News Conference Dominated by Bad News on Iraq, Spy Questions
There were only two subjects that concerned the media during President Bush’s December 19th news conference: Bad news on Iraq and domestic spying. Problems in Iraq accounted for six questions, while there were seven on domestic spying. (Note: Questions were counted based on their topic. Follow-ups on the same subject were not counted as separate questions.)The assembled members of the press…
Can't Argue With Science
UCLA political scientist Tim Groseclose releases results from a study that objectively quantifies media bias. Take a wild guess how that came out. Yes, Virginia, there is a leftist media bias. The only real surprises are that the Wall Street Journal news pages and the Drudge Report are more liberal than they get credit for. While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the…
Time's "People Who Mattered" Are Framed with Bias-Tinged Pictures and
Veteran observers of media bias know that it's not just about the words. It's also about the pictures. Time Magazine deserves all the wrath that will be hurled its way in the coming days not only over not naming "The purple-fingered Iraqi voters" their 2005 Persons of the Year, but for totally omitting them from its 2005 "People Who Mattered" list. The Iraqi voter may not have mattered, but…
Buzz-Kill: Well-Timed Spying Charges Let MSM Rain on Iraqi Election Pa
It was the MSM's worst nightmare-in-the-making: the prospect of a day, maybe more, of nothing but jubilant Iraqis waving those damn purple fingers, some of them no doubt soppily shouting "thank you, Mr. Bush!" Ugh. Can't let that happen.Don't worry, MSM: the New York Times, with a nice assist from the Washington Post, have got your back.The Times has admitted that, in response to a…
Boston Globe Tells Gov. Romney to Immediately Resign if Planning to Ru
One of two things must be happening at The Boston Globe:
It must really be gnawing at the editorial writers at The Globe that the GOP has controlled the governor's mansion in Massachusetts, nearly the bluest of all blue states, for over a decade, and they just couldn't take it any more.
The Editorial Board has raised the standards of conduct for presidential aspirants to dizzying heights.
How…
PBS's Bill Moyers Rips Into the Bush Administration…Again
Last Friday, the National Security Archive, a research institute and library located at George Washington University that collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, celebrated its 20th anniversary. Former PBS host Bill Moyers gave a speech to the attendees that evening in which, as has been typical for him, he didn’t have very nice things to say…
