Political Journalism or Democratic Strategizing
August 15th, 2006 1:02 PM
One of the interesting evidences of bias in the mainstream press is the way that all political discussions tend to be written from the point-of-view of "what do the Democrats need to do to win?" This New York Times "analysis" is just the latest example. All of the factors that you'd expect to see from a PR firm trying to help Democrats get elected are present. Introductory paragraph framing the…
ABC Sniffs Out Raul Castro's Favored Free Enterprise: Cocaine Running
August 14th, 2006 2:42 PM
The following is cross-posted at MRC's BusinessandMedia.org:Nearly two week ago, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell suggested hard-line Communist Raul Castro really did have a soft spot for capitalism."Raul
has been in charge of the military and the economy,” Mitchell explained
to the August 2 “Today” show audience, calling Fidel’s younger brother “politically hard-line but more open than his brother to free…
Trying Too Hard for Balance, FNC Equates Israeli Security Measures Wit
August 14th, 2006 12:11 PM
Last week, I documented here the way CNN leaned over backwards for balance in a story. In the wake of the Seattle Jewish Center shooting, it equated the fear of Jewish-Americans of similar incidents . . . with the fear of Hezbollah supporters of being unfairly accused.Although it wasn't nearly so egregious, Fox News Channel's Anita Vogel [seen here in a file photo] just engaged in some over-…
'Three Texas Men': Today Doesn't Disclose Mackinac Suspects Are Arab-A
August 14th, 2006 7:59 AM
Maruan Awad Muhareb. Adham Abdelhamid Othman. Louai Abdelhamied Othman. Now you know the names of the three men arrested over the weekend, suspected in a plot to blow up the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. You wouldn't have known either their names or backgrounds had you relied on the Today show this morning for the information. According to the wife of…
Hangin' in the Hamptons? Krugman, Herbert Hum Same Terror-Exploitation
August 14th, 2006 7:29 AM
Were New York Times columnists Paul Krugman and Bob Herbert hangin' in the Hamptons this weekend? Exchanging ideas at a chic cocktail party with ocean views? You might think so, judging by their columns this morning in which they sound such similar themes. Compare Krugman: "The Bush administration and its allies in Congress saw the terrorist threat not as a problem to be solved, but as a…
Rangel: 'Islamofascist' an Insult - 'You Never Called Hitler a Christi
August 11th, 2006 9:47 PM
It doesn't take much to offend liberals' exquisite sensitivities. The latest? Referring to Islamofascists as . . . Islamofascists. Chris Matthews got the ball rolling on this evening's Hardball. But Charlie Rangel upped the ante to the max, managing to impugn Christians and Jews in the bargain. Fortunately, GOP Congressman Dan Lungren had the guts to call Rangel on it.Matthews got things started…
Brian Blogs Back: I Was 'Aggressively Misunderstood
August 11th, 2006 3:37 PM
Apparently stung by criticism of his comments on last night's Hardball, Brian Williams has responded with a clarification at the Daily Nightly, the in-house blog of the NBC Nightly News. In doing so, Williams seems to have coined a new phrase, claiming to have been 'aggressively misunderstood' by his critics.As noted here, on last evening's 7 PM Hardball, Chris Matthews asked Williams about the…
