Ousted CBS News Chief Denounced MRC as “Extreme,” Insisted CBS Fre
October 26th, 2005 4:50 PM
Earlier today Matthew Sheffield posted how “the last casualty of the CBS Memogate scandal happened earlier today” with the announcement that CBS News President Andrew Heyward will be replaced. In 2000, appearing on C-SPAN the day before the start of the Republican convention in Philadelphia, Heyward denied a caller's contention that CBS reflected a liberal bias and denigrated MRC President Brent…
Carville and Rollins Say White House Resignations Would be a Good Thin
October 26th, 2005 1:54 PM
In the months leading up to the imminent announcement from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning “Leakgate,” there has been an endless stream of gloomy predictions from mainstream media representatives that indictments would destroy the Bush administration, and totally dismantle the president’s agenda for the rest of his second term. For example, as was reported here, David Gergen…
CBS Uses Long-Time DeLay Foe to Suggest He Lacks Support From Republic
October 21st, 2005 11:22 PM
Lee Cowan did a report on the "CBS Evening News" tonight concerning Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-Tex) first day in court. To demonstrate that even people on the right don’t like the embattled congressman, Cowan interviewed Beverly Carter, the Republican precinct chairwoman of Fort Bend County, Texas:“I've not heard of any Republicans that are supporting Tom at this point win, lose or draw. Whether he's…
David Gergen Compares Plamegate to Watergate on CBS’s “Early Show
October 21st, 2005 11:04 AM
David Gergen was questioned this morning during a CBS segment concerning the possibility of indictments to White House chief aide Karl Rove and Dick Cheney chief of staff Scooter Libby. The “Early Show's” Bill Plante mentioned that the White House is behaving like it’s business as usual. Gergen responded: “Bill, I was in the Nixon White House during Watergate, and we pretended that we were all…