Part 2: Shocked, Just Shocked Net Reporters Hype “Staged” Bush Eve
A follow-up, with Friday morning coverage, to the Thursday night NewsBusters posting, “Shocked, Just Shocked Network Reporters Hype 'Staged’ Bush Event with Troops,” which detailed how the NBC Nightly News LED with the supposed scandal and how the other networks devoted full stories to it. The network obsession, with the ordinary preparation for a presidential event involving nervous…
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FLOOD FLASHBACK: 'Today' Gets Caught in New Jersey Shallow Canoe Stunt
In a deliciously ironic twist of fate, shortly before airing a segment aimed at embarrassing the Bush administration by suggesting that it had staged a video conversation between the president and soldiers in Iraq, the Today show was caught staging . . . a video stunt.
In the Bush/Iraq segment, Today screened footage indicating that prior to engaging in a video conversation with President…
Katie Couric Questions Freeh's Credibility -- and Objectivity
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh wasn't on this morning's Today show for very long before his credibility was immediately questioned by Couric. After her introduction and a generic 'why did you want to write this book?' query Couric pounced in just her second question:Couric: "You know many people have viewed this book in reviews and, and newspaper accounts so far as your effort to settle scores…
