CBS ‘Early Show’ Builds Huckabee Up to Tear Him Down
Following two days of positive coverage of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and his front-runner status in Iowa, on Wednesday the CBS "Early Show" decided it was time to tear down the former governor’s campaign: "He's being dogged by new reports that he had a much bigger role in the parole of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond while he was Governor of Arkansas than he had previously…
ABC's Ross Continues Pattern of Slamming 2008 GOP Candidates
ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross on Wednesday continued his habit of offering up critical takes on Republican front-runners and ignoring Democratic scandals. So far this year, the correspondent has featured four hard-hitting segments on GOP candidates and only one on a Democrat. During a piece on "Good Morning America," Ross investigated a developing story of whether then-Arkansas Governor…
Libs in Love: WaPo's Sloppy Wet Kiss for Kucinich Plastered on Style P
Updated with kiss photo (14:48 Eastern)I highly doubt that readers of the Washington Post enjoying the morning paper over a steaming cup of coffee deserve to flip to the Style section only to be greeted by a huge photo of Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich making out.Of course the front page photo -- unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your perspective, I couldn't find it online -- wasn't the…
Shameless Bill: Hillary's Press Coverage 'Slanted and Rude
Hillary Clinton, victim of an unfair press? Bill certainly thinks so. Associated Press writer Philip Elliott reported: "Bill Clinton said Tuesday that if reporters covered the candidates' public records better, his wife's presidential bid would be far ahead of her rivals. During a campaign stop on behalf of his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former president said he can't…
Bozell Column: CNN, Not an Honest Broker
Is CNN capable and professional enough to host presidential debates? After last week’s CNN-YouTube debate fiasco, even Tim Rutten, a media writer for the left-leaning Los Angeles Times, was giving CNN a big fat F for failure: "In fact, this most recent debacle masquerading as a presidential debate raises serious questions about whether CNN is ethically or professionally suitable" to host debates…
Tim Graham on 'Your World' About Hillary Clinton Coverage
"Is this anything more than the media building up a candidate, particularly a woman, and then tearing her down because it makes a good story?" Fox News Channel's Terry Keenan asked to open her December 4 interview with NewsBusters senior editor and "Whitewash" co-author Tim Graham.Video (3:20): Real (2.45 MB) and Windows (2.04), plus MP3 audio (1.52 MB).Brought on "Your World w/Neil Cavuto" to…
Hsu Indictment Not Big News to MSNBC.com, NYT, LAT
Hillary Clinton fundraiser Norman Hsu was indicted earlier today in a $20 million Ponzi scheme. I received a text message e-mail alert to this effect shortly after 1:30 p.m. Eastern. Given the heated lead-up to Iowa and New Hampshire, it's major news. In a 24/7 media cycle, it's inconceivable that it major news organization Web sites could not or would not give it top billing shortly after the…
ABC's Cuomo Gushes Over Young Clinton Staffers' Zeal for Hillary
While interviewing the young Clinton staffers who suffered through a hostage situation in New Hampshire last week, "Good Morning America" co-anchor Chris Cuomo used an interview on Tuesday's program to gush over their zeal for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Almost unable to contain himself, the ABC journalist extolled, "They come out of this experience lucky to have their lives, more…
Bob Tyrrell: 'Whitewash' Among 'Most Important' Books on Clinton and t
Conservative publisher R. Emmett Tyrrell gave readers of the Washington Times his endorsement of the latest book by MRC president and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell, "Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will." From his December 4 op-ed:"Whitewash" is one of the most important books I have read about the Clintons' relationship with the press, and I…
CBS Discovers New Political Dirty Trick Called Initiative 'Bundling
CBS News has discovered a dire new dirty political tactic. It is called "bundling." No, not the bundling of campaign funds as was performed by Norman Hsu for Hillary Clinton. This new bundling reported by CBS involves allowing ballot petition initiatives to be "bundled" together by signature collectors. CBS has presented the fact that signature collectors in California are collecting signatures…
Clinton Campaign: Kindergarten Crack Just a 'Joke
That Hillary Clinton -- such a prankster! Yes, if there's one thing Hillary is known for, it's her great sense of humor and light touch. So when she included Barack Obama's statements as a third-grader and kindergartner in her press release for purposes of demonstrating he was lying when he said he hadn't long harbored presidential ambitions, we should have all realized it was just one more of…
