Media Business
Bill Maher Apologizes For Claiming CBS Denied Him ‘Free Speech
September 19th, 2006 10:25 AM
Well sports fans, the plot is getting so thick you can drive a truck over it. TV Newser is reporting that Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time” who went on quite a rant Friday night about being denied his free speech rights by CBS, might be mistaken. According to the New York Daily News (emphasis mine): “‘If I or my representatives got it wrong about how the 'Free Speech' segment of the 'CBS…
CBS Denies It Prevented Bill Maher from Discussing Religion
September 18th, 2006 9:59 AM
The plot thickens. After Bill Maher claimed on the Friday evening installment of HBO’s “Real Time” that CBS prevented him from discussing religion on the “freeSpeech” segment as reported by NewsBusters, the executive producer of the “Evening News” has now denied this. As reported by TVNewswer (hat tip to reader Tracheostomy):In an e-mail to TVNewser, CBS responds to Bill Maher:"Bill Maher was…
Bush Assassination Movie Wins Award at Toronto Film Festival
September 17th, 2006 9:50 PM
Reuters reported on Saturday (hat tip to Drudge) that the controversial British film about the assassination of President Bush actually won a critics’ choice award at the Toronto Film Festival. I imagine you’re all surprised:"Death of a President," which stirred controversy in the days ahead of the festival, took home the Fipresci prize, which is chosen by international critics. The film, a…
Rather Working Too Hard
September 14th, 2006 2:03 PM
Not exactly media bias but worth noting: Dan Rather is hard at work on producing his new HDNet show. The report comes from the same Freeper, MindBender26, who correctly announced the departure of Dan Rather from CBS.Rather is working overtime on his new satellite-fed dinky cable show.
Editors who have seen first drafts of story treatments say it is WAY
over the top, sort of a "Howard Beale on…
Clinton’s Lawyers Send Second Letter to ABC Requesting ‘Path’ Be
September 9th, 2006 3:19 PM
I guess we all should have expected that mere changes to the story weren’t going to placate Team Clinton, for another letter was sent to ABC President and CEO Robert Iger on Friday, this one asking for “The Path to 9/11” be cancelled. For those that are interested, and can tolerate yet another example of extraordinary political hypocrisy, here it is:
Howard Dean Asks ABC to Reveal Who Funded ‘The Path to
September 9th, 2006 10:37 AM
This sad episode in American history continues, folks. Now, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, is requesting that ABC reveal “who funded this $40 million dollar slanderous propaganda.” Of course, he’s talking about “The Path to 9/11.” What else?As reported by the left-wing blog Raw Story on Friday: "It's deeply disappointing that ABC would put something on the air…
