IBD: Where Are the Journalistic Watchdogs on Social Security

April 29th, 2007 8:04 AM
Earlier this week, an Investors Business Daily editorial noted the weak treatment the Social Security Trustees' Report (summary here) received from the Formerly Mainstream Media: Journalists in Washington are supposed to be public watchdogs. But when it comes to the crisis facing Social Security, they act more like lapdogs for politicians determined to shirk their responsibility. The Washington…

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: April 21 to

April 28th, 2007 10:35 AM
MSNBC: Fair and BalancedAccording to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani committed "terrorism" when he suggested that the country would be "playing defense" if a Democrat was elected president in 2008. And this is the network that’s hosting a Republican presidential debate? Americans Making Lots of Money: Good or Bad? On Monday, an ABC graphic provided a shining example…

CBO: ‘Cap-and-Trade’ Program to Curb Global Warming Hurts Poor the

April 26th, 2007 11:28 AM
Here’s an extraordinarily inconvenient truth the press will likely not report: a “cap-and-trade” program designed to curb carbon emissions in order to "solve" global warming will negatively impact the poor the most.Think Charlie, Brian, and Katie will do a story on this tonight?Regardless of the answer, the reality is that as folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his sycophant devotees recommend…

'Today' Pushes Class Warfare After Dow Breaks

April 26th, 2007 10:27 AM
Producer of an MSM morning news show? Got a few minutes to fill at the end of your first half-hour? Why not resort to a tried-and-true winner: a bit of good old class warfare?That was the "Today" formula this morning. Matt Lauer introduced the segment, enviously entitled "Share the Wealth?: The Rich Get Richer," fanning the flames of envy and resentment with this opener:TODAY CO-HOST MATT…

How to Spend a Billion 'Boggles' 'World News' Anchor

April 25th, 2007 4:44 PM

'In the Money' Features Kucinich's Anti-Oil Rants, No Counterarguments

April 23rd, 2007 4:53 PM

WSJ Op-Ed Busts an Old Media Meme: Current Economy Beats Comparable

April 23rd, 2007 6:22 AM

BusinessWeek Lauds 'Savvier Media' for Silencing Global Warming Skepti

April 18th, 2007 4:11 PM

Media Don't Stop to Count the Cost of Green Activism

April 18th, 2007 3:54 PM

CNN's Velshi Files Wrong Tax Number with Viewers

April 13th, 2007 3:27 PM

Media Amnesia On Alternative Minimum Tax

April 11th, 2007 5:15 PM

The Last Time: Global Warming Recommendations That Will Put You In the

April 6th, 2007 4:44 PM

Media Eat Up Food Police Messages and Ignore Group's Extremism

April 5th, 2007 9:39 AM

ABC and NY Times: Global Warming is Inevitable, So Pay Up

April 2nd, 2007 5:00 PM