NYTimes Waited Full Week to Correct Military Rape Story - One Tale a T

On March 18th, the New York Times published a piece titled "The Women's War". It was a feature of great length (18 pages on the Internet) centered around the plight of several female Veterans of the war in Iraq. It detailed the mistreatment they suffered by the US Military, sexual harassment they received at the hands of army officers, and their PTSDs (post traumatic distress disorders). A…
Warner Todd Huston

Bill Clinton Says '24' Is 'Trying To Be Fair

Lynn Davidson

Seymour Hersh Discusses American Military Strategy on Iranian Radio

Seymour Hersh of “The New Yorker” has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq for many years. This certainly should come as no surprise to folks familiar with his name, his work, and his style of dangerously activist journalism.On March 11, Hersh added a new wrinkle to his résumé by not only doing a radio interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,…
Noel Sheppard

16 Questions for The New York Times Editorial Board

Given the Gray Lady's recent eye-opening stands on various issues, CMI Advisory Board member Jan LaRue thought that posing a few questions might help the editorial writers think more clearly.
Jan LaRue, Esq.

It's All About Being on Television

NY Times article sums up obsession with celebrity.
Kristen Fyfe

GMA Devotes 26 Minutes to Hillary Clinton Town Hall Infomercial

Who says the long sound bite is dead? According to an MRC analysis, "Good Morning America" devoted over 26 minutes of its two hour time slot on Monday to a fawning town hall meeting with Senator Hillary Clinton.
Scott Whitlock

In Syrup Story, NBC Avoids Sappy Slant, ABC Stuck to Warming Hype

Julia A. Seymour

ABC Gets Syrupy over Global Warming

'World News' says 'long-term warming trend' could damage state's economy, though NBC showed how farmers can adapt.
Julia A. Seymour

Post's Kurtz Sees 'Subtle Racism' In Immigrant Mortgage 'Victim' Story

During his online "Critiquing the Media" chat on Monday, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz agreed with criticism that today's story on immigrant "victims" of mortgage lenders didn't seem to assume that borrowers are in any way responsible for failing to make their mortgage payments. He even agreed with the online questioner's suggestion there was "subtle racism" in the tone of the story…
Tim Graham

Rosie Implies Captured Brits Are A Contrived 'Gulf of Tonkin' For War

Justin McCarthy

L.A. Times: U.S. Attorney Opposition to Death Penalty a Possible Reaso

In much of the mainstream media reporting on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the focus has been on stoking a political controversy from the story, ruminating on Alberto Gonzales's shelf life as attorney general, etc. Largely left by the wayside in mainstream media reporting have been legitimate deviations the fired attorneys exhibited from Bush Justice Department priorities, such as…
Ken Shepherd

GMA’s Roberts to Hillary: 1993 Universal Health Care Plan Was ‘Ahe

On Monday’s "Good Morning America," co-anchor Robin Roberts hosted a fawning town hall meeting with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. During the opening segment, which encompassed much of the program’s first half hour, Roberts didn’t bother challenging the New York Senator and, instead, asked her softball questions.
Scott Whitlock

NY Times Sports Columnist Slurs Innocent Duke Lacrosse Players, Again

Clay Waters

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