The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: October 14 to

October 20th, 2006 5:29 PM
The midterm elections are approaching and some members of the media are revving up their bias. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann recently suggested that President Bush might be as big a threat as the terrorists. This was only a day after referring to conservative talk show hosts who visited the White House as the "Legion of Doom." CNN’s Jack Cafferty wondered if Karl Rove is planning an "October surprise…

A New Tactic For Iraq? Perhaps a Muslim Scholar Has the Answer

October 20th, 2006 5:09 PM

CNN Defends Showing Terrorist Sniping Americans

October 20th, 2006 3:35 PM

Media Elites: 'Public Numb to US Deaths in Iraq

October 20th, 2006 2:07 PM

Cindy Sheehan, Paid By Kerry Campaign? Authors Say Yes on Fox News

October 20th, 2006 7:29 AM

Offensive Tet Comparisons

October 19th, 2006 4:50 PM

Yes, Iraq IS Like Vietnam

October 19th, 2006 12:15 PM
But not for the reasons reporters think, or are willing to admit.From the Washington Post:GREENSBORO, N.C., Oct. 18 -- President Bush said Wednesday that the current surge of violence in Iraq "could be" comparable to the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, a succession of battles that became a milestone because it helped turn the American public against the conflict and its political leadership…

Today Show's Poll Predicts 'Perfect Storm' To Wash Out GOP

October 19th, 2006 9:47 AM

N.Y. Times Finds Iraq a Great Issue for Democrats, Or Is It

October 19th, 2006 8:48 AM

'Today': Terrorists Attempting To Influence US Elections With Current

October 19th, 2006 8:06 AM
Amidst all the MSM reports about this being the deadliest month for US troops in Iraq in a long time, there was a stunning bit of candor today from NBC reporter Richard Engel suggesting this is not mere coincidence, but a conscious effort by the terrorists to elect Democrats.At the end of his report on this morning's 'Today' on the situation in Iraq, having spoken with US soliders, Engel…

Stephanopoulos Quizzes Bush About 'Surrender' Claim, Questioning of De

October 18th, 2006 7:35 PM
In an interview with President George W. Bush conducted in North Carolina and excerpted on Wednesday's World News on ABC, George Stephanopoulos quoted to Bush how he once declared that the upcoming election is “a choice between Republicans and Democrats who want to wave the white flag of surrender in the war on terror.” Stephanopoulos then demanded: “Can you name a Democrat who wants to 'wave…

CNN’s Jack Cafferty: Will Karl Rove Engineer an ‘October Surprise

October 18th, 2006 6:11 PM

ABC's Rosie O'Donnell Praises 'Fantastic' ACLU and Phil Donahue to O'R

October 18th, 2006 4:06 PM
As reported earlier here on Newsbusters, Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly appeared on Wednesday’s edition of 'The View' to promote his new book Culture Warrior. As one would expect, O’Reilly and liberal 'View' co-host Rosie O’Donnell clashed at several points during the segment, particularly in their discussion of the war in Iraq. O’Donnell would go on in the interview to praise the ACLU as a "…

Rosie Refuses to Say That She Wants US to Win In Iraq

October 18th, 2006 12:46 PM