Hurricane Katrina
GMA Touts Tough Democrats’ Plan to Hold Bush’s ‘Feet to the Fire
January 30th, 2007 12:54 PM
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," co-host Diane Sawyer and reporter Jake Tapper highlighted the Democrats’ strategy to "get tough on the White House." The ABC correspondent discussed plans to begin hearings on holding the Bush administration accountable for issues such as global warming, Hurricane Katrina, Darfur, and Iraq. Tapper indicated that the President would soon be assailed from all…
Bush's 'Omission' of Katrina/Gulf Coast Hardship Treated as Scandalous
January 24th, 2007 9:56 PM
A night after CNN anchors fretted about how Katrina and the recovering Gulf region were “thunderously missing” from President Bush's State of the Union address, CBS and NBC picked up the cause. CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric regretted on Wednesday night how “there was not one mention of Katrina, though the suffering and hardship continue.” Noting that “there are still 13,000 people living…
Hillary Blames Bad Image on 'Radio, Cable TV'; Swipes Edwards as 'On S
January 23rd, 2007 8:07 AM
Gee, I wonder whom Hillary had in mind when she blamed her bad image on "radio and cable TV" this morning? She didn't quite name Rush, Hannity et al. as the "evildoers," but there was no mistaking the object of her disaffection.The comment came in the course of a "Today" interview with Meredith Vieira. Meredith began with a slow-pitch softball, asking whether Hillary believes the public has…
Senate Global Warming Hearing Exposes Alarmist Media
December 6th, 2006 5:38 PM
As NewsBuster Matt Sheffield reported Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works held a hearing Wednesday to discuss the media’s role in causing global warming hysteria in the country. The committee’s website encapsulated the proceedings (emphasis mine throughout):Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, said today’s hearing about…
Brian Williams on PBS: See My 'Serious, Reasoned' Newscast, Unlike Tho
November 23rd, 2006 4:42 PM
PBS talk show host Charlie Rose, who spent the 1980s at CBS doing the overnight interview show "Nightwatch," is never a softer touch than when he has a network star on his show. Monday night’s interview with NBC anchor Brian Williams gave the anchor a platform to present his newscast as a "reasoned, serious" oasis from cable-news shouters, a "half hour of peace and tranquility" with "smart people…
Rapper's Delight: Democrat Claire 'Kanye' McCaskill's Bush-Hates-Black
October 14th, 2006 7:37 AM
Forgive the slowness of getting to this amazing exchange on Meet the Press, but with all the fuss that Chris Matthews and other national pundits have made over George Allen's "Macaca" salutation, it's amazing (and a testament to media Bush-loathing) that Missouri Democrat Senate challenger Claire McCaskill could completely copy rapper Kanye West and insist President Bush let people die in New…
NYT’s Frank Rich Joins Oprah to Boost Book and Bash Bush
October 13th, 2006 12:36 PM
Certainly, the New York Times’ Frank Rich is an easy target for conservatives, as he never has anything nice to say about President Bush or any politician with the letter “R” after his/her name. Yet, when such an obvious left-wing hatchet-man goes on “Oprah” to boost sales of his new, just-in-time-for-the-elections gotcha book, “The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to
September 29th, 2006 4:26 PM
As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…
