So Funny I Forgot to Laugh

The San Francisco Chronicle created a comic today to suggest what it would look like if al Qaeda planted propaganda stories in US newspapers. This is evidently a take on the recent story of the US using the means necessary to do what needs to be done in Iraq. Let me be the first to suggest al Qaeda doesn't need to; MSM is doing just fine on their own. But seriously, if they were to plant stories…
Mithridate Ombud
 

ABC on World AIDS Day: Evangelicals Finally Overcome History of Apathy

Tim Graham
 

CNNs Serwer Huffs and Puffs about Bad News from Detroit

But business reporter turns around hours later to declare the economy just right.
Ken Shepherd
 

Scoring Brian Williams's First Year as NBC's Anchor

Exactly one year ago tonight (Friday), Brian Williams took over the NBC Nightly News after Tom Brokaw’s 21-year run as anchor. Of the three men who dominated network news during the 1980s and 90s, Brokaw wasn’t the most biased, but he still reflected the liberal prejudices of his profession. A year later, the same could be said of Brian Williams. Bob Schieffer’s CBS Evening News is no…
Rich Noyes
 

NYT: U.S. Defying 'Freedom of the Press' in Iraq

Clay Waters
 

Another Poll You Won’t Hear About: Confidence in War on Terror Way U

As has been reported by NewsBusters before, the mainstream media largely ignore the polling work of Scott Rasmussen. Certainly, it is quite unlikely they will report polling data that he just released concerning how Americans feel the War on Terror is going:“December 2, 2005--Confidence in the War on Terror is up sharply compared to a month ago. Forty-eight percent (48%)  Americans now believe…
Noel Sheppard
 

WashPost's Robin Givhan Raves At Saddam's "Stud" Suit, "Dressing Down

Tim Graham
 

Silent Night of the Grinches as Today Show Airs Pro-Christmas Tree Sto

Mark Finkelstein
 

CBS Distorts Bush, Pace Quotes to Support Charge of Iraq War "Mistakes

Brad Wilmouth
 

AP: Once Again, Gulf of Tonkin Story Shows Vietnam Just Like Iraq

Joshua Sharf
 

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…a Very Good Christmas

The media’s pessimistic holiday shopping forecasts fail to register with reality.Don't miss my latest at the Free Market Project:  Contrary to the media’s pessimistic forecasts for the Christmas shopping season reported by the Free Market Project in late October, strong retail sales this Thanksgiving weekend got the annual end-of-the-year buying bonanza off to a bang. In fact, the economic data…
Noel Sheppard
 

Alan Colmes Suggested Iraq's WMD "Destroyed By Bill Clinton

Dave Pierre
 

News Media Ignored Lieberman, But Leno Pressed Dean About Senator's St

Brent Baker
 

MRC's Brent Bozell Interviews Mary Mapes

Must see TV this weekend: The MRC's Brent Bozell talks to fired CBS News producer Mary Mapes this Saturday on C-SPAN2's "After Words." From the C-SPAN web site:"This week on 'After Words' journalist Mary Mapes explains her investigative story on George W. Bush's National Guard record that aired on 60 Minutes II. Her new book about the experience is titled Truth and Duty: The Press, The President…
Matthew Sheffield