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Maggie Rodriguez Brings La Raza Perspective to CBS
A cover story in the June edition of Latino Magazine, discussed CBS Early Show co-host Maggie Rodriguez’s efforts to "...educate her peers on how to be cognizant of Latino viewers, by pushing stories about Latinos that are of interest to all Americans, as well as informing them of more humane and respectful labels – such as undocumented immigrant instead of illegal alien."The story, written by…
Obama Car Czar Abdicates After Brief Tenure, WaPo Places Story on Page
Steven Rattner, a former New York Times reporter whose short tenure as Obama's so-called car czar "came under a cloud in April when details of alleged influence-peddling surfaced," announced his resignation yesterday, the Washington Post's Peter Whoriskey and Tomoeh Murakami Tse reported today.Yet despite President Obama's penchant for naming numerous policy czars, news of the resignation was…
NBC's Curry: GOP Hopes to Avoid 'Offending Women and Hispanics
NBC's Ann Curry, on Tuesday's "Today" show depicted a political minefield for those Republicans who dare to challenge Sonia Sotomayor during her hearings. The co-anchor, in a 9am half-hour news brief sketched out the arduous task the GOP senators have in front of them as they attempt to avoid "offending women and Hispanics," in their questioning of the Supreme Court nominee.The following was…
Left-Wing Blog Talking Points Memo Now Hiring 'News Veterans
At least one media outlet is bucking the field's bleak economic outlook: The left-wing blog Talking Points Memo. On Monday, Noam Cohen reported in the New York Times that TPM has received funding from outside investors that will result in a doubling of staff, and may include some veteran mainstream journalists. The political news Web site Talking Points Memo this weekend completed a round of…
CBS’s Smith: Is Sotomayor Confirmation ‘All Theater
While discussing the Sotomayor confirmation hearings with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, CBS Early Show co-host Harry Smith wondered: "Senator Lindsey Graham said, ‘unless you have a meltdown, you're going to get confirmed.’ So is this all theater then, or is this a process that should literally be paid attention to?"Gonzales responded by describing the importance of a Supreme Court…
Sex Toy Advertised During Prime Time -- What's Next
It's hard enough watching television with your kids these days given all the Viagra and Cialis commercials, but are we now going to have to put up with ads for sex toys?Trojan's vibrating fingertip massager for women has been around for over a year, as has the commercial for it.However, I didn't expect it to appear in the middle of CMT's prime time airing of "Field of Dreams" Monday night.Take a…
Sotomayor Hearings Serving as a Distraction for Tax Hikes
BMI adviser Dan Mitchell explains how Dems are using SCOTUS hearings as camouflage for higher taxes to pay for public health care plan.
'World News' Charges Goldman Sachs with Making Too Much Profit
ABC segment suggests investment bank took 'too much risk' in effort to show positive returns in recessionary economy.
CBS’ Rodriguez ‘Proud’ of Jackson Coverage
Maggie Rodriguez wants us to know that she's a real journalist. "If I were to program a show for my viewing pleasure, I would make it all news," she told Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post in a July 13 article. But the host of CBS's "Early Show" also insisted, "I'm not a journalistic snob." Good thing too, because when you work for a network that dedicated 37 percent of its nightly news…
WaPo Publishes Glowing Article About Incoming AFL-CIO Leader; Ignores
The Washington Post has published a glowing article about likely incoming AFL-CIO president, Richard Trumka (photo), titled "Trumka Hopes to Mend the AFL-CIO." Writer Chris Cillizza asks in the very first sentence of his Monday Fix story, "Can Richard Trumka reunite the labor movement?" Cillizza portrays Trumka as genuinely puzzled over the reason for the big split in the labor movement: With…
