Media Ignore Congressman Murtha’s Potential Rules Violation
Imagine for a moment that a high-ranking Republican was accused by a Democrat of violating House rules in order to get a $23 million earmark approved for his district. Would the media report it?Probably on front-pages all across the country, and on morning and evening network newscasts for days, right?Well, last Thursday evening, Politico reported (emphasis added throughout):
Reuters’ Absurd Double Standard Concerning White House's Response to
By now you’ve probably heard about former President Jimmy Carter’s absurd comments to the BBC regarding President George W. Bush’s foreign policy being the worst in American history.You may even have seen Carter on the “Today” show Monday morning saying that his statements were “maybe careless or misinterpreted” (video available here).However, did you read the following absurd double standard…
‘Saturday Night Live’ Shills for Hillary Clinton While Slamming Ru
I know. It’s only a cartoon. However, could these folks have been any more obvious about who they support for president?NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” showed an animated short on May 19 depicting every possible 2008 presidential candidate, from both sides of the aisle, sitting down and having a tell-all chat with Oprah Winfrey.As the frontrunners one by one told Oprah secrets that would surely cost…
'Today’ Show to Report Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Barack the ‘Magic Negr
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh reported on air and at his website Friday that NBC’s “Today” show is going to do a segment Monday regarding his musical parody “Barack the ‘Magic Negro’” (audio available here, subscription required):Now, this first aired on March 21st. This is May 18th. By the time they get around to doing their profile, it will be two months old as a story.…
‘ER’ Goes Anti-Bush, Antiwar, and Anti-Counterterrorism in the Sam
A television program came out strongly against the war on terror and the war in Iraq Thursday evening, but Katie, Charlie, Brian, and Wolf weren’t involved.Video (1:42): Real (1.23 MB) or Windows (1.04 MB), plus MP3 (1.12 MB).In this instance, it was NBC’s hit series “ER,” and the show – about doctors, nurses, and patients in a hospital emergency room if you couldn’t guess – didn’t wait very…
