ Sto
On Monday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stepped onto the floor of the Senate and strongly denounced talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for what have proven to be out of context statements made by the conservative personality on his program last Wednesday. Yet, with the exception of a CNN segment aired Monday, and articles by Fox News, USA Today's On Politics blog, The Hill, NewsMax, and the…