NYTimes Waited Full Week to Correct Military Rape Story - One Tale a T
March 27th, 2007 4:11 AM
On March 18th, the New York Times published a piece titled "The Women's War". It was a feature of great length (18 pages on the Internet) centered around the plight of several female Veterans of the war in Iraq. It detailed the mistreatment they suffered by the US Military, sexual harassment they received at the hands of army officers, and their PTSDs (post traumatic distress disorders). A…
Bill O’Reilly Rips Rosie O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen and 9-11 Conspirac
March 23rd, 2007 2:38 PM
There are a lot of conspiracy theories running through extreme left-wing circles about the attacks on 9/11. One such piece of drivel is an Internet movie called “Loose Change.”On Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” the host invited a New York City detective named Bo Dietl, and author Gerald Posner to discuss some recent developments surrounding the conspiracy theorists. O’Reilly began (video available…
USS Cole Mastermind Confesses; CNN's Website Ignores, FNC Sends Breaki
March 19th, 2007 12:38 PM
As I've mentioned before on NewsBusters, I subscribe to e-mailed "breaking news" alerts from both Fox News and CNN. Today I got this from Fox News, sent at 10:52 EDT Eastern:GUANTANAMO SUSPECT HAS CONFESSED TO PLANNING USS COLE ATTACK, U.S. EMBASSY BOMBINGS, PENTAGON SAYS**Watch FOX News Channel or go to http://foxnews.com for moreNo such update from CNN. I checked both CNN.com and FoxNews.com at…
LAT Explores Marital Ties of Reporters to Presidential Campaign Staffe
March 19th, 2007 11:37 AM
In Monday's Los Angeles Times, reporter James Rainey raised the issue of a conflict between political reporting and family ties: "Some of America's most prominent political journalists are, quite literally, wedded to the 2008 presidential race: Their spouses work for one of the candidates." Rainey made a short list of four of the conflicted:
The Poll You’ll Never Hear About: Only 27% of Iraqis Believe it’s
March 19th, 2007 12:34 AM
There were two Iraq polls released on Sunday. One is guaranteed to be headline news. The other will likely be totally ignored.In fact, one of the polls was already referenced by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week,” as well as reported by USA Today and CNN. Know what the difference is between these surveys, both of which rather compelling as they asked questions of Iraqi citizens? Well,…
Dan Rather and Bill Maher Rip Democrats Over Fox News Debate Fiasco
March 19th, 2007 12:10 AM
A truly astounding thing happened on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday evening: a panel comprised of four liberal media members actually voiced unanimous displeasure with Democrats.I bet you’re looking out your window to see some airborne swine right about now.As shocking and unlikely as such a public display might seem, when host Bill Maher moved the discussion to the recent cancellation of a…
Longtime L.A. Times Reporter: FNC Much More Biased Than 'Traditional
March 16th, 2007 4:00 PM
Los Angeles Times columnist (and longtime political reporter) Ron Brownstein tackles the issue of the Nevada Democratic Party dumping Fox News Channel as a debate partner. He thinks this rejection is similar to how "conservatives deal with mainstream media organizations they consider biased against them." Put aside for a minute the odd notion that Republican Party organizations or politicians…
MRC's Bozell on 'Hannity & Colmes
March 14th, 2007 9:59 PM
MRC President Brent Bozell appeared on FNC's "Hannity & Colmes" a few moments ago to talk about the MRC's findings in the March 14 MRC Reality Check: "Mass Amnesia Over Mass Clinton Firings." Former Clinton counsel Lanny Davis also appeared in the same segment to counter Mr. Bozell. [Perhaps former Clinton staffer George Stephanopoulos* was too busy with his duties at ABC News? *see update at…
Bill O’Reilly Slams George Soros and Harry Reid for Debate Cancellat
March 13th, 2007 3:13 PM
As most people are likely aware, the Democrats have pulled out of a presidential debate to be held in Nevada this August. Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly was none too pleased about this announcement, and made his feelings known Monday evening (video available here): The dishonesty of the far left on display again…Within the Democratic party, there are two elements, moderate Dems and radical…