Leaving CBS, John Roberts Brings Biased Past to CNN
February 1st, 2006 1:06 PM
Once assumed to be the likely successor to Dan Rather, White House correspondent John Roberts is leaving CBS to become CNN's "senior national correspondent" starting February 20. At CBS, Roberts defined himself as part of that network's liberal spin machine -- castigating conservatives, adoring liberals -- highlights of which are documented in this 2004 Media Reality Check (obviously written…
Former CNN Anchor Aaron Brown Says Truth No Longer Matters in Cable Ne
January 26th, 2006 5:23 PM
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown gave a speech at Palm Beach, Florida’s Society of the Four Arts on Tuesday, and according to the Palm Beach Daily News, he didn’t have very nice things to say about the news industry including, “‘Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and, sadly, in the context of cable news.’" According to the article: “Brown said he tried to give viewers a balanced…
Will Anyone Report These Hillary v. Condi Poll Results
January 26th, 2006 12:46 AM
Some time yesterday morning, the Gallup Organization released the results of a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll that, judging from its shocking results, many Americans might never hear about. Now, at this point, this is idle speculation. However, through 9:50AM EST Thursday, this has received very little attention.From what I can tell, CNN reported this on its “American Morning” program which aired…
Media Make Their Priorities Crystal Clear – Bring Back Hurricane Kat
January 25th, 2006 2:28 PM
There’s an old rule in marketing – stick to what sells. Lately, it appears that America’s media are doing exactly that.Since the significant rebound in the president’s poll numbers from their October lows, along with an apparent lack of outrage by the public concerning the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and revelations of domestic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, the media seem to…
NB Media Roundup: Nagin Backs Down, CNN Hires Glenn Beck, Future Journ
January 24th, 2006 2:12 AM
Note: Today marks the beginning of a regular column here on NewsBusters called "Media Roundup." It'll keep track of that day's media news. Feel free to post a link to other stories you see in the comments for each entry.Sugar Ray Nagin is still in the news for that horrible chocolate comment. I found the back tracking to be even more ridiculous than the original comment; "Do you know anything…