NBC Promotes Green Agenda in G-8 Summit Report

'Nightly News' blasts U.S. government for inaction on climate change and promotes expensive Japanese efforts.
Jeff Poor
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

Welcome to NewsBusters

Matthew Sheffield
 

What KDKA and CNN Kept Out of Their Murtha 'Surge Has Worked' Coverage

This post builds on Noel Sheppard's NewsBusters entry earlier this morning. Noel covered portions of Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha's Thursday interview with Pittsburgh TV Station KDKA used by CNN's "Situation Room" on Friday (transcript here [Murtha segment is about halfway through]; video here). CNN carried KDKA footage showing that Murtha has grudgingly acknowledged the obvious: That…
Tom Blumer
 

CNN: Murtha Flip-flops on Surge

One of Congress's most outspoken critics of the war as well as last year's surge in troops, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Penn.), told a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news station on Thursday that he believes things have gotten better in Iraq.Yet, apart from CNN, his statements appear to have gone largely unnoticed. This of course is in stark contrast to the media frenzy that occurred in November 2005 when…
Noel Sheppard
 

CBS, NBC Downplay Serious Gardasil Side Effects

Should the government force sixth grade girls to risk death to protect them against a sexually transmitted disease?
Julia Seward
 

C-Word Dropped on C-Span's Washington Journal -- No Bleep Button

Caller uses obscene word while repeating unconfirmed McCain tale; leftist Web sites cheer.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Washington Post Addresses Obama's Faith -- with NO Wright

How can responsible journalists explain the candidate's beliefs and ignore his lengthy relationship with a politically and theologically radical preacher?
Tim Graham
 

Tavis Smiley Gives The Nation Magazine a Megaphone on PBS

Tim Graham
 

American Media Misses the Boat on American Victories In Iraq

John Stephenson
 

Tom Hanks in New 'Welcome Back Veterans' Ad

If you've watched any baseball this holiday weekend, you've likely seen a new public service announcement featuring actor Tom Hanks promoting a group called Welcome Back Veterans.In the 30-second segment, soldiers recount the welcome they received when they first returned home from either Iraq or Afghanistan.Hanks finishes the ad stating (video embedded right):
Noel Sheppard
 

Obama Abortion Flip-Flop Buried in NY Times Blog Item about Rove

It appears that the New York Times would prefer that its readers know as little as possible about Barack Obama's abortion flip-flop, while still retaining the ability to claim, "yeah, we covered it." As a refresher, here is part of Thursday's Associated Press report on this particular item in the ongoing Obama Flip-Flop festival, first noted at NewsBusters by John Stephenson: Democratic…
Tom Blumer
 

USO and Budweiser Say Thank You to the Troops

Try watching the following wonderful tribute to our troops without crying:
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN's Wolf Blitzer Defends Al Gore's 'Creating the Internet' Statement

Appearing on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of becoming host of CNN's Late Edition, Wolf Blitzer defended Al Gore's famous statement that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," as the CNN anchor argued that Gore's words, which came during a March 1999 interview with Blitzer, were "misreported" and "twisted" by the media. Blitzer: "It never dawned on me that…
Brad Wilmouth