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CBS Affiliate Goes Ghost Hunting
There are some who would argue journalists don't do serious stories about religion. The respect for a higher power cherished by the majority in this country is not a voice represented in the newsroom. Some might think that even when religion is approached in a story, it is treated like wacky antics of the criminally insane. Well that just isn't true. You obviously don't care about black people…
CBS Evening News Executive Producer Castigates NewsBusters Stories
Declaring that the Media Research Center “is a much more biased organization than any institution in the MSM," CBS Evening News Executive Producer Jim Murphy, on the CBS News “Public Eye” blog on Thursday, criticized two MRC CyberAlert articles I wrote which were first posted this week on NewsBusters. Public Eye Editor Vaughn Ververs asked Murphy to comment on a September 20 NewsBusters item…
CNN on Paying for Katrina: Raise Taxes, Cut Iraq Funding
CNN’s Joe Johns patrolled the halls of Congress this morning asking senators and representatives how America was going to pay for the reconstruction of New Orleans. His questions normally revolved around two themes: raising taxes, and cutting funding for the Iraq war (video to follow):To Sen. Cornyn (R–Tex): Are we talking about scaling back tax cuts to pay for Katrina?Lead-in to Sen. Reid (D–…