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Moyers and Maher Avoid Facts as They Attack President Bush on ‘Real
If you’re a leftwing journalist with a new television special about to air on PBS accusing the Bush administration of using the media to sell the Iraq war in 2003, is there any place better to promote the event than HBO’s “Real Time?”Bill Moyers must have felt this was the perfect venue to market his upcoming “Buying the War” program, as he discussed its contents and his views of the incursion…
Is Google's Earth Day Logo Advancing Global Warming Alarmism
I noticed it earlier this morning, and was reminded by NewsBusters member Conservative in the Arts that Internet search behemoth Google was featuring an interesting logo to commemorate Earth Day: Looks like a melting iceberg, doesn’t it? Is the company making a bold statement about its view of anthropogenic global warming?
Sheryl Crow and Laurie David Argue With Karl Rove at Correspondents' D
Karl Rove found out Saturday evening that the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner isn’t just about comedians and members of the press telling jokes at the Administration’s expense. Depending on whose account you believe, it is also about invited guests having the opportunity to confront White House staff in order to give them indigestion before their meal.*****Updates at end of…
Old Media Does Ford No Favors by Ignoring the American Family Assn. Bo
Is The Ford Motor Company committing an Old-Media-assisted suicide?
On Wednesday, One News Now had a story about how the Formerly Mainstream Media has largely ignored the negative impact the the American Family Association's boycott of Ford has had on the company (an audio version of the report is also at the link):
News media ignoring Ford boycott, media analyst says
Weekend Captionfest II
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Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King (2nd L) and American Idol cast-off Sanjaya Malakar (R) arrive for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington
Bozell: CBS Sounds Silly With Imus Sensitivity, When Often They Defy t
Brent Bozell's culture column this week took one last bite out of the Imus apple, taking exception to CBS chief Les Moonves claiming he was so glad to listen to the public and dismiss Don Imus from his CBS Radio gig, because he is all about being sensitive to the public's wishes. Baloney, says Brent:In his press statement on the Imus firing, the strangest part was Moonves touting how he enjoyed…
Greenspan's Recant Last Week: Coverage Plays Up the R-Word, Even Thoug
In late February and early March, Alan Greenspan's musing and odds-making on whether the US economy would go into a recession later this year was all the rage in the Formerly Mainstream Media. Here's how Craig Torres of Bloomberg News started out his March 7 report carried in the Washington Post:
'One-Third Probability' in '07, Former Fed Chief Says
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan…
Bloggers Discuss ‘Free’ vs. Abusive Speech at Comments Sections
Although it goes without saying that Internet denizens of all colors, shapes, and sizes typify the concepts inherent in the First Amendment, conceivably nothing incites more ire from bloggers than out of control comments sections. As this issue came to a head last month in the midst of the Kathy Sierra debacle – a computer programming instructor that ended up canceling speaking engagements due to…