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CBS Downplays Danger from Activist Health Commissioner
Regulatory suggestion to limit trans-fats in New York foods results in serving of poor journalism.
NYT Discovers (Air) America -- Just Two Weeks Behind the Blogosphere
Buried on page 3 of today's Metro section (and apparently absent from the national edition entirely) is the NYT's first whisper of the financial scandal at left-wing radio network Air America. The crack NYT staff got to the story less than three weeks after the New York Daily News first picked up on it July 26. Not that the headline or subhead of the Times' story actually mention "Air…
Conservative Talk Show Host Hits Too Close To Home for David Gregory's
MSNBC's David Gregory took umbrage with criticism of the media’s coverage of Cindy Sheehan on last night's Hardball at around 7:53pm. The following is a brief exchange from a segment that featured talk show host Melanie Morgan and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen:Gregory: "Melanie, let me, let me begin with you. Does Cindy Sheehan have something important to say?"Melanie Morgan: "I think that…
NBC Showcases Sheehan, MSNBC Touts Her as Symbol of “Dissent
Cindy Sheehan got a full segment Thursday evening on the NBC Nightly News as anchor Brian Williams framed her protest in the context of how “so far, 1,846 Americans have died in Iraq, nearly 14,000 have been wounded. And it doesn't help that a woman who lost a son in Iraq vows to wait outside the President's ranch until the Commander-in-Chief agrees to speak with her.” Reporter Kelly O’Donnell…
New York Times Cleans up Franken Quote
A couple of years ago, there was a bit of a media firestorm, at least on the web, when New York Times' columnist Maureen Dowd was caught removing a portion of a comment that the President made. The omission rendered a clear and straightforward statement as a delusional and misleading one. Eventually the Times was forced to "correct" the quote.
Well, the New York times is "Dowdifying" quotes…