Day After Highlighting Iran's Nuclear Threat, ABC Exposes 'Secret War
A night after leading with an “exclusive” about the more imminent than thought horrific threat posed by Iran's nuclear weapons capability, ABC's World News began Tuesday with another Brian Ross “exclusive” in which he exposed a clandestine “secret war” inside Iran, a revelation that seemingly could undermine U.S. efforts to prevent Iran's extremist leaders from using those weapons of mass…
MSNBC's Francona Blogs About Iran Hostage Taking, Nexis Shows No Air T
UPDATE at post's bottom.Lt. Col. Rick Francona (USAF Retired) is an MSNBC military analyst who also writes for the network's "Hardblogger" blog. But while Francona has plenty of thoughts on how to deal with Iran's hostage-taking and on the notion of setting a withdrawal deadline for U.S. troops in Iraq, a review of Nexis showed zero hits for Francona on MSNBC recently, and only one appearance on…
GMA Portrays Rosie vs. O’Reilly As Celebrity Feud; Ignores 9/11 Cons
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program featured a segment on the growing feud between "View" host Rosie O’Donnell and FNC anchor Bill O’Reilly. Although reporter Taina Hernandez did highlight some of Ms. O’Donnell’s more extreme statements, the segment mostly portayed the back-and-forth as simply a celebrity squabble. And one topic that GMA left out? Any reference to Rosie’s recent…
62 Percent in AOL Poll Say Rosie O’Donnell Should be Fired
As many people know, Rosie O’Donnell has landed herself in another high-profile brouhaha with yet another high-profile media figure. In December, it was Donald Trump. Now, it’s Bill O’Reilly.Yet, this time, her statements which precipitated the skirmish – that America may have set up the recent showdown between Iran and the captured British sailors, as well as the Bush administration being…
Bill O’Reilly Asks if ABC Should Fire Rosie O’Donnell
While conservatives in the nation’s capital gathered on March 29 to recognize some of the most disgraceful media performances of 2006 at the MRC’s 20th Anniversary Gala, one of the evening’s “winners” was being unceremoniously torn to shreds by Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly (two-part videos available here and here).In fact, the host went so far as to ask his guests, Bernie Goldberg and Jane…
Rosie O'Donnell Spouts 9/11 Conspiracies: 'First Time in History Fire
The co-hosts of "The View" again discussed the Iranian British hostage situation on the March 29 edition. Rosie O’Donnell trusted the Iranians more than the British and Americans, and the discussion evolved into more Rosie rants against alleged Bush administration tyranny and for the first time on "The View," Rosie ranted on her September 11 conspiracy theories. Rosie’s rants were too much even…
WashPost Gives Royal Navy Hostage Story Just 51 Words On Day Four of I
Today marks four days since Iran's Revolutionary Guard captured 15 British servicemen in what they claim are Iranian territorial waters. A similar incident in 2004 lasted just three days.Yet the Washington Post, which has never hesitated to front-page negative developments in the war in Iraq, gave just 51 words on page A8 to the ongoing detention of 15 British servicemen.By contrast, the March…
