Sheehan Gets Back-to-Back Shots on MSNBC and CNN
August 15th, 2005 10:43 PM
Cindy Sheehan earned a live interview segments at the start of Monday's 7pm EDT Hardball on MSNBC, where she appeared from Texas with her sister, Deedee Miller, and then just past 7:30pm EDT Sheehan showed up live on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 with anti-war activist Pat Vogel. After Sheehan went on at length about how the U.S. is “building bases the size of Sacramento, California in Iraq.…
Sheehan “Single-Handedly Bringing Iraq Debate to Bush's Doorstep
August 15th, 2005 9:53 AM
NBC Nightly News on Sunday devoted its “In Depth” segment to Bush-hater Cindy Sheehan’s impact, as anchor David Gregory touted how she “has become both a magnet and a source of controversy in the President's hometown, single-handedly bringing the Iraq debate to Mr. Bush's doorstep.” Reporter Kelly O'Donnell began with how “she's tiny Crawford's biggest draw. This woman said she drove 900 miles…
Nets Trump Bush Driving by Sheehan on Way to Fund-Raiser
August 12th, 2005 10:51 PM
Several media outlets on Friday couldn't resist trumping up President Bush's motorcade passing by Cindy Sheehan's protest camp. CNN's Situation Room put “BUSH WALKS ON BY” and “PRES. BUSH PASSES UP CHANCE TO MEET WITH 'PEACE MOM'”on screen during a story in which CNN viewers were treated to blurry video taken from inside a car in the caravan to show what Bush might have seen out his window.…
Conservative Talk Show Host Hits Too Close To Home for David Gregory's
August 12th, 2005 11:18 AM
MSNBC's David Gregory took umbrage with criticism of the media’s coverage of Cindy Sheehan on last night's Hardball at around 7:53pm. The following is a brief exchange from a segment that featured talk show host Melanie Morgan and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen:Gregory: "Melanie, let me, let me begin with you. Does Cindy Sheehan have something important to say?"Melanie Morgan: "I think that…
NBC Showcases Sheehan, MSNBC Touts Her as Symbol of “Dissent
August 12th, 2005 11:12 AM
Cindy Sheehan got a full segment Thursday evening on the NBC Nightly News as anchor Brian Williams framed her protest in the context of how “so far, 1,846 Americans have died in Iraq, nearly 14,000 have been wounded. And it doesn't help that a woman who lost a son in Iraq vows to wait outside the President's ranch until the Commander-in-Chief agrees to speak with her.” Reporter Kelly O’Donnell…
Barnes Calls Sheehan “Crackpot,” Rues Media Focus on Her
August 11th, 2005 7:32 PM
During the panel segment on tonight's (Thursday) Special Report with Brit Hume on FNC, Fred Barnes recalled Joe Wilson and Bill Burkett as he wondered, "is there any left-wing publicity hound who the media won't build up?” Zeroing in on Cindy Sheehan, Barnes criticized both her and the media's treatment of her: “This woman wants to go in and tell the President that the war is about oil because…
