Politics Imitates South Park. Will Media Cover Obama's Sex Ed for Tots
A Democratic presidential contender has hinted that he thinks some form of sex ed is appropriate for the nation's five-year olds.I'm not exactly holding my breath for media outrage or at least interest in the topic, but I though Good Lt. at the "Jawa Report" has some good observations about how yet again, life seems to be imitating South Park:Amazing. Simply amazing. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,…
NBC to Cut Fred Thompson from ‘Law and Order’ Reruns
Without much fanfare, NBC made an interesting announcement Tuesday: if Fred Thompson becomes a presidential candidate, his episodes of "Law and Order" will no longer be rerun. As reported by the New York Daily News Wednesday (emphasis added throughout): "If Fred Thompson formally declares his intention to run for President, NBC will not schedule any further repeats of 'Law & Order'…
Rather: 'I'm Big on Personal Responsibility
Say what you will of Dan Rather, but don't deny he's got a great sense of humor . . .Most of Rather's pontifications on today's "Morning Joe" rolled off my back, as I flipped between his performance and that of Tiger Woods over the closing holes at Carnoustie.But something made me sit up and take notice. At 8:34 A.M. EDT, Rather suddenly blurted out: "I'm big on personal responsibility." And yes…
New Poll Reflects Media’s Negative Impact on Economic Perceptions
A new poll released Wednesday gave extraordinary evidence as
to how continued negative reports from a bearish media have impacted the public’s
view of the economy.
As reported
by Reuters (emphasis added):
Two-thirds of
those surveyed, 66 percent, said the direction of economic policy was fair or
poor.
Yet, these same
folks are very optimistic about their own economic condition:
ABC Gushes Over Spat Between ‘Popular’ Elizabeth Edwards and Tough
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program actually reported on Elizabeth Edwards’s attack that ‘08 contender Hillary Clinton may not be a strong advocate for women. However, correspondent Claire Shipman managed the feat of somehow turning the story into a positive for both women. She also engaged in the standard media practice of identification bias.Shipman gushed that the spouse of…
AP Ignores Congressman’s Bush is Hitler Remark Until He Apologizes
If you had any questions about the political leanings of the
Associated Press, they were answered Tuesday when the wire service finally
noticed nine days after the fact that a Democrat Congressman had made some
despicable comments about President Bush, Adolf Hitler, and 9/11.
Of course, the AP getting around to this issue when the
Congressman apologized for his deplorable remarks is icing on the…
Nets Bury Elizabeth Edwards 'Behaves Like a Man' Hillary Swipe
Quick -- which is Hillary Clinton's bigger liability as a candidate?:A. She's an insufficiently ardent feminist; orB. Her personality is cold, calculating and unfeminine.If you've been living on Planet Earth since 1992, surely your answer is 'B.' So when Elizabeth Edwards adds fuel to that fire, accusing Hillary of behaving like a man, that is very newsworthy stuff. Unless you're NBC or ABC,…
CBS Uses Democrat Helpers To Explain How Democrats Now 'Get Religion
Monday’s Early Show on CBS picked up on Time magazine’s promotional cover story "How The Democrats Got Religion." Reporter Jeff Glor used two guides to explore how the Democrats would "level the praying field," but didn’t exactly tell viewers that these guides were involved in the drive to help the Democrats. The first expert was Time magazine’s Amy Sullivan, who wrote a "God Gap" essay for the…
CNN/YouTube Special Features Liberal Videos Disproportionately
On Monday night, CNN aired a special hour promoting the upcoming "CNN/YouTube" presidential debates. CNN is encouraging viewers to record their questions for the presidential candidates and post them on YouTube.com. In anticipation of this historic event, hosts John Roberts and Kiran Chetry shared just a few of the thousands of video submissions CNN has already received. Of the videos aired on…
Bill O’Reilly Disgusted ‘JetBlue Would Sponsor Hatemongers Like Da
As NewsBusters reported Monday, Bill O’Reilly
isn’t pleased about airliner JetBlue sponsoring the upcoming convention of Daily
Kos devotees and Democrat presidential candidates referred to by the netroots as YearlyKos.
In fact, Monday’s
“O’Reilly Factor” began with the host observing:
What do you think of someone who says the
following: the world would be better off without him? That…
ABC Grills Edwards With Some Tough Questions; Pitched Softballs to Hil
Appearing on Monday’s special town hall edition of "Good Morning America," 2008 presidential candidate John Edwards endured a much tougher line of questioning from Diane Sawyer than Hillary Clinton received during a similar event in March.
Although Edwards received more air time, 38 minutes to almost 27 minutes, Senator Clinton had the advantage of friendly questions from the audience and a…
Dem Congressman Compares President Bush to Hitler, Media Mum (Updated
A rather disturbing event occurred in a Minnesota library last Sunday: Freshman Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler, while implying that the White House was involved in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11.Didn’t hear about this? Well, how could you? After all, no major, mainstream media outlet other than Fox News and CNN thought it was newsworthy…
Man Snoozes During John Edwards's ABC Town Hall...Then Vanishes
Did "Good Morning America" physically remove a man who appeared to be dozing off during Democratic Senator John Edwards's town hall meeting on Monday? Early in the 7am hour, the man (pictured at right) appeared to be sleeping, or at least dozing, while Edwards discussed his plan for Iraq.
Around 7:11, the individual, who was seated to the back and right of Edwards, mysteriously disappeared (…
