Globe On ISG: Consensus More Important Than Getting It Right
December 9th, 2006 7:31 AM
Sure, the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group might be largely useless. But hey, check out all the wonderful consensus - and cue another chorus of Kumbaya! That, in a nutshell, is the message of the Boston Globe's editorial of this morning, Presidential Ingratitude.Excerpts:"Whatever might be questioned in any particular recommendation of the report, the bipartisan spirit and consensus-…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: December 2 to
December 8th, 2006 4:15 PM
What is it about leaving a network gig that makes news anchors even more biased? Ex-host Tom Brokaw told a "Harball" audience that Barack Obama is a "rock star," lavished praise on Jon Stewart, and claimed that Ronald Reagan neglected "Mother Earth."Speaking of NBC stars who suck up to environmentalists, Matt Lauer recently encouraged Al Gore to run for president and "save the planet." Way to…
CNN Reporter Slimes Bush: ‘Kool-Aid’ Drinking President Won’t Ad
December 8th, 2006 11:49 AM
Perhaps in an attempt to surpass even David Gregory for most egregious bias, CNN reporter Suzanne Malveaux derided President Bush as a "Kool-Aid" drinker who won’t admit failure in Iraq. In a report for the Friday edition of "American Morning," the White House correspondent discussed Bush’s news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In additional fits of bias, Malveaux, described the…
