Was Team Hillary Especially Interested In Removing Imus from Cable TV

Tim Graham
 

Imus Firing: Lauer Suggests NBC Caved to Pressure; Vieira Holds Sharpt

Give Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira credit. On this morning's "Today," Lauer suggested to his boss's face that in firing Don Imus he had caved to pressure from advertisers and people like Al Sharpton. And Vieira held Al Sharpton's feet to the fire, now that he had Imus' scalp, about going after rappers and others who use similar language every day.Here's part of the exchange, which came at 7:…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Boortz on Why Liberals Don't Fare Well in Talk Radio

Matthew Sheffield
 

Does Get-Imus Movement Foretell Fairness Doctrine Reinstatement

Dan Riehl
 

When Sharpton Argued Degrading Comments Were Simply Free Speech

Robin Boyd
 

Media Cash In on Racism

What is newsworthy about the latest Imus insult in the morning isn't that liberal and conservative commentators alike expressed moral outrage at Imus' remarks—it's that they agreed that Imus shouldn't be fired for saying it.
Jan LaRue, Esq.
 

Harry Smith's Short Historical Memory

Tim Graham
 

BBC Cancels TV Movie On Iraq War Hero As 'Too Positive,' Would 'Aliena

The UK’s Telegraph reported that the BBC cancelled a 90-minute drama about the youngest surviving winner of the UK’s highest award for valor because “it feared it would alienate members of the audience opposed to the war in Iraq.” The BBC blocked the project that would have honored the incredible bravery and resilience of Private Johnson Beharry, a man who didn’t hesitate to risk his own life two…
Lynn Davidson
 

CNN Cheers Kucinich Slam On Oil Companies: 'We Say Go to It

Matthew Balan
 

Snoop Dogg: Don't Compare Me To 'This Punk' Don Imus

Tim Graham
 

Media Amnesia On Alternative Minimum Tax

Julia A. Seymour
 

NBC's Jonathan Alter Shoe-Horns Bush Slam Into Don Imus Debate

Geoffrey Dickens
 

CNN Pumps Up Inquiry into Gas Prices

Anchor Miles O'Brien shows more support for left-wing attack on Big Oil.
Dan Gainor
 

Media Ignore Ford Boycott

As sales plunge and the automaker cuts jobs, the year-long action by a major pro-family group goes unreported.
Colleen Raezler