Hypocrisy Defined: ABC Finally Withholds a Bomb Video
February 2nd, 2006 9:56 AM
One thing you can count on in life is that if your vulnerability is caught on tape, the news media is going to use it. If you get caught after a hurricane shirtless, they'll use it whether you like it or not. If a police dog rips off your clothes -- even if you're innocent -- they're going to use it. If a carjacker beats you up in the most humiliating way and it is caught on tape, watch the news…
Retired General on ABC Rejects Premise Political Pressure Influences M
February 1st, 2006 4:50 AM
Picking up on President Bush’s assurance, in his Tuesday night State of the Union address, that military decisions in Iraq will be made by military leaders, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough rejected the notion of any such military independence, but during ABC’s coverage, when Charles Gibson similarly questioned if the military will be able to determine troop levels, retired General…
If a Male Student Sues for Gender Discrimination, Will the Media Repor
January 27th, 2006 10:32 AM
On Sunday, as reported by NewsBusters, Newsweek did a cover story on what it referred to as a “Boy Crisis.” The article detailed “why” girls are doing so much better than boys in school. In an interesting twist, the Associated Press reported this Wednesday evening (hat tip to the American Thinker):“A senior boy at Milton High School has filed a federal civil rights complaint contending that his…
Flashback: Whitewashing Hamas as a "Political and Social Welfare Organ
January 26th, 2006 12:06 PM
Just two and a half years ago -- after the September 11 attacks had supposedly made the U.S. a bit more sensitive to the plight of Israelis under constant pressure from terrorist groups -- ABC's World News Tonight benignly described the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas as “a political and social welfare organization with a military wing that has launched terror attacks against Israel.”Now that…
