CNN: Will Rudy Be ‘Swiftboated

November 21st, 2007 1:23 PM
A report on Tuesday’s "The Situation Room," which highlighted the anti-Giuliani campaign of some family members of firefighters killed on 9/11, also tried to throw some retrospective doubt on the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" who opposed John Kerry in 2004. CNN correspondent Deborah Feyerick proposed the following question about the campaign: "is this another 'Swift Boat' situation, in which…

How the Housing Report Changed From Initial E-Mail to Spun Story

November 20th, 2007 6:06 PM
Here's what a CNN e-mail I received said when the news was first released: Here's how the headline at the home page turned out mid-morning:

Iranian Official Advocates Killing Gays, MSM Silent

November 13th, 2007 2:28 PM

Iraqi Troops Donate $1000 to California Wildfire Aid, Media Mum

October 30th, 2007 11:11 AM
Here's a heart-rending story out of Iraq media will likely boycott or downplay: a group of Iraqi soldiers in a military camp east of Baghdad collected $1000 last week to send to folks in southern California affected by the recent wildfires. Certainly not something an anti-war media will want to quickly share with the public, wouldn't you agree? Yet, there it was Monday evening at CNN.com,…

CNN Uses Suspicious Newsweek Poll to Boost Democratic Congress

October 26th, 2007 10:23 PM
Already being suspicious of media polling, my eye was caught by the CNN.com article titled: "Approval of Congress at 22 percent." The article begins by stating that:A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Friday shows the approval rating for all members of Congress sits at a dismal 22 percent, while 75 percent of those surveyed disapproved of the way Congress is handling its job. This…

Media Pushes Idea of Bad Economy- In Republican Administrations

October 25th, 2007 2:47 PM

Victim of DC Snipers Speaks Out on CNN

October 21st, 2007 4:16 PM

CNN's Lou Dobbs: Will US Survive Last 15 Months of Bush Presidency

October 18th, 2007 4:46 AM

USS Cole Anniversary Today: Media Silent

October 12th, 2007 11:17 AM
On this day in the year 2000, the guided missile destroyer USS Cole was attacked by Islamic terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden's al-Quaeda group. Today is the seventh anniversary of that attack. Seventeen American sailors were killed and thirty-eight injured in the attack which severely damaged the ship. Yet not a single major media organ has reported this so far. Attacking a warship…

CNN Article on Bush Veto Omits President's Call for Boost to SCHIP

October 3rd, 2007 11:38 AM

CNNMoney.com E-mail Doesn't Acknowledge Dow Crossing

October 1st, 2007 4:29 PM
Ya gotta love this e-mail from CNNMoney.com: So what level has did the Dow reach, O friendly CNN e-mailer? Could it possibly have been a nice round number? Like, say, 14000? You wouldn't want readers to pick up any unwarranted optimism, would you?

CNN.com: 'Mistake' Costs Illegal Immigrant

September 27th, 2007 10:04 PM

CNN.com, USAToday.com Bury Coverage of 'Jena 6' Beating Victim

September 20th, 2007 1:20 PM

CNN.com Contributor Offers Advice to President Bush: Appoint a Black A

August 28th, 2007 12:59 AM
The media predictably went into full frenzy mode in reporting the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But leave it to the Cable News Network to interject its own brand of social commentary into the discussion. On CNN.com's Political Ticker, contributor Roland Martin openly suggests that it is "[t]ime for a black attorney general."In the article, Martin praises PepsiCo executive…