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Bubble, Bubble, Its the Media in Trouble
Journalists have been forecasting a housing bust for years. When should we start to take them seriously?
CBS Blows Hurricane Season Death Toll Out of Proportion
Acosta portrays 2005 as deadliest year, ignoring 8,000 killed in Galveston storm.
TV Academy Honors Dobbs, Ignores His Slant on News
Lifetime achievement award honors journalistic work, but skips trend toward advocacy.
O'Reilly on Fire on Today on Iraq: "It's World War III
To use a favorite phrase of ESPN's Dan Patrick, Bill O'Reilly was "en fuego" in his Today show appearance this morningThe main subject was President Bush's scheduled speech today to discuss his Iraq strategy.Katie Couric described the impending speech as "very important" and asked O'Reilly what people need to hear from it.O'Reilly got matters off to an unexpected start by declaring: "I'm not even…
NYT Makes 'Yes, But' Economic Reporting an Art Form
You've come to Newsbusters because you want to see a concrete example of liberal bias. Who delivers that better than the New York Times? This is reality. We're 4 years out from the worst attack since Pearl Harbor, post dot-com crash, we've had more hurricanes than any year since some old man first started keeping track, and we just about had a major U.S. city -- an economically important city…
Kanye West Stands By His Slam on Bush: “I Spoke from My Heart
In an interview taped for ABC’s Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005, rapper Kanye West, who in September during NBC's Concert for Hurricane Relief had declared that “George Bush doesn't care about black people,” told Walters that he stands by the allegation. In the ABC special aired Tuesday night, in which Walters featured West as the second of her ten “most…
Broadcast Nets, Which Led With Murtha, Ignore Lieberman
Twelve days ago when Democratic Congressman John Murtha, who had long been critical of the Bush administration’s running of the war, advocated withdrawing troops from Iraq, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts all emphasized his importance and influence as they led with his press conference. CBS showcased Murtha’s attack on Vice President Dick Cheney’s lack of military service and ABC ran a 90…