Ben Stein: Larry Craig Railroaded from Power
September 3rd, 2007 11:57 AM
Actor and commentator Ben Stein strongly defended Larry Craig on Friday's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," arguing that the police officer who arrested the Idaho Republican senator used "Gestapo tactics" to "browbeat" him into pleading guilty when, in fact, Craig had not committed any illegal act."He didn't do anything. He tapped his foot," Stein said. "And I don't like the idea that people are…
Metaphor-mad NYT Defends Craig: Stupidity No Cause to Cast Him Out of
August 31st, 2007 6:38 AM
When the Larry Craig case broke, I noted the New York Times's unusual diffidence in reporting it. Senator, Arrested at Airport, Pleads Guilty was all the Times's cryptic headline told us, failing to indicate Craig's name, party affiliation, or the crime for which he had been not merely "arrested" but to which he had pleaded guilty.At the time I surmised that the Times's bashfulness could have…
Nets Ignore Lowest Congressional Approval Rating in 33 Years
August 22nd, 2007 5:41 PM
If George W. Bush's approval rating hit a low point for any president in 33 years, do you think the network evening news programs would have reported it? Maybe as the lead story, right? Well, a new Gallup poll was released on Tuesday stating that the approval rating for Congress tied the lowest point since Gallup began tracking such a thing, and none of the broadcasts networks thought it was…
Dispatch from the Briar Patch: NYT Demands Dems Investigate Rove
August 14th, 2007 6:41 AM
When it comes to investigating Dems, the MSM is all Moveon.org. But when a Republican is potentially in the crosshairs, the liberal media suddenly goes Eliot Ness . . . Take the New York Times editorial of this morning, Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town, which amounts to an extended plea to Democrats to investigate Karl Rove on matters sundry. Huffs the Times:
Couric Praises Pelosi's New Congress for Promises Kept: They 'Worked M
August 8th, 2007 5:45 PM
When Nancy Pelosi rose to be the House Democrats’ leader in 2002, Katie Couric said to NBC colleague Ann Curry: "Is it okay to say, ‘You go girl!’?" That cheerleading spirit continued in her Monday "Katie Couric’s Notebook" commentary (featured at her blog Couric & Co.) lauding the new Democratic Congress: "this new crop worked much harder than the last. A big accomplishment was in…
Olbermann Blames Iraq War Spending for Bridge Collapse
August 4th, 2007 4:34 PM
On Friday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann charged that the "endless war and endless spending" had "crippled our ability to repair or just check our infrastructure," as he hosted Air America's Rachel Maddow in a discussion blaming the Minneapolis bridge collapse on Iraq war spending and unwillingness by conservatives to raise taxes. Olbermann quoted Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar'…
NYT Deceives on Dem Vote Dodge
August 4th, 2007 12:09 PM
Aren't the MSM and the Dems the "let every vote count" clan? But when the Dems snuff out a GOP win on the House floor in a manner that would send the New York Times into the mother of all snits were the shoe on the other foot, the Gray Lady camouflages the facts, and even manages to place blame on the Republicans.Take the headline from the Times' story on the way in which the Democrat wielding…
LAT Highlights Republican 'Culture of Corruption' Ignores Dem Troubles
August 1st, 2007 3:45 AM
Well, the L.A.Times certainly followed the Democratic National Committee's stylebook for reporting the news with this one, it is obvious. In a story about the new "sweeping ethics bill" making its way through Congress this week, they mention all the Republican corruption they can dredge up, but somehow miss every single Democrat example of the same. They also misreport a Nancy Pelosi rules change…
Media Misrepresent Senators’ Global Warming Trip to Greenland
July 31st, 2007 6:19 PM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) was quoted in an Orange County Register article as saying about a recent trip by Senators to investigate Greenland's glaciers, "I think everyone who has seen this is changed." On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported: "There is absolutely no disagreement that the greenhouse gas emissions are adding to climate change and global…
Follow-up: National Media Ignore Congresswoman's Walkout on General's
July 31st, 2007 1:17 PM
As noted here at NB yesterday, Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda walked out of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Friday after hearing General Jack Keane testify about the potential impact of a bill meant to micromanage troop deployment. Keane also testified about progress being made in the counteroffensive that has come to be known as "the surge." Boyda walked out because the objections…
'Early Show' Frames Story to Make Bush Look Heartless
July 30th, 2007 5:52 PM
On Saturday’s "Early Show," host Jeff Glor framed a political headline in a way that portrays President Bush as criminally uncaring. The story was about a seven year old Orlando boy who wrote a letter to the president, pleading for him to do something to make his community safer.Jeff Glor (Host): "And one seven year old boy's cry for help has gone as far as Capitol Hill and the White House."…
