Salon: Cosby Show 'Enabled...Ugliest Reagan-Era Fantasies' on Race
Amid mounting evidence of Bill Cosby’s depraved behavior, many have changed their minds about Cosby the person. Should they also reconsider, for very different reasons, their affection for his megahit sitcom, The Cosby Show? Lefty writer Chauncey DeVega thinks so. In a Sunday article for Salon, DeVega opined that the series “lied to its white viewers about the nature of racism, white supremacy,…
At AP, Too-Convenient Mislabeling Hides Steep Wholesale Sales Decline
Martin Crutsinger has been a business and economics writer at the Associated Press for over three decades. Certain people in high places apparently hold him in high regard. In early 2014, on his 30th anniversary with the wire service, he is said to have received congratulatory letters from soon-to-be Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, soon-to-be-former chair Ben Bernanke and Obama administration…
AP Blames Congress, Not Obama, For OPM Data Breach
Of all the media memes ever attempted, the one blaming Republicans for the fact that now-resigned Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Aruchleta was confirmed is high on the list of the most ridiculous ever. A reasonably close runnerup is the idea that Congress failed "to adequately fund OPM."
Matt Balan at NewsBusters covered CNN's ridiculous tweeted claim that "Republicans…
CNN's Cuomo Hits Bernie Sanders for 'Tricky Game' of Distorting Bush
As independent Senator Bernie Sanders appeared as a guest on Friday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo called out the Vermont socialist for distorting remarks made by Jeb Bush as the Florida Republican called for more full-time employment for part-time American workers.
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Alex Wagner Amazed Not Everyone Finds Redskins Logo Controversial
What does MSNBC's Alex Wagner have against stately Indian warriors? On today's Morning Joe, Wagner said it was "amazing" that anyone could look at the Washington Redskins logo and name and not find them controversial.
This NewsBuster can understand the debate over the "Redskins" name. But the logo? Has Alex actually had a look at it? Could Wagner be confusing it with the Cleveland Indians' …
AP Pair: Sit Back and Accept This Lousy 'New Normal' Job Market
As seen in two previous posts at NewsBusters, once the Associated Press's Christopher Rugaber didn't get the job market "nearing full health" he expected and briefly thought he got in Thursday's jobs report, he quickly downgraded it to "painting a mixed picture," and took it further down to "a bleaker picture" about eight hours later.
That still left the problem, six years after the recession's…
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Nets Punt on Regulations Set to Force Diversity in Neighborhoods
On Wednesday night, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC refused to cover the Obama administration’s official unveiling of new regulations that aim to force neighborhoods to diversification or risk losing annual federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As they often do when the networks fail to cover a story, the Fox News Channel (FNC) program Special Report was…
AP Changed June Jobs Report Take Again, From 'Mixed' to 'Bleaker'
The Associated Press's Christopher Rugaber had a very bad day on Thursday as he covered the government's June jobs report, but it was all self-inflicted.
I noted much of the problem in a NewsBusters post yesterday, citing how the AP economics writer got badly burned while engaging in the wire service's usual practice of analyzing expected and reported economic results instead of concentrating on…
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EdiTed: Univision’s Deceptively Edited Ted Cruz Interview
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After watching anchor Jorge Ramos’ complete interview of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Fusion, I immediately began to speculate as to which parts would be left on the cutting room floor during its Sunday rebroadcast on Univision’s Al Punto. It didn’t take me long to find out that I was right.
On Jobs Report, AP Changes Take From Almost 'Healthy' to 'Mixed'
This post will document what transpired at the Associated Press on Thursday before and just after the release of the government's employment report. It should be a humiliating lesson to its business and economics writers. One would hope that they might learn to concentrate solely on discerning and accurately reporting the relevant facts, and to leave the analysis to others. (I know; fat chance…
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Jimmy Carter: America in 'Inevitable Decline,' Not Obama's Fault
From the man who brought you malaise, now an even more depressingly negative view of America . . . On today's Morning Joe, Jimmy Carter declared that America is in "inevitable decline."
But no finger-pointing at President Obama, please: Carter declared that the decline is "not because of any defect or fault on the part of the President of the United States." Cue the Cole Porter: it's just…
Bloomberg Bases 'Factories Making a Comeback' Story on a Survey
As I was looking for news coverage of Thursday's horrid factory orders report from the Census Bureau late last week, I came across an incredibly optimistic Blomberg News report by Victoria Stilwell.
The headline of her story on July 1, the day before that factory orders release, read: "Factories Making a Comeback as U.S. Domestic Demand Picks Up." My reaction: On what planet? It turns out that…
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El clamor de un pequeño empresario se escucha en Telemundo
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A menudo, los propietarios de pequeñas empresas se quejan de estar siendo “estrangulados” por el mandato de cada vez más beneficios. Sin embargo, pocas veces ese clamor es presentado con un estilo claro y atractivo, como sucedió con la cobertura de la legislación en California que obliga a empresas a pagar días de ausencia por enfermedad para trabajadores temporales.
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'Strangled' Small Businessman Pipes Up on Telemundo
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Small business owners often complain about being “choked” by ever-increasing mandated benefits, but rarely do you see their complaints presented in a clear and compelling way. An exception took place during coverage of the very latest mandated benefit in California: sick leave for part-time employees, which just took effect this month.
