Why Is Fox News Channel So Smitten with the Kennedy Family
July 17th, 2007 1:11 PM
Fox and Friends anchors Gretchen Carlson and Steve Doocy, along with author C. David Heymann (there to discuss his new book on the death of JFK Jr.), fawned over the eighth anniversary of the plane-crash death of John F. Kennedy Jr. Meanwhile, by comparison, CBS, CNN, NBC, and ABC were silent about JFK Jr. Monday morning.
Bill O’Reilly Takes on JetBlue’s Sponsorship of Daily Kos Conventi
July 16th, 2007 5:35 PM
According to Bill O’Reilly’s website, the Fox News host Monday evening will be taking on a decision by airliner JetBlue to sponsor YearlyKos, the second annual convention of Daily Kos and company:Talking Points Memo & Top StoryJetBlue and the radical leftWhy would JetBlue sponsor a hateful far-left website? We'll discuss it. This information was obviously made available to the Kossacks, as…
Dem Congressman Compares President Bush to Hitler, Media Mum (Updated
July 16th, 2007 4:43 PM
A rather disturbing event occurred in a Minnesota library last Sunday: Freshman Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler, while implying that the White House was involved in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11.Didn’t hear about this? Well, how could you? After all, no major, mainstream media outlet other than Fox News and CNN thought it was newsworthy…
Michelle Malkin Responds to Geraldo Rivera's Attack
July 16th, 2007 12:05 PM
Fox News resident liberal blowhard Geraldo Rivera used his Saturday program to skewer conservative blogger and illegal immigration critic Michelle Malkin on the issues of illegal immigration and border enforcement. But Malkin did an excellent job fisking Rivera's program and defending herself on her eponymous blog this morning.Here's an excerpt:If you want ignorant ranting about immigration and…
John Stossel Discusses RFK Jr’s Live Earth Rant With Steve Malzberg
July 15th, 2007 12:19 AM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made some absurd statements about a number of conservative media members at Al Gore’s Live Earth concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey.One of those Kennedy called a flat earther, ABC’s John Stossel, after debating Kennedy on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” Wednesday, spoke quite candidly about this issue with WOR radio’s Steve…
FNC's Cavuto Notes MSM-wide Yawn Over Record Dow Close
July 13th, 2007 6:30 PM
On today's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," the host devoted a portion of his mailbag segment to viewers from across the fruited plain telling Cavuto of their local media outlets had ignored or downplayed yesterday's stock market closing. Cavuto noted that in contrast, a large market correction in February was blared on the front pages of the nation's largest broadsheets. Video (2:26): Real (1.77…
Gabler Praises 'Cool' British Reaction to Terror, Condemns American 'H
July 8th, 2007 6:25 AM
If Neal Gabler had been around in the late 1930s, would he have been praising Neville Chamberlain's complacency toward Hitler while condemning Churchill and FDR for their "hysteria"? Maybe so, judging by the liberal Fox News Watch panelist's comparison of the reaction of the British and the Americans to terror.Gabler appeared on last evening's Fox News Watch.FOX NEWS WATCH PANELIST NEAL GABLER…
Wallace, Gallagher Bust Mark Green on His Fairness Doctrine Double-Tal
July 1st, 2007 1:06 PM
Chris Wallace and Mike Gallagher did a good job of exposing Mark Green's double-talk on the Fairness Doctrine on today's Fox News Sunday.Green, who with his brother Stephen have brought Air America out of bankruptcy, was in to debate the issue against conservative talk-show host Gallagher. But when Wallace put it to Green that liberals have plenty of outlets for their views "without having the…
PBS’s Moyers Disgracefully Rips Fox Owner Rupert Murdoch
June 30th, 2007 12:06 PM
I’m not sure what derangement syndrome Bill Moyers is currently suffering from, but on Friday’s “Bill Moyers Journal” broadcast on PBS, the outspoken host went into an invective-filled tirade about media tycoon Rupert Murdoch that frankly was one of the most disgraceful exhibitions of liberal bias so far this year.In his closing monologue, Moyers compared Murdoch to the Marquis de Sade, Imelda…
Lara Logan on War Coverage: ‘We’re There to be the Watchdog For Al
June 24th, 2007 11:56 AM
CNN’s Howard Kurtz invited CBS’ Lara Logan on “Reliable Sources” Sunday, and it was difficult to tell what was more disgraceful: the way that Kurtz disingenuously set up Logan to bash Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, or; Logan’s amazingly hypocritical answer regarding journalists’ role during wartime wherein she proudly stated: “We’re there to be the watchdog for all sides.”I kid you not. In fact, Logan…