Media Focus on Foley, Ignore Good Economic Signs

Yesterday the Dow Jones average hit its third straight record high while a retail report for September showed strong sales at most retailers, including apparel and department stores.Yet ABC, CBS, and NBC all ignored both developments in their newscasts.For more, see my story at the MRC's BusinessandMedia.org Web site.
Ken Shepherd
 

Desperately Ignoring Foley

Noel Sheppard
 

Questions Michael Scheuer Hopes Bill Maher Will Ask Richard Clarke Ton

A few days ago, I alerted Michael Scheuer – the former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit – that former Terrorism Czar Richard Clarke was scheduled to be Bill Maher’s guest tonight on “Real Time”. Of course, this is the same Richard Clarke that refused to participate in last weekend’s “Fox News Sunday” panel discussion that Scheuer was a part of as addressed here. After all, why should Clarke go…
Noel Sheppard
 

Soros Blows a Clinton-Style Gasket at Fox's Cavuto

NRO Media Blog notes that George Soros blew a Clinton-style gasket at Neil Cavuto on Fox Thursday afternoon. Cavuto raised his accented ire by noting that he may not be paying all those taxes on the super-rich that the Left constantly demands, since his Quantum Fund is registered in the Netherlands Antilles, in Curacao:Cavuto: "So your taxes in this country... are they at the 35 percent rate?"…
Tim Graham
 

Wal-Mart Critic Krugman Confounded By Capitalism

Mark Finkelstein
 

Bill Clinton Tells WashPost: We Expect Old Media To Fight Our Battles

Tim Graham
 

Hurricane-Happy Media Not Interested When Forecast Downgraded

Noel Sheppard
 

Olbermann: Bush a 'Compulsive Liar' Who 'Savaged Freedoms' and Is Help

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann delivered another of his “Special Comment” rants on Thursday night -- this one his longest yet, clocking in at just over 11 minutes. Olbermann began the diatribe, which concluded the October 5 Countdown, by saying his topic was “lying,” specifically how President Bush is making false claims about Democrats. Olbermann cited how Bush charged that Democrats “don’t think we…
Brent Baker
 

Larry Sabato Complains of 'Gutter Politics' While Practicing It

Tom Blumer
 

Former President Bush Zings NY Times and Woodward's 'Kitty Kelley Jour

Brent Baker
 

Is Brian Ross the Next Dan Rather

Al Brown
 

Pentagon Rebuts Newsweek's Grim Afghanistan Assessment

Mark Finkelstein
 

Barney Frank Compares Gay Republicans in Congress to ‘Secret Jews

Terry Trippany
 

ABC on Barney Frank Scandal: No Political Hay for GOP, He's 'Truly Gif

Tim Graham