Runway Waits Uncommon Despite Media Hype

USA Today emphasizes two-hour waits, but Associated Press shows chances 1 in 1,000.
Dan Gainor
 

Newsweek's Howard Fineman Greenlights Democratic Attack Ads

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Chris Matthews Charges After Cheney

Geoffrey Dickens
 

GMA Highlights ‘Vicious’ Coulter; Ignores Maher Musings About Chen

Has Ann Coulter gone too far? “Good Morning America” reporter Jake Tapper posed that question on Tuesday’s program. Commenting on Coulter’s use of a slur at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, he used the words “vicious” and “mean spirited” to describe the author. An ABC graphic described the speech as “nasty.” And yet, the ABC program has not aired a single story on prominent…
Scott Whitlock
 

Bill Maher Responds to NewsBusters

Well, sports fans, HBO’s Bill Maher has officially responded to Saturday’s NewsBusters’ article concerning statements he made on his “Real Time” program Friday evening about the failed assassination attempt on Vice President Dick Cheney last week. To quote Strother Martin from the movie “Cool Hand Luke,” what we have here is a failure to communicate.This is how Maher began his response:
Noel Sheppard
 

Scooter Libby Jury: Guilty on 4 of 5 Counts

Matthew Sheffield
 

L.A. Times Reporters Hit Dems From Left On Taxes

"Ugh, now the Democrats like tax cuts too!"That's essentially the tone of a March 5 Los Angeles Times article* that took Democrats to task for their plans for what President Clinton was fond of calling "targeted tax cuts." Apparently they just "cost" the government too much of our money:WASHINGTON // After years of claiming that Republicans were cluttering the tax code with provisions that…
Ken Shepherd
 

Status Update Open Thread

In case you tried to get in earlier today around 9:20 am Eastern or so, NewsBusters was hacked through a vulnerability in our web software. This is the first time it's happened. We'll be doing the upgrade this weekend however it is costing us several thousand dollars to do this. Please consider a donation to help us defray the costs.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Williams in Baghdad: New Pockets of Peace, Iraqis Don't Want to See Am

Mark Finkelstein
 

U.S. News: Hillary Trying To Be 'More Cautious And Centrist

Tim Graham
 

Omission Watch: Media Ignore Hillary Speech to Gay Group Against Socia

Tim Graham
 

Today's Gaggle: March

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Fox = Family? A New Show Holds Promise

The edgiest entertainment network discovers that family-friendly programming can really work.
Kristen Fyfe
 

NBC: Iraqis Want U.S. to Stay and Insurgents Counting on Help from War

Visiting Iraq, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams learned from Army officers that Iraqis want U.S. forces to remain in their country, from NBC News Baghdad reporter Richard Engel that Al-Sadr's insurgents have stepped down and are counting on pressure from anti-war opponents to provide them with victory, and from retired General and NBC News military analyst Wayne Downey that U.S. troops are…
Brent Baker