Senate Condemnation of MoveOn’s ‘Betray Us’ Ad Receives Mixed Co
On Thursday, a NewsBusters headline asked, "How Will Media Report Senate Vote Condemning MoveOn's ‘Betray Us' Ad?" The answer is a mixed bag with some outlets such as the Washington Post giving the issue a surprising amount of focus, and others like CBS and ABC totally ignoring the matter. From a print perspective, the Post certainly showed a lot of moxie with its front page piece entitled "…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 15 to
MSNBC: We Love Liberals Sometimes, the truth is obvious to everyone. During a discussion with fellow MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann wondered why Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards found it necessary to buy commercial time following a speech by President Bush. Marveling at Edwards’s actions, he revealed, "I don't think I'm saying anything unknown to the audience, I don't…
‘Nightly News’ Leads With ‘Jena 6,’ Ignores Beaten White Kid
When members of the Duke University lacrosse team were falsely accused of raping a black stripper last year, media focused great attention on the woman in the middle of the controversy, and the supposed crime. Yet, as pointed out Thursday by NewsBuster Matthew Balan, as the press report activities in Jena, Louisiana, the name of the white boy who was beaten by the "Jena 6," Justin Barker, is…
Covering Ground Zero Story, Only NBC Notices Iran Terror Ties
On Thursday’s morning shows and Wednesday’s evening newscasts, CBS and ABC discussed a possible visit to Ground Zero by Iran’s President and, at the same time, ignored Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s connections to terror and also his statements about wiping out Israel. On "Good Morning America," Chris Cuomo briefly mentioned the upcoming U.S. trip and only cited construction at New York’s Ground Zero and…
ABC Spins Sally Field Edit as Right-wing Censorship; Touts Canada
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," ABC anchors and reporters spun the editing of Sally Field’s profanity laced anti-war rant at Sunday’s Emmys as an example of political censorship by Fox, a right-wing network. Reporter Dan Harris ominously observed, "Some say the Fox network, owned by well known conservative Rupert Murdoch, was engaged in political censorship." However, during the ceremony, "…
ABC’s Liberal Weatherman Touts Emotional Benefits of Carbon Offsets
On Friday’s "Good Morning America," liberal weatherman Sam Champion featured actor/activist Ed Begley Jr. to promote the concept of carbon offsets. The ABC meteorologist gushed over the emotional benefits of this environmental program. He exclaimed, "And you, kind of, pay into them and they fund projects that are doing good work. So you feel better about your energy use by helping create greener…
The Sport of Self Deprecating Jew Bashing at Gawker Media
I should have known that elite Manhattan gossip site Gawker was a piece of crap the minute I saw the New York Times endorsement on the Gawker Media advertising page."…the national go-to spot for keeping up with the rich and scandalous, the media elite and the pop-culture trends of the moment." -New York TimesLet’s add self deprecating Jew bashing as another go-to category for Nick Denton’s…
