Couric Makes Sure Page Scandal 'Is Not Going Away'; Nets Bury Unemploy
October 6th, 2006 9:02 PM
Friday's CBS Evening News led again with the Foley/page scandal, even though the two stories aired offered virtually no fresh information, as anchor Katie Couric justified the news judgment by declaring the issue is “still the talk of the town,” “is not going away” and “is overshadowing every other election issue for the moment” -- all self-fulfilling assessments sustained by the decisions of…
Media Focus on Foley, Ignore Good Economic Signs
October 6th, 2006 10:50 AM
Yesterday the Dow Jones average hit its third straight record high while a retail report for September showed strong sales at most retailers, including apparel and department stores.Yet ABC, CBS, and NBC all ignored both developments in their newscasts.For more, see my story at the MRC's BusinessandMedia.org Web site.
Couric: Conservative 'freeSpeech' Segment Might Be Found 'Repugnant
October 5th, 2006 12:00 AM
According to CBS Evening News host Katie Couric, a Monday installment of its "freeSpeech" segment, which espoused a strong conservative viewpoint, could be viewed as "repugnant." The issue was discussed on tonight's episode of The O'Reilly Factor (Wednesday, October 4, 2006).In light of Monday's shooting at a Pennsylvania Amish school, CBS invited Brian Rohrbough, the father of a victim of the…
CBS & ABC Paint Foley Scandal as Doomsday for GOP: 'Too Late for Damag
October 2nd, 2006 9:15 PM
“It could be too late for damage control,” CBS anchor Katie Couric intoned Monday night in painting the worst-possible scenario for continued GOP control of the House in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal. Reporter Gloria Borger declared: "There is no getting around it: The unraveling of the page scandal could be the undoing of some House Republican leaders, if not their hold on Congress.” With…
On CBS, Gloria Borger Highlights GOP YouTube Moments, Especially 'Stup
September 29th, 2006 12:00 PM
CBS, NBC Downplay Good Economic News by Raising Specters of Hurricanes
September 27th, 2006 11:26 AM
CBS Airs 'freeSpeech' Segment from Concealed Illegal Alien Pleading to
September 21st, 2006 9:17 PM
On Thursday night, for the second time in about two weeks, the CBS Evening News turned over its “freeSpeech” segment to a sympathetic person pleading for the rights of illegal aliens, this time a successful illegal who's done well. (So far, CBS has not run a commentary from anyone advocating a crackdown on illegal aliens.) Identifying him as an “illegal immigrant,” CBS concealed the identity of…
Schieffer: 'Spin Machine' Makes It 'Hard to Tell Difference' Between I
September 20th, 2006 7:41 PM
For the second week in a row, Bob Schieffer used his Wednesday “freeSpeech” slot on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric to forward a left of center outlook on the world. Last week (NewsBusters item), he denounced the Bush administration's “secret prisons,” arguing in establishing them the U.S. has adopted “the methods of our enemies.” This week, the network's Chief Washington correspondent…
On Day Bush and GOP Congress Up in Poll, CBS Contends Landscape Good f
September 19th, 2006 8:41 PM
On the very day a USA Today/Gallup poll was released showing President Bush's approval rating up to 44 percent, “his highest rating in a year” according to USA Today's front page story on the survey, a poll that also found the generic Democrat versus Republican choice for Congress even at 48 to 48 percent amongst “likely voters” -- closing from a ten point advantage for Democrats (53 to 43…
