The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: February 3 to 9

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By Scott Whitlock (Bio | Archive)
February 9, 2007 - 10:55 ET

This week, Chris Matthews' anti-Bush bigotry spilled over into a profanity laden rant. The "Hardball" host dropped the F-bomb during a live interview with Don Imus.

Meanwhile, CNN’s Paula Zahn connected opposition of illegal immigration to, you guessed it, the Ku Klux Klan. This is the same network, however, that tried to downplay proven religious bigotry by a blogger for the John Edwards campaign.

Over on ABC, "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer spent the week in Syria. She let the despotism of President Bashar Assad go mostly unchallenged.

During other segments, Sawyer chose to ask him about video games and whether he uses an iPod. There was also time to discuss the wonderful relationship that Syria’s dictator has with his wife.

Finally, the "Today" show couldn’t get enough of John Edwards, a Democratic "superstar." And the solution for Iraq? Raise taxes!


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And there was still 0-menti

February 9, 2007 - 13:18 ET by sarcasmo

And there was still 0-mention of the secret Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. But we're supposed to believe, in a comparative sea of Kucinich-coverage, that there's no antilibertarian bias in the news media. Riiiiiiight......And the check's in the mail, too! Yep, 0 mentions on the boob-tube. None whatsoever. Media, you're doing pretty-well!!
JMR

We really should have ignored

February 9, 2007 - 18:32 ET by uc

We really should have ignored the biased liberal media hype this week and let them bury themselves under it by not giving it audience.