McCarthyism Resurrected: Bush/Abramoff Pics and the NYT Reaction

Eric Arr
 

Nightline Paints Conservatives, Including Limbaugh, as Too Cowardly to

In a December 23 USA Today front page story, “USO cheers troops, but Iraq gigs tough to book; Safety concerns, disagreement with war keeping many celebrities from volunteering,” reporters Martin Kasindorf and Steven Komarow related how actor/comedian Robin Williams, “who like [Al] Franken has been an outspoken critic of Bush's management of the war -- and [Wayne] Newton, a Republican who backs…
Brent Baker
 

PBS Picks New President To "Stand Together" Against Liberal Bias Criti

Tim Graham
 

NB Media Roundup: Nagin Backs Down, CNN Hires Glenn Beck, Future Journ

Note: Today marks the beginning of a regular column here on NewsBusters called "Media Roundup." It'll keep track of that day's media news. Feel free to post a link to other stories you see in the comments for each entry.Sugar Ray Nagin is still in the news for that horrible chocolate comment. I found the back tracking to be even more ridiculous than the original comment; "Do you know anything…
Mithridate Ombud
 

“NBC Nightly News” Ignores Hayden’s Statement About Domestic Spy

All three major broadcast networks this evening covered President Bush’s speech in Kansas today concerning the domestic spying program. They all included the same quote of the president saying, “If I wanted to break the law, why was I briefing Congress?” And, they all referenced statements made today at the National Press Club by Deputy Director of National Intelligence and former National…
Noel Sheppard
 

A Real Lemann of a Media-Bias Comment From Columbia Journalism Dean

Tom Johnson
 

Stephanopoulos Overlooks Huge Hypocrisy in Kerry’s Domestic Spying P

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos invited former presidential candidate John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) on “This Week” yesterday to discuss a variety of pressing issues facing the nation. Primary amongst them was how the senator felt about domestic spying, and current revelations revealed in a New York Times article last month. During the discussion, Kerry made a rather glaring contradiction (hat tip to…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNNs Dobbs Blames Free Trade, Non-Union Labor for Fords Woes

But foreign cars produced in the U.S. are largely made in union-friendly states.
Ken Shepherd
 

The NYT on Karl Rove’s “Searing…Lacerating…Blistering” Speec

Clay Waters
 

Bad News for the President: Pictures with Corrupt Lobbyist

It really is amusing, on occasion, to watch the mainstream press go after non-stories that could make the President look bad. The latest example comes from Time Magazine, all worked up about the fact that there are allegedly pictures showing President Bush with Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a congressional lobbying scandal. And the AP has decided that Time's non-story is news.…
Lyford Beverage
 

Couric Cites Terrorist Lawyer's Claim Of Bush's "Crime

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Hollywood Stars Taking Huge Pay Cuts Amid Declining Studio Profits

In a piggyback of a previous NewsBusters report concerning Hollywood producing less films in the near future, The Times Online is reporting (hat tip to the Drudge Report) that movie stars are going to take less money for their services to assist studios in becoming more profitable:“Facing declining cinema audiences, Hollywood is trying to persuade its top actors to set an example by cutting back…
Noel Sheppard
 

Unitarian Heaven: Washington Post Prints Completely One-Sided "Protest

Tim Graham
 

Hollywood to Produce Substantially Fewer Films Over the Next Few Years

Facing declining sales and declining interest from a population that is increasingly shunning their product, Hollywood studios have apparently decided to release “substantially fewer films” over the next year or two. Not only that, but Hollywood is also less interested in footing the bill for motion pictures.According to a Sunday Variety column:“Substantially fewer films will be produced over the…
Noel Sheppard