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But broadcast media often underreport the $30 billion from the top corporate givers.
Newsweek’s Fineman Joins Media Herd Overstating Murtha’s Iraq War
Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, in a new article entitled “Bush at the Tipping Point,” joined an expanding list of media representatives that have not only completely ignored statements made by Rep. John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) concerning his disappointments with the Iraq war that came before his Thursday call for troop withdrawals, but also thoroughly misrepresented the level of support that Murtha…
Johnny Depp About-Face?: France Situation Is Now "Insane
In a September 2003 interview with a German magazine (related story), Johnny Depp compared the United States to a "dumb puppy" and a "broken toy." Depp, fed up with America, had already been living in France for some time.It's been a little over two years since that interview. Question: Is it now possible that America doesn't seem so bad to Johnny after all? According to this ContactMusic…
Murtha CNN’s “Play of the Week,” Blitzer Suggests Murtha the Cro
On Friday’s Situation Room, CNN’s Bill Schneider awarded Congressman John Murtha his “Play of the Week,” and after Schneider’s piece host Wolf Blitzer suggested the call by Murtha, “a very moderate conservative” (whatever that is), to withdraw troops is reminiscent of CBS anchor Walter Cronkite’s 1968 assertion the U.S. was losing in Vietnam, and so Republicans “probably realize they’ve got some…
CBS Portrays Murtha as Victim of Unfair Attacks, Insists His “Patrio
A night after leading with Democratic Congressman John Murtha's call for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq, Friday's CBS Evening News painted him as a victim of unjust attacks on his “patriotism,” though CBS provided no supporting soundbite of any such accusation, ludicrously insisted he was a “leading supporter” of the war and featured clips of Democrats, including “another decorated veteran whose…