‘Meet the Press’ Demonstrates How Marvelous a Balanced Discussion

June 3rd, 2007 2:58 PM
In April, NewsBusters commended HBO for actually having a balanced panel on “Real Time”: “Maher ought to try this format of having two liberals (including himself) and two conservatives more often, for a much more balanced discussion ensued than normal, making for one of the most interesting 'Real Times' of the season so far.”For a change, Tim Russert employed the same strategy on Sunday’s “Meet…

ABCNews.com: ‘Murtha Ties Foiled JFK Plot to U.S. in Iraq

June 3rd, 2007 1:21 PM
On Saturday, a NewsBusters headline asked the following question: “JFK Terror Plot: How Soon Before Media Blame Bush For Timing of Arrests?”Well, Sunday morning, ABCNews.com actually went one better by using a statement made by John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) on “This Week” as the headline for the video of George Stephanopoulos’ interview with the Congressman: “Murtha Ties Foiled JFK Plot to U.S. in…

‘The Making of a Martyr’ Documentary Debunks Media Myths About Ter

June 2nd, 2007 12:08 PM
On Saturday, NewsBusters shared a truly unnerving graduation video from a Hamas kindergarten in Gaza. The point of the article was to demonstrate how the media meme of terrorism being largely a function of poverty and despair is an inaccurate and incomplete representation. Almost serendipitously, Charles Johnson just hours before wrote about a 2006 documentary made by Brooke Goldstein and filmed…

MSM In No Rush to Reveal Hillary Flunked Bar Exam

June 1st, 2007 8:26 AM

MRC Press Release Concerning Media Boycott of Al Qaeda Torture Manual

May 31st, 2007 12:46 PM
On May 24, a NewsBusters’ headline asked, “Will Media Report Al Qaeda Torture Manual With Same Zeal as Abu Ghraib?”Now, a week later, a press release from the Media Research Center answered the question:To their credit, CNN and Fox News Channel ran stories on the declassified material. Yet nine days since the material was released, neither ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times nor The Washington Post…

PBS’s Charlie Rose Hosts Cozy Draft-Gore Manhattan Event, Airs It on

May 31st, 2007 9:39 AM

Cindy Sheehan: 'Corporate Media' Inaccurately Labels MoveOn As 'The An

May 31st, 2007 7:28 AM

AP's Jennifer Loven: Reporter or Editorialist

May 31st, 2007 5:14 AM

CBS's Harry Smith Urges Gore to Declare Presidential Run, Presses Gore

May 30th, 2007 11:18 AM
Updated with video (13:50 EDT).Is "Early Show" anchor Harry Smith stumping for an Al Gore presidency? On the May 30 edition of the show, it appeared like he did as he tried to place a "Gore 2008" pin on the former vice president’s suit. Before a tee ball interview, Smith demonstrated his desire for a Gore presidency to co-anchor Hannah Storm.Video (0:29): Real (798 kB) or Windows Media (906 kB),…

Newsweek Mocks Bush 'Progress Report' From Iraq -- and Then Writes a P

May 30th, 2007 7:53 AM

Unintentionally Funny Online Petition to Fire Elisabeth from 'View

May 30th, 2007 6:10 AM

Rare Good News on Iraq from CBS News: Maliki Says Surge is Working

May 29th, 2007 8:22 PM
Although Katie Couric began Tuesday's CBS Evening News coverage of Iraq on a downbeat note, pointing out how May has become the “deadliest month” of 2007, with “at least 114” U.S. servicemen killed so far, she moved on to how “in an exclusive interview, Iraq's Prime Minister tells CBS News the security crackdown is working.” From Baghdad, Lara Logan offered more of a glass is half full spin as…

Media Report Sheehan’s Peace Movement Exit, Not Her Democrat Party D

May 29th, 2007 11:03 AM
Well, sports fans, it appears the media have figured out a clever way to report the events surrounding antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan this weekend without insulting the political party they are shilling for.Looking at the major media outlets that have begun to cover this story, the strategy appears to be to report Sheehan’s Daily Kos post from Monday, wherein she stated that she was resigning “as…

Military History Becomes Left-Wing Commentary

May 27th, 2007 10:09 AM