GOP Gangsta? WashPost Says Senate Challenger Tom Kean Jr. 'Fights Like
October 23rd, 2006 6:44 AM
The Washington Post placed a Republican Senate challenger on the front page of Monday's Style section, but David Segal's profile of New Jersey's Tom Kean, Jr. compared the candidate to a murderous Los Angeles street gangster: Kean, "who looks like a Mountie and fights like a Crip, isn't selling honesty and integrity so much as a brand name that represents honesty and integrity." Like other…
Bozell on Hip-Hop Moms: One Sees Conspiracy, Another Sees Consensus
October 21st, 2006 11:51 AM
Brent Bozell's culture column this week focused on two Washington Post articles from black staff writers who were moms horrified by the current state of hip-hop music and its effect on their children. Lonnae O'Neal Parker wrote broadly in "Why I Gave Up On Hip-Hop," but the other seemed very narrow-minded: Natalie Hopkinson saw it in a different, more racially conspiratorial light. She wrote…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: October 14 to
October 20th, 2006 5:29 PM
The midterm elections are approaching and some members of the media are revving up their bias. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann recently suggested that President Bush might be as big a threat as the terrorists. This was only a day after referring to conservative talk show hosts who visited the White House as the "Legion of Doom." CNN’s Jack Cafferty wondered if Karl Rove is planning an "October surprise…