Chill Out, ABC: GMA Focuses on Downside of Warm Winter
January 5th, 2007 9:35 AM
Allergies? The warm weather makes it tough on people with fall allergies? Is that really the best GMA can do when it comes to wringing its hands over the warm winter weather people in the Northeast have been enjoying?Except for fleeting references to January bouquets and falling oil prices, GMA's segment this morning was one long whine-a-thon about the mild winter. I do mean long. GMA led…
Stephanopoulos Gives Edwards Rough Reception on Announcement Day
December 28th, 2006 8:16 AM
Catspawing for another candidate, or just solid journalistic probing? In either case, ABC's George Stephanopoulos gave John Edwards a rough go when the former NC senator appeared on Good Morning America today to announce his candidacy for president.Steph was on the offense from the get-go: "Back in 2004, you criticized President Bush for exploiting the tragedy of 9/11 by having his convention…
GMA's All-Dem Panel Discusses President Ford
December 27th, 2006 11:30 AM
It's on days such as this that the absence of MSM balance is so striking.In its first half-hour, here was Good Morning America's cast of characters discussing the life and times of President Gerald Ford:George Stephanopoulos, former Clinton aide, guest-hosting for Diane Sawyer.Charlie Gibson, predictable liberal, formerly a White House correspondent, now host of World News.Cokie Roberts,…
Stay Tuned for The Feats of Strength
December 13th, 2006 2:29 PM
...but my colleague Julia Seymour has got the Airing of Grievances part down for those of us at the MRC's Business & Media Institute.
The camera pans across a sparkling Christmas tree, then zooms in on singer Clay Aiken, who begins to sing “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”: “... and ransom captive Israel … that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear …” So which holiday is that…
