Bush Earns Unusual Respect from Star Journalists: 'Clever Jujitsu' and
September 6th, 2006 9:31 PM
President Bush's announcement Wednesday, that he wants military tribunals for al-Qaeda operatives he's moved from secret sites to Guantanamo Bay, drew some unusual respect from top broadcast network stars, particularly ABC's George Stephanopoulos and CBS's Bob Schieffer, for its political cleverness. Stephanopoulos declared on World News with Charles Gibson: “Here the administration took an…
What Me, Worry? For Dowd, Radical Islamist 'Threat' Worthy Only of Sca
September 6th, 2006 7:04 AM
There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from her column of this morning: Maureen Dowd does not take seriously the threat to our security and civilization that radical Islam poses.The putative focus of New Themes for the Same Old Songs [subscription required] was a two-for-one snipe at W and Katie Couric. Straining to find some kind of parallel between the two on the occasion of Couric's…
Couric's News: Clunky Segmentation; Asks 'Back to Drawing Board' in Wa
September 5th, 2006 9:08 PM
The new CBS Evening News with Katie Couric showcased her over correspondents (in a change from Schieffer's day she handled the opening plugs for upcoming stories), spotlighted her legs (at the top of the show, as she sat with an interviewee and stood in front of the anchor desk at the end of the program) and marked the Early Show-ization of the evening newscast with stories crammed into gimmicky…
Couric's Unintended Candor: US Didn't Launch War on Terror Till
September 5th, 2006 8:32 PM
In the coming hours and days, my colleagues at MRC and NewsBusters are sure to provide comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Katie Couric's debut this evening as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. From the opening segment, whose message was that things are worse in Afghanistan than you realize, to an interview with MSM foreign policy fave Thomas Friedman decrying tax cuts, to anti-McDonald's…
BBC Once Again Declines to Disclose Religious Background of Terrorist
September 5th, 2006 1:42 PM
First it was "asian men" behind the plot to blow up British airlines headed for America, now it seems "men under the age of 30"
were plotting terrorist attacks in Denmark, at least according to the
BBC where informing readers of the religious identity of fanatical
Muslims seems to be taboo.Danish police have arrested nine suspected terrorists, the country's security intelligence service says.The…
Bill Maher Attacks Christians, Advocates Conversion to Islam
September 3rd, 2006 12:22 PM
Bill Maher on HBO’s September 1 “Real Time” went on quite an anti-theistic rant that clearly demonstrated his utter disdain for Christians as well as conservatives. To be sure, this wasn’t the first time Maher went so atheistically ballistic as reported by NewsBusters here. In this instance, Maher suggested that, “If converting to Islam is all it takes to get the terrorists off our backs, then…
