Iraq's "Civil War" -- Will the Networks Ever Get It Right
March 2nd, 2006 1:17 AM
Wednesday’s Early Show on CBS carried a segment on Iraq emblazoned with the headline “Iraq Civil War.” The worry that Iraq is about to tip over into an all-out fight between the Sunnis and the Shiites has been thick in the media since terrorists bombed an important Shiite mosque a week ago. As CBS anchor Bob Schieffer announced that night (February 22): “One of the worst days ever in Iraq, and…
Jon Stewart on CNN: Bush Administration Shows "No Real Credibility
February 28th, 2006 2:32 PM
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, used his February 27 appearance on Larry King Live to take some political jabs at the Bush administration. Stewart launched several attacks against the Bush White House, including his charge that the administration has "shown no real credibility." Jon Stewart: "...My mind has been blown just so consistently by this administration’s insistence…
CBS Hypes “All-Time Low” Bush Approval; Skips Rejection of Media's
February 28th, 2006 12:10 AM
Though President Bush's approval rating, in a new CBS News poll released Monday night at 6:30pm EST, was just one point lower than where it stood in October -- and thus well within the poll's three-point margin of error, Bob Schieffer teased the CBS Evening News by declaring: “There is little to celebrate at the White House where public dissatisfaction, that began with the handling of Hurricane…
NBC Cites Iraq Analyst Who Denounced U.S. as 'Brutal Occupier, Humilia
February 27th, 2006 12:31 AM
A particularly dour report on the situation in Iraq aired on this evening's NBC Nightly News (Sunday, February 26, 2006) (link with video). This is nothing new, but the last 20 seconds of the report featured remarks from a man named Nir Rosen, whom NBC innocently identified as an "Iraq analyst." Not surprisingly, Rosen is far from an impartial observer.The Weekly Standard investigated Rosen's…
