Ex-CNNer Resigns From US-Funded Al Hurrah Over Charges of Anti-Israel
Update Below:Fox News and Variety have reported that Larry Register, former longtime CNN producer, resigned Friday from Al Hurrah, which is a US government-funded TV station in the Mid-East that is supposed to be a type of Mid-East Voice of America combating the pervasive anti-US and anti-Israel rhetoric in on TV stations like Al Jazeera. As I noted here at NewsBusters in March, “within weeks”…
CNN Reporter Admits Paying to Stage Story, Capping Nearly a Decade of
So, what is CNN?
THIS is CNN in 1998; the link is to a story debunking the network's Peter Arnett and April Oliver, who accused Vietnam soldiers of war crimes in Operation Tailwind.
This is from 2003. The network's Eason Jordan confessed that the network twisted the news out of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, thereby giving false impressions of the regime to the world so that it could maintain its access…
Lizzie Palmer’s Stirring ‘Remember Me’ Video as Seen on ‘Fox N
NewsBusters readers, meet our second fabulous fifteen-year-old, Miss Lizzie Palmer.For those that missed it, Chris Wallace aired an absolutely astounding military tribute video (available here) at the end of today’s “Fox News Sunday” that should be required viewing for all Americans.At its conclusion, Wallace stated the following:Lizzie Palmer said she put the video on YouTube as her way of…
'Radio Equalizer' Tears Apart Leftist Blog That Called O'Reilly a Liar
Radio host and blogger Brian Maloney has an excellent takedown of liberal bloggers who accused Bill O'Reilly of recently lying about the New York Times's coverage of the JFK Airport terror plot.[NewsBusters sister publication TimesWatch.org dealt with the Times downplaying the terror plot here and here.]Below is the relevant excerpt from Maloney's blog, "Radio Equalizer," portions in bold are my…
Forget Fox, CNN Manipulated Dem Debate
Earlier this year, Democrats caved in to their left wing by canceling a debate hosted by FNC on the grounds that Fox wouldn't provide a fair forum for their presidential aspirants. Never mind that in 2003, the Dems eagerly and without complaint participated in a FNC-sponsored debate, the last CNN-sponsored debate had the network pulling far more strings than it should have, skewing the process…
'1/2 Hour News Hour': President Limbaugh Addresses Nation from Southwe
CRITICAL UPDATE: At end of post, Rush responds to NBers' concerns regarding his appearance with two women in bikinis. For those that missed Sunday's "1/2 Hour News Hour" on Fox News, as he promised a few weeks ago, President Limbaugh is on vacation (video available here courtesy of El Rushbo himself).Addressing the nation from the…
DNC Misrepresents ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Segment to Discredit Sen. Mc
Well, sports fans, the Democrats are afraid to debate on Fox News, but they sure aren’t above using segments from the network’s top show to discredit political opponents. To set this up, Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) was Bill O’Reilly’s guest on “The Factor” Wednesday, and the two got into quite a discussion about the proposed immigration bill (video available here).Thursday morning, Michael Link…
MRC Press Release Concerning Media Boycott of Al Qaeda Torture Manual
On May 24, a NewsBusters’ headline asked, “Will Media Report Al Qaeda Torture Manual With Same Zeal as Abu Ghraib?”Now, a week later, a press release from the Media Research Center answered the question:To their credit, CNN and Fox News Channel ran stories on the declassified material. Yet nine days since the material was released, neither ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times nor The Washington Post…
