ABC Highlights Clergy Sex Abuse, Spins Pope’s Message on Immigration

April 16th, 2008 12:51 PM
All three broadcast networks on Tuesday led their evening news programs with Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival at Andrews Air Force Base to begin his visit to the U.S., as well as his comments during a press conference on the plane about the priest sex abuse scandal. ABC’s "World News" and CBS’ "Evening News" especially focused on the scandal. In addition to this, "World News" also highlighted what the…

Couric Insists Pope's 'Extremely Conservative,' 'Very Conservative

April 15th, 2008 11:35 PM

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…

Sunday Funnies: Leno Goes After Katie Couric

April 13th, 2008 5:51 PM

Pelosi's Potshot: Maybe Bill Had 'A Late Night Adult Moment

April 13th, 2008 2:10 PM
Should Hillary make it to the White House, don't look for Bill to be taking an early twirl on the Inauguration Ball dance floor with Nancy Pelosi. Appearing on today's Face the Nation, Madame Speaker made a nasty joke at the former president's expense.Host Bob Schieffer [who might have experienced some schadenfreude this week with all the talk of Katie Couric being pushed out of the Evening News…

Morning Shows Hit Snooze Button on Court Overturning San Fran Gun Ban

April 11th, 2008 5:56 PM
None of the April 11 editions of the network morning shows: ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show," and NBC's "Today," noted the April 10 unanimous ruling of the California Supreme Court striking down a San Francisco handgun ban.I mean, what other reasons could this possibly be newsworthy besides that:

Harry Smith Says Tax Refunds Are 'Too Much

April 11th, 2008 4:50 PM

WSJ: Couric, CBS Likely to Split

April 10th, 2008 5:34 PM
Interesting news coming out of CBS today. First, the Wall Street Journal reporting that Katie Couric is "likely" to leave the network--before her contract expires, possibly after the inaguration of the next president:After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the "CBS Evening News" anchor is likely to leave the network well before her…

Morning Shows Ignore Rockefeller Smear of McCain, Military Pilots

April 9th, 2008 5:45 PM
Our news analysts at the MRC have combed through the April 9 editions of ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show," and NBC's "Today," and found zero mentions of the comments that Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) made smearing McCain and military pilots past and present.[See a related NewsBusters item by Clay Waters here.]Yesterday I noted how news agencies were slow to cover the story,…

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…

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…

CBS News: The Beginning of the End

April 7th, 2008 10:40 PM
Is this the beginning of the end for CBS News? Or is this just the TV world's version of a joint operating agreement?CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN, two executives briefed on the matter said Monday.Over the last decade, CNN has held intermittent…