Media Ignore Congressman Murtha’s Potential Rules Violation
May 22nd, 2007 2:23 PM
Imagine for a moment that a high-ranking Republican was accused by a Democrat of violating House rules in order to get a $23 million earmark approved for his district. Would the media report it?Probably on front-pages all across the country, and on morning and evening network newscasts for days, right?Well, last Thursday evening, Politico reported (emphasis added throughout):
‘Reliable Sources’ Panel Gives Three Thumbs Up to Fox News’ GOP
May 20th, 2007 12:18 PM
Here’s something you don’t see every day: three media members – two from liberal press outlets – agreeing that Fox News actually did something right.Yet, that’s what happened on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday, as host Howard Kurtz and his guests discussed the Republican debates aired Tuesday.Kurtz began:Let’s face it, a lot of people expected Fox to go easy on the Republicans. Did that happen?…
College Students Forced to Watch Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth
May 18th, 2007 5:50 PM
Here’s a disturbingly inconvenient truth: Students at Roger Williams University in Briston, Rhode Island, were forced to watch Al Gore’s global warming schlockumentary if they wished to graduate.Think I’m kidding?As reported by Young America’s Foundation (h/t NBer Dahlia Travers. Also, please watch the following video of Fox News’ Neil Cavuto interviewing one of these students on the May 9 “Your…
FNC Breaks Informal Media Boycott of Christian-Newsom Murders
May 18th, 2007 3:36 PM
Thanks to the right blogosphere, the media's virtual embargo on the gruesome murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, the young white Tennessee couple who were gangraped and killed by a group of black criminals, has finally begun to break. Fox News reported the story yesterday. Hot Air has the video.
Congressional Democrat Argues for Debating on Fox, An 'Unbiased Forum
May 17th, 2007 3:48 PM
Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson, who is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute, today made something of a pitch in The Hill newspaper for using the Fox News Channel for presidential debates, citing "the unbiased forum" of a pair of debates shown on Fox four years ago.This time around, the CBC Institute had planned a Democratic presidential…
‘1/2 Hour News Hour’: President Limbaugh Takes Vacation, Veep Coul
May 13th, 2007 8:04 PM
There’s going to be two installments of Fox News’ “1/2 Hour News Hour” Sunday evening, and after getting straight A’s for his first 100 days in office, President Limbaugh will be taking a well-deserved vacation.In his absence, Vice President Coulter will run things with assistance from Secretary of State Drudge.Those interested should see the video available here (h/t Ian at Hot Air).*****…
'Imus' Radio Producer Debates Al Sharpton on 'Hannity & Colmes
May 13th, 2007 12:16 AM
For those that missed it, Friday night’s debate on Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” between “Imus in the Morning” producer Bernard McGuirk and Rev. Al Sharpton was a fireworks-filled extravaganza (video in three parts available here, here, and here; full transcript follows).Without question, McGuirk came prepared to take on the man conceivably most responsible for his termination by CBS Radio, as…
UMd. Study: RSS Feeds Poorly Designed by Media Outlets, NY Times Among
May 8th, 2007 6:18 PM
A new study by my alma mater, the University of Maryland, looked at the online divisions of 19 major traditional print and broadcast media:... to see
which ones gave the users of their RSS feeds the same number of
stories, the same range of news sources, in as timely a fashion as
could be gotten if those users went to the individual website. The Los Angeles Times, ABCNews.com, and Foxnews.com…