NBC’s Today: Bush’s “Dismal” Poll Numbers Are “Plummeting
April 28th, 2006 5:38 PM
Nobody would argue that President Bush is overly popular at the moment. The media, however, seem determined to keep it that way. The April 28 edition of Today made this point extremely clear. Katie Couric opened the NBC program with this tease of a Brian Williams presidential interview: Couric: "President Bush on those skyrocketing gas prices, his plummeting poll numbers and whether New Orleans…
Networks Ignore How Big Government Rakes In More than Big Oil
April 27th, 2006 2:30 PM
All three network morning shows played the envy card Thursday morning, as they hyped the “record high profits” and “corporate greed” of American oil companies. High on their agenda: ExxonMobil’s announcement of $8.4 billion in profits, which the networks implied was scandalous given the high price of oil.But unstated in the network coverage was the fact that the U.S. government took in more than…
Tale of Two Titles: 'Today' Asks If There's Gouging, GMA Declares It E
April 25th, 2006 8:00 AM
Have a look at the two screen captures from this morning's shows. Same issue, different takes. Good Morning America is apparently sure that gas price gouging exists, and wants to stop it. 'Today' is agnostic, simply posing the question whether gouging is going on.But when you turn to the substance of the two segments, there was one consistency: neither show adduced any evidence of gouging. Not a…
Five Letter Word for MSM Bias: 'T-O-D-A-Y
April 24th, 2006 7:39 AM
When yet another gloomy segment on gas prices and the pessimistic prospects for the GOP finally drew to an end on this morning's Today show, you might have thought that a fluffy piece on crosswords and how mental games help keep aging minds sharp would have offered a respite from liberal media bias. Think again.Hollywood-handsome NBC reporter Peter Alexander somehow managed to work into his…
