MRC Press Release Concerning Media Boycott of Al Qaeda Torture Manual
May 31st, 2007 12:46 PM
On May 24, a NewsBusters’ headline asked, “Will Media Report Al Qaeda Torture Manual With Same Zeal as Abu Ghraib?”Now, a week later, a press release from the Media Research Center answered the question:To their credit, CNN and Fox News Channel ran stories on the declassified material. Yet nine days since the material was released, neither ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times nor The Washington Post…
'Was It Fair?' ABC Attempts to Justify Anti-American Booing of Miss US
May 30th, 2007 11:35 AM
Updated with video (14:35 EDT).On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program attempted to justify and explain away the booing that Miss USA, Rachel Smith, received in Mexico City during Monday night’s Miss Universe pageant. In a tease for the segment, GMA anchor Diane Sawyer even wondered aloud, "Was it fair?"Video (1:21): Real (2.19 MB) or Windows Media (2.49 MB), plus MP3 (376 kB)
Sicko: GMA Uses Moore Movie, Liberal Group to Push Universal Health Ca
May 30th, 2007 8:11 AM
Based on its own ABC poll, "Good Morning America" could have run a segment this morning on the theme "support for universal coverage slipping as Americans express increased concern for keeping taxes down." But that wouldn't have fit ABC's big-government paradigm. So instead, GMA used this prescription for pushing universal health care:Cherry-pick results from a poll you've conducted; ignoring…
ABC Investigates Why Rosie ‘Really’ Left ‘The View’; Ignores
May 29th, 2007 11:37 AM
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program promised to investigate the "final straw" that pushed Rosie O’Donnell to leave "The View." Yet, somehow, neither anchor Chris Cuomo, nor reporter John Berman managed to mention the comedienne’s obsessive promotion of bizarre 9/11 conspiracy theories. The segment also sympathetically portrayed O’Donnell. Co-anchor Cuomo even blurted out that…
Hear This, Hillary: Obama 'OK' With Losing, Stresses Health Care
May 29th, 2007 9:14 AM
Is Barack Obama really running for president, or is he not-so-subtly positioning himself to be Hillary's running mate? I seemed to sense that 'subliminable' message on 'Today' this morning. At about 7:10 am EDT, the NBC show kicked off its "Today on the Trail" series, which will join the leading presidential contenders out on the campaign trail, with a feature on Obama. Meredith Vieira spent time…
Sheehan's Democrat Party Exit Ignored: Are Media Antiwar or Just Anti
May 28th, 2007 1:44 PM
It’s been a full 48 hours since antiwar icon Cindy Sheehan publicly announced that she was leaving the Democrat Party due to Thursday’s bipartisan agreement on an Iraq war funding bill.Yet, Google News and LexisNexis searches have identified that not one major media outlet has covered her announcement.Not one.Given the media’s fascination with this woman since she traveled to Crawford, Texas, in…
Rosie O’Donnell Warmed Up ‘View’ Audience With 9-11 Conspiracy T
May 27th, 2007 12:41 PM
Honestly, this item makes one wonder what the producers of ABC’s “The View” – including host Barbara Walters – must have been thinking with regard to keeping the program a source of entertainment versus a platform for political advocacy.On Friday, a video was posted at YouTube (h/t Allah at Hot Air) of Rosie O’Donnell talking to “The View” audience before a show began. In it, O’Donnell conveyed…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: May 19 to
May 26th, 2007 10:30 AM
"Get the Hint? Wink Wink? Nudge Nudge?" Katie Couric may be many things (don’t call her perky), but she’s not subtle. The "CBS Evening News" anchor touted a new special on Walter Cronkite, a journalist who "stood up to the Commander in Chief" during an "unpopular war." "We Can Dream, Can’t We?" Former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, now the anchor of ABC’s "This Week," took time out of his…
