Bias and Banality on the Morning Shows
September 21st, 2006 12:52 PM
A couple of snippets from this morning's "news" segments on ABC and CBS... On The Early Show, Rene Syler interviewed the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, and former Bush administration official, Richard Haass. After having played the video of Chavez calling Bush "the devil," of crossing himself and saying that he could still smell the sulfur in the air, Syler's first question for…
ABC: At UN, W 'Harsh', Ahmadinejad 'Potent', GMA Flirts With Fauxtogra
September 20th, 2006 10:07 AM
Double Standard on Personal Attacks: Ann Richards' 'Fun-Loving Spirit
September 14th, 2006 11:52 AM
For a media that likes to complain about the incivility and personal attacks that Republicans have supposedly injected into our politics over the past generation, the networks' reactions to former Texas Governor Ann Richards underscore journalists' partisan approach to what is fair and what is foul.In 1988, then-Texas state treasurer Richards laced her keynote address at the Democratic National…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 2 to September
September 8th, 2006 3:16 PM
Look no further than NewsBusters for complete coverage of Katie Couric’s debut as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News." The MRC’s Brent Baker began the week by noting a previous Couric claim that she’s not biased, but Fox is. Additionally, the new anchor has hired liberal Douglas Brinkley as the show’s historian. On September 5, Couric appeared on "The Early Show," only to apparently forget the…
'Philanthropist-in-Chief' Clinton Claims He 'Might Have Done More' on
August 28th, 2006 7:53 AM
The contrasting screen captures say it all. We all knew that the one-year Katrina anniversary was going to be a festival of MSM Bush-bashing. And while Good Morning America certainly fulfilled that expectation this morning, who could have guessed that they would have thrown in a two-fer - the beginnings of the beatification of Bill Clinton?Check out the graphic. Move over, Jimmy Carter: ABC has…
