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ABC’s Chutzpah: Scolds Congress for ‘Pay-Go’ Spending When It Ma
Three months after the networks, led by ABC’s Jonathan Karl, derided Senator Jim Bunning for daring to hold up an “emergency” spending bill which circumvented the “pay as you go” rules, as Karl made a fool of himself chasing the elderly Senator into elevators to cajole him to give in, on Monday’s World News Karl had the chutzpah to scold Congress for approving “emergency” spending which doesn’t…
June 1st, 2010 1:04 AM
ABC Frets Obama’s ‘Pro-Peace Efforts & Statements’ Are ‘Oversh
All three broadcast network evening newscasts conveyed to viewers that Israeli troops who boarded one of the flotilla of ships in the Mediterranean Sea were met with violent resistance, leading the troops to fight back with deadly results. But, during a report recounting anti-Israel protests in cities like London, ABC’s Jim Sciutto uniquely fretted that the incident would undermine President…
June 1st, 2010 12:58 AM
ABC News: Israel's Flotilla Incident Endangers American Troops In Midd
According to the geniuses at ABC News, the flotilla incident between Israel and pro-Hamas activists Monday endangers American troops stationed in the Middle East.At the conclusion of what had been a relatively well-balanced "World News" report concerning what happened off of the coast of Gaza early Monday morning, ABC's Jim Sciutto apprised viewers of the angry reaction to the event by Muslims in…
June 1st, 2010 12:50 AM
Networks Ignore Israel's Valid Reasons to Blockade Palestinian Terror
Media also skip history of terror attacks on U.S., call knife-wielding activists 'foreign aid workers.'
June 1st, 2010 12:00 AM
FNC’s Krauthammer Argues Gaza-Bound Ships Intended ‘Provocation
On Monday’s Special Report with Bret Baier on FNC, during the show’s regular "Fox All Stars" segment, columnist and FNC contributor Charles Krauthammer argued that the group of ships that were raided by Israeli troops were intentionally trying to provoke an incident and weaken Israel’s blockade of Gaza, as he related that Israel not only already allows plenty of aid shipments into Gaza, but had…
May 31st, 2010 11:57 PM
Pathetic Obsession: Palin's Hometown Paper Notes National Media Intere
With all the major news stories and developments out there, the editorial board at the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin's hometown, is bemused, bewildered, and somewhat befuddled at the national media's interest in a privacy fence (HT Michelle Malkin) on residential property. The just-built fence is on Palin's property. Its purpose is to frustrate the prying eyes of…
May 31st, 2010 11:21 PM
AP Highlights How Girl Admitting an Illegal Alien Mom to Mrs. Obama Is
One of the most popular stories at Yahoo! News on Monday featured Daisy Cuevas, the Peruvian girl who told Michelle Obama her mother was an illegal immigrant. In a story with no space for border-enforcers, AP reporter Carla Salazar relayed that the girl is famous in Peru, and Peru's president sounds just like Mexico's president in lecturing Arizona: Daisy, meanwhile, has become a celebrity in…
May 31st, 2010 11:03 PM
President Obama's Memorial Day Speech Rained Out
President Obama's Memorial Day speech at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois, got rained out Monday (commentary after the jump):
May 31st, 2010 4:56 PM
ABC, NBC Mark Passing of World War II Hero Lieutenant John Finn
On Thursday evening, ABC’s World News and the NBC Nightly News both marked the passing of retired Navy Lieutenant John Finn, who was the oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, which he earned defending America during the attack on Pearl Harbor. While ABC’s George Stephanopoulos read a short item on Lieutenant Finn, NBC’s Brian Williams devoted an full report to his heroism.On the May 27…
May 31st, 2010 3:12 PM
The Importance of Reporting Israel's Side of the Flotilla Incident
CRITICAL UPDATES at end of article.It's now all over the headlines: "Israeli Soldiers Kill at Least 10 Protesters on Boat Carrying Supplies to Gaza."But with all stories, there are indeed two sides.As international outrage mounts, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels Tuesday's scheduled meeting with President Obama, it is crucial that news outlets here offer an accurate, fair and…
May 31st, 2010 12:36 PM
NBC's David Gregory Peppers Hayworth With Japanese Internment-Camp Ana
NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory peppered conservative Rep. J.D. Hayworth with tougher questions than liberal Rep. Luis Gutierrez on immigration Sunday. In the roughest one, Gregory strangely alluded to Franklin Roosevelt's internment of Japanese-Americans as somehow a metaphor as to where current immigration policy could be headed: Congressman Hayworth, are you not concerned that just as…
May 31st, 2010 11:42 AM
The True Meaning of Memorial Day
I first posted this amazing video at NewsBusters four years ago. At the time, the background music was Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven." According to YouTube, record producers forced the soundtrack's removal due to copyright infringement.As such, I offer it again accompanied by Leann Rimes' version of "Amazing Grace":President Lincoln's immortal letter to Mrs. Lydia Bixby follows with video of it…
May 31st, 2010 10:04 AM