Unemployment Down & Jobs Up: CBS Skips the News and NBC Looks at Downs

The Bush administration and all Americans got great news on the economic front Friday when the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 211,000 jobs were added in March while the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, the lowest level in four-and-a-half years. Yet NBC didn't see a booming economy. “President Bush used the jobs numbers as a starting point for a new push to try to…
Brent Baker
 

Future CBS News Anchor Couric: “Analysts” Claim Al Jazeera is a

Let’s see if I have this correct: According to Katie Couric, the future anchor of the CBS Evening News, a town with Catholic themed values is bad, but Al Jazeera is a "voice of reform?" The April 7 edition of NBC's Today featured Couric’s skewed take on a new English version of the network:Couric: "Analysts claim that unlike most media in the Arab world, Al-Jazeera is a voice of reform, offering…
Scott Whitlock
 

Let's Get Ready To Rumble! Geraldo in the Left Corner, Lou Dobbs in th

Geoffrey Dickens
 

CNN's Schneider: President Bush Looks "Foolish and Deceptive" In Libby

Megan McCormack
 

NPR Plugs N.Y. Times Reporter Who Compares U.S. Interventions to Child

Tim Graham
 

New Reports Point to Strong Economy

Morning shows ignored higher consumer confidence, lower jobless claims as NBCs Today soft-pedaled a drop in unemployment.
Ken Shepherd
 

CBS Attacks Insurance Companies for Making Money

Companies stayed afloat despite hurricane damages due to reinsurance, a practice the networks reporter criticized.
Ken Shepherd
 

In Rosie O'Donnell Segment, Matthews Reveals He Spoke At Gay-Left Fund

Tim Graham
 

Finally: New York Times Corrects Minorities-as-Front-Line “Cannon Fo

Clay Waters
 

NY Times Turns McKinney Humiliation into Moment of Glory

Chris Judd
 

USA Today Article on Vieira Leaves Out Anti-War Activism

Ken Shepherd
 

E.J. Dionne Talks of “Run-Down Republicans” and “The Collapse of

The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne had a hard time hiding his glee about current difficulties facing the right in an op-ed published today entitled “Run-Down Republicans; Where Is The GOP’s Agenda?” In it, Dionne blamed all of America’s problems on Republicans without referring to any of the good news or the responsibility the minority party has for the bad: “No, the most important development is…
Noel Sheppard
 

'Dateline' Worried About Bigotry? 'Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross

Greg Sheffield
 

Washington Post Covers McKinney's Hair, Tavis Smiley's (Liberal) Flair

Tim Graham