Poll Finds CNN and Fox Far More Trusted Than All Other News Outlets Co
May 3rd, 2010 10:28 AM
People on the Left squawked in January when a poll was released finding Americans felt the Fox News Network was BY FAR the most trusted name in news.On Sunday, the results of a new online survey were released by a liberal entity somewhat confirming the Public Policy Polling data NewsBusters shared with you earlier in the year.According to the "60 Minutes"/Vanity Fair poll, when asked the question…
Unlike CBS 'Evening News,' 'Early Show' Report Fails to Cite Any Suppo
April 30th, 2010 11:31 AM
On Friday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Bill Whitaker reported on protests against Arizona's new immigration law, citing several opponents of the new measure, but failing to feature a single supporter. On Thursday's Evening News, Whitaker filed a nearly identical report that included a clip of at least one proponent of the legislation.In the Early Show report, footage was show of an immigration…
CBS Ignores, NBC Reports and ABC Frets Over Supreme Court Ruling of Mo
April 29th, 2010 4:13 PM
Given the contentious debate over the proper role of religion in American public life, you'd think an important Supreme Court ruling on the issue would be a big story to the network news. But the Court's April 28 finding regarding a cross on a World War I memorial in the Mojave Desert elicited a yawn from CBS's "Evening News," a 78-word report from NBC's "Nightly News," and a one-sided segment…
Bono: Without Bill Clinton 'Universe Just Wouldn't Be As Friendly To H
April 29th, 2010 12:21 PM
On Thursday, Time magazine published a love letter from activist and musician Bono to former President Bill Clinton."There are professors who pretend to be populists and populists who pretend to be professors," the U2 lead-singer began his piece in the Heroes section of the 2010 Time 100 list. "But there have never been a head and heart so perfectly matched as the pair within William Jefferson…
CBS White House Correspondents Dinner Guest List: 6 Democrats, 1 Repub
April 29th, 2010 11:10 AM
On MediaBistro.com's TVNewser blog, Chris Ariens reported on Wednesday that CBS News has announced a list of special guests seated at its table for Saturday's upcoming White House Correspondents Association Dinner, a list which includes a handful of celebrities as well as a seven prominent political figures, only one of whom is a Republican. The public officials who will be sitting down for a…
Media Neglect: Populist Rage Aimed at Wall Street as Democrat-Controll
April 28th, 2010 1:19 PM
As congressional Democrats press on with their attempts to get financial legislation reform passed, a key component has been lacking from the debate: how to handle the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE). Although some Republican lawmakers have cried foul over the fact nothing has been included in a bill sponsored by Senate Banking Committee…
Bozell Column: Arizona's 21-Bottle Salute
April 27th, 2010 11:01 PM
Arizona officially joined the South this month. In other words, it became for our Northeastern media elitists a state dominated by backward, slack-jawed racists. The Associated Press marked the passage of a tough new anti-immigration law with the leftist version of a Welcome Wagon: “The furor over Arizona's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants grew Monday as opponents used refried beans to…
CBS's Smith to McCain: 'How Are You Going to Dismantle' Financial Inst
April 27th, 2010 5:47 PM
Hitting from the left in an interview with Republican Senator John McCain on Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith worried about the ability of financial reform legislation to expand government control over Wall Street: "How are you going to dis – how does any of this dismantle these giant financial institutions?"On April 22, ABC Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos asked…
In New Ft. Hood Report, Old Double Standard: Hypothetical Holy War Wor
April 27th, 2010 2:58 PM
With the release of the Department of Defense's report on the November Fort Hood massacre, two trends are becoming increasingly clear: the administration does not want to talk about Islam's violent elements, and the mainstream media is more than willing to play along.The administration's position clear to anyone examining official documentation. The Fort Hood report, the FBI's counterterrorism…
CBS's Smith: Hispanics See Arizona Law as 'Purely Discriminatory
April 27th, 2010 12:37 PM
Near the end of an interview with Arizona Senator John McCain on Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith turned to the subject of illegal immigration and the new Arizona law to combat it: "a very tough immigration reform bill which basically makes it illegal for you to be in the state without some sort of documentation. Is this law the answer to the immigration crisis?"McCain noted the…
CBS's Smith: 'Will Anyone in GOP Break Ranks' on Financial Reform
April 26th, 2010 3:31 PM
At the top of Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith referenced a possible Senate vote on the Democrats' financial reform bill and proclaimed: "Showdown in the Senate. Democrats are scrambling to get enough votes. Will anyone in the GOP break ranks?" It was just the latest example of a week of CBS coverage pressuring Republicans to sign on to the controversial legislation.In a later report…
CBS's Week-Long Pressure on Republicans to Support Dem Financial Refor
April 23rd, 2010 3:02 PM
On Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared that when it comes to financial reform legislation, "Democrats have all the leverage right now." Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer appeared on the show and observed that "They think this is the time to picture Republicans as trying to protect fat cat bankers, as it were." In her first question to Schieffer, Rodriguez wondered: "Do…
Media Reality Check: 20 Years of Advocacy, Not Journalism, On Global W
April 22nd, 2010 3:04 PM
For more than two decades, the so-called mainstream media have preached the dangers of manmade global warming, insisting American businesses and consumers must make massive economic sacrifices to ward off a global climate catastrophe. Not even last November’s exposure of e-mails from leading scientists on the alarmist side of the debate — showing them conniving to fudge or suppress data,…
CBS 'Early Show' Guilts Viewers to Give Up Bottled Water for Earth Day
April 22nd, 2010 2:49 PM
In the 8:30AM ET half hour of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez introduced an Earth Day segment by proclaiming: "Americans throw away more than 30 billion plastic bottles every year....We have a film maker, Stephanie Soechtig, here with us, she has a documentary out called 'Tapped,' which looks the impact that all those bottles have had on the environment." Rodriguez invited…