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NB-TV Alert: Clay Waters on NY Times' Hugo Chavez Reporting
Clay Waters, Editor of the MRC's TimesWatch site and a NewsBusters contributor was a guest this afternoon on the Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto," which airs weekdays at 4 p.m. EDT. The topic: New York Times coverage of Venezuela and Hugo Chavez.TimesWatch.org is dedicated to documenting and exposing the liberal political agenda of the New York Times.Video (3:39): Real (2.67 MB…
MRC/NB's Gainor on Gas Price Hype on FNC's Cavuto
If you've been listening to the news, you might be surprised that the national average for gas is $3.20 - not $4 or more. Media hype of rising gas prices included predictions of $4, $5 and even higher national averages for gasoline.MRC Business & Media Institute director and Newsbusters contributor Dan Gainor appeared on Fox's "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on May 28, 2007 to combat the hype…
ABC Investigates Why Rosie ‘Really’ Left ‘The View’; Ignores
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program promised to investigate the "final straw" that pushed Rosie O’Donnell to leave "The View." Yet, somehow, neither anchor Chris Cuomo, nor reporter John Berman managed to mention the comedienne’s obsessive promotion of bizarre 9/11 conspiracy theories. The segment also sympathetically portrayed O’Donnell. Co-anchor Cuomo even blurted out that…
Media Report Sheehan’s Peace Movement Exit, Not Her Democrat Party D
Well, sports fans, it appears the media have figured out a clever way to report the events surrounding antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan this weekend without insulting the political party they are shilling for.Looking at the major media outlets that have begun to cover this story, the strategy appears to be to report Sheehan’s Daily Kos post from Monday, wherein she stated that she was resigning “as…
India Rejects Global Warming Hysteria, Says Kyoto Hurts Economy, Worse
As global warming alarmists in the media and on tour buses enflame hysteria concerning a nonexistent climate crisis, there is an inconvenient truth they routinely ignore: carbon dioxide emission reductions will hurt economies across the globe while worsening poverty.This seemingly immutable fact, which continually eludes the deluded such as soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry…
Hear This, Hillary: Obama 'OK' With Losing, Stresses Health Care
Is Barack Obama really running for president, or is he not-so-subtly positioning himself to be Hillary's running mate? I seemed to sense that 'subliminable' message on 'Today' this morning. At about 7:10 am EDT, the NBC show kicked off its "Today on the Trail" series, which will join the leading presidential contenders out on the campaign trail, with a feature on Obama. Meredith Vieira spent time…
Surprise Moral Lesson from Cannes: Film Festival Honors Virtue, Snubs
Have American movies become too lewd even for France?
Rosie Bails Out Three Weeks Early
Feisty talker couldn't face the heat after calling U.S. troops terrorists.
CNN Heroes: Focusing the Spotlight on Personal Responsibility and Trad
By promoting such stories and the people behind them CNN has set an inspirational tone that may inspire others to similar acts of everyday heroism.
Frisco Based MSN Travel Writer Disgusted By 'Ugly' American Travelers
Diane Vadino, travel writer for MSN, seems to be just as disgusted by Americans who travel abroad as those foreigners whom she quotes in hers titled "How American Travelers Are Viewed Abroad: The U.K.". Vadino revels in the "ugly American" stereotype and seeks out all the Brits she can find to validate her point. She even "apologizes" to an Iraqi for the evil of U.S. foreign policy on her visit…
Memorial Day Message From Abraham Lincoln
I know that I have posted this letter before, although I'm not sure when.Regardless, it seems quite fitting on the Memorial Day immediately following an historic vote in Congress to fund our soldiers serving in Iraq we be reminded of what this holiday is about.Although there is great debate concerning its authenticity, President Abraham Lincoln is said to have sent the following to a Mrs. Lydia…
Pelosi Holds Global Warming Talks as Late-May Snows Fall in U.S., Cana
Yes, folks, it’s Memorial Day weekend, snow is still falling in parts of America, England, and Canada, and our House Speaker is traveling abroad to discuss the global warming crisis.You really can't make this stuff up!What’s potentially more comical is that Nancy Pelosi probably doesn’t get the joke, and the press will likely hide the delicious irony so as not to allow the citizenry to get…