Networks Ignore All Positives with Delta/Northwest Merger
April 15th, 2008 4:11 PM
Operating under the assumption that what's good for business is bad for consumers forces the media to give Americans a narrow view of the world. All three network newscasts on April 14 reported the Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) as if it were a conspiracy to bilk air travelers out of more money. "It's an unsettled time in the skies - planes grounded, flights…
Former NBC and CBS Fill-In Anchor Blames Deregulation for Fall of TV N
April 14th, 2008 12:58 PM
Never mind nightly TV newscasts are geared toward older generation. Never mind scandals like Dan Rather and the falsified National Guard documents leading up to the 2004 presidential elections have caused people to look for their news from other sources like the Internet and talk radio. Former "CBS Evening News" weekend and fill-in anchor and NBC's "Meet the Press" and "Nightly News" co-anchor…
Men Blamed for Hillary and Katie's Failures
April 13th, 2008 10:00 PM
If recent polls and rumors are correct, two of America's most prominent women are about to go down in flames, conceivably at virtually the same moment in history.Predictably, the left and their media minions seem destined to blame it all on men.Think that's sexist of me? Well, before I'm relegated to the sexist pigsty, consider Sunday's New York Post article written by Vanity Fair contributing…
CBS’s Couric to Petraeus: ‘How Frustrated Are You
April 11th, 2008 4:06 PM
On Thursday’s CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric teased an upcoming interview with General David Petraues: "Also tonight, General David Petraeus on the slow progress in Iraq." Couric later began the interview by asking Petraeus: "How frustrated are you?"Prior to asking about Iranian influence in Iraq, Couric offered this pessimistic observation: "There's been a spike in attacks against…
CBS Reporter: NewsBusters Prompted Story on Bosnia 'Sniper Fire
April 9th, 2008 2:06 PM
Confirming the important role that NewsBusters played in exposing Hillary Clinton’s bogus “sniper fire” story, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson told the Los Angeles Times’s “Web Scout” blog that it was in fact our March 18 NewsBusters item that prompted her to debunk Clinton’s claims in a March 24 report for the CBS Evening News.According to the April 8 posting by David Sarno, the Times’…
CNBC on the Future of Network Newsgathering: 'That Ship has Sailed
April 8th, 2008 12:32 PM
It's no longer profitable for networks to have their own news organizations, according to CNBC's David Faber. In the wake of the news that CBS is in negotiations to outsource its news division to CNN, Faber explained on CNBC's April 8 "Squawk on the Street" CBS's news division is a victim of an evolving business. "The news that CBS is once again considering a deal under which it would…
'Evening News' Showcases War of the Greens: Trees vs. Solar Panels
April 8th, 2008 11:07 AM
Suppose you had trees on your property that served as a privacy barrier and provided shade for your home. Then imagine your eco-minded neighbor installs solar panels and demands you cut down your trees so sunlight can reach his panels. You might think: It's my property! The problem is - your neighbor has the law backing him up, according to the April 7 "CBS Evening News." Sounds like a case…
CBS Skewers Murtha's Earmarks Without Mentioning He's a Democrat
April 7th, 2008 10:43 PM
Can you imagine any major television news network doing a report on a Republican Congressman's history of exorbitant earmarks without mentioning his Party affiliation?The words "Republican," "GOP," "right-wing," or "conservative" would likely appear in almost every sentence, correct?Well, as amazing as it might seem, the "CBS Evening News" on Friday did a fabulous segment about Congressman Jack…
Nets Remember Charlton Heston as 'Polarizing' and 'Controversial
April 7th, 2008 9:16 AM
Remembering Charlton Heston, who died Saturday night in his Beverly Hills home at age 84, the ABC and CBS anchors on Sunday night tarnished the actor's political activity on behalf of conservative causes, particularly his leadership of the NRA, as “controversial” and “polarizing.” Dan Harris, anchor of ABC's World News, asserted: “As President of the National Rifle Association, he became one of…
CBS’s Couric: Clinton & Obama Lies Same as McCain Iraq Statement
April 3rd, 2008 6:31 PM
On Wednesday’s CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric did a segment on why politicians lie and suggested completely false statements made by Hillary Clinton, about sniper fire in Bosnia, and Barack Obama, about how his parents met, were really no different from this statement from John McCain: "It's called Al Qaeda in Iraq. And, my friends, they wouldn't... if we left, they wouldn't be…
NYT, CBS & The Independent All Mislead on Record Food Stamp Use
April 2nd, 2008 10:12 PM
Many media outlets have hyped projected 2008 food stamp usage as a “record high,” but as FNC's Brit Hume pointed out Wednesday night in showcasing a particularly misleading take in The Independent in London, a higher percent of Americans were on food stamps “back in the Clinton years.” Hume showcased the London paper's Tuesday front page headline, “United States of America 2008: The Great…
Nets Focus on the ‘Sidestepping’ of Laws With Border Fence Constru
April 2nd, 2008 4:43 PM
ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, in a news brief on Tuesday’s "World News," spun the Bush administration’s decision to fast-track the construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border, focusing almost entirely on the "more than 30 laws and regulations to be bypassed," as the graphic accompanying the brief put it. "The Bush administration today announced plans to speed up construction of the…
