Bill Maher: 'War Hero' Kerry Should Call out 'Draft Dodger' Bush

Brad Wilmouth
 

Olbermann Focuses on Whether Dem Congress Will Protect Habeas Corpus

Brad Wilmouth
 

NBC and CBS Champion Pelosi for 'Making American History' as First Fem

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sat for interviews Wednesday with reporters for all the networks. NBC's Brian Williams and CBS's Katie Couric put the most emphasis on her presumed “history-making” ascension to House Speaker and allowed her to offer the most-benign descriptions of the policies she will pursue. “Our conversation with Nancy Pelosi, a woman on the verge of making American history…
Brent Baker
 

Iraq Diary: Meet Corey and Dave

Mark Finkelstein
 

FNC's Hume Highlights How Hotel Owner Has Removed CNN Over Terrorist V

Brent Baker
 

Flashback: In 1991 CBS Used Innuendo to Smear Gates with Iran-Contra L

The MRC's Rich Noyes this afternoon reminded me of how the CBS Evening News smeared Robert Gates, nominated Wednesday by President George W. Bush to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, when President George H.W. Bush nominated him to become CIA Director in 1991. A short item in the June, 1991 MediaWatch, a monthly newsletter the MRC published at the time, recounted:SPOOKING CBS.…
Brent Baker
 

Open Thread

Starter topic: Have Republicans finally realized they need to stop being so complacent with the media?
NB Staff
 

Rumsfeld's Out; Media Losing a Favorite Punching Bag

Rich Noyes
 

Media Pushes Notion 'Conservative' Democrats Won On Tuesday

Michael Rule
 

David Gregory Portrays Bush As Out Of Touch, NYT Highlights Voter Repu

Michael Rule
 

Contrary to Reports, Dan Rather Made Brief Jokey Appearance on Comedy

It seems we were misled by Dan Rather about playing it "straight" on The Daily Show on Election Night. He made a brief appearance to draw laughs by spouting a few canned "Ratherisms," in case anyone missed the biennial tradition of the disgraced CBS anchor’s homespun Texas phrases. (By the way, we coined the term "Ratherisms" in Notable Quotables back in 1992, and were recounting the election-…
Tim Graham
 

Too Giddy: Vieira Tells Montana Democrat She Hopes He Keeps Smiling

Tim Graham
 

Iraq Diary: on the Road with Air America

Mark Finkelstein
 

Media: U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming

BMI Staff