Hurricane Katrina
Halliburton Gets Contract To Pry Gold Fillings From New Orleans Corpse
September 19th, 2005 3:35 PM
Here's a story from the Onion that the MSM only wish were true.
Another Poll the Media Will Bury
September 18th, 2005 12:58 PM
As was reported here yesterday, regardless of how accurately Rasmussen Reports predicted the 2004 election results, America’s media continue to ignore their polling data. With special thanks to a NewsBusters reader named “Mass Liberal", it is evident that another report from Rasmussen just released this morning will likely get absolutely no air or print play, either. What will likely not get…
NY Times's Frank Rich Suggests Bush is "Blowhard and Snake-Oil Salesma
September 18th, 2005 11:04 AM
In what has become a daily ritual, another New York Times columnist thoroughly defamed and abused the president in an op-ed piece today. This morning, Frank Rich wrote:“ONCE Toto parts the curtain, the Wizard of Oz can never be the wizard again. He is forever Professor Marvel, blowhard and snake-oil salesman. Hurricane Katrina, which is likely to endure in the American psyche as long as L.…
NPR’s Totenberg Urges Imposition of a “Katrina Tax,” Says “I W
September 18th, 2005 3:33 AM
On the Inside Washington TV talk show aired on three Washington, DC stations over the weekend, NPR reporter Nina Totenberg, decked out in NewsBusters orange, suggested that President Bush’s Thursday night speech “would have been a great opportunity to say, 'look, I'm for tax cuts, but we need a Katrina tax, we need to really pay, to do this and to pay for it.’" Host Gordon Peterson repeated her…
Clinton, Blair, NY Congressman Criticize Katrina Coverage
September 17th, 2005 6:08 PM
Peter King (R-NY) the new chairman of the House of Representatives' homeland security committee blasted the media's coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. King made his remarks on the radio program of Linda Chavez while being interviewed by substitute host Steve Malzberg. NewsMax.com picked up his remarks:"The FEMA of ten years ago certainly did not do any better job under much less…
AP Has NO Problem Finding People Who Didn't Like President's Speech
September 17th, 2005 10:17 AM
As reported here yesterday by the Media Research Center’s Brent Baker, Dean Reynolds of ABC News had a hard time Thursday evening finding people who didn’t like President Bush’s address to the nation concerning Hurricane Katrina. Oddly, the Associated Press’s Angie Wagner didn’t have such difficulties. Of course, the AP went to seven different states to ensure they got the answers they were were…