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Olbermann Asked to Issue Apology and Correction
MSNBC and its star attraction Keith Olbermann have been asked to issue an apology and a correction for statements made by the "Countdown" host last week. Don't hold your breath they'll do either.As NewsBusters reported Sunday, the most disgraceful example of journalism on cable was challenged to a debate by a woman he disparaged on his program last Thursday.As Olbermann has not shown the strength…
February 18th, 2009 10:15 AM
Stimulus and Spending: Synonyms Not
Someone get the leader of the free world and his media pals a thesaurus.
February 18th, 2009 10:06 AM
Leftwing Nova M Radio Folds; Randi Rhodes MIA
Alert Bill Press and the other liberals who want to re-institute the "Fairness Doctrine." The free market continues to be at work weeding out shows that most folks don't want to listen to. The latest casualty is Nova M radio which syndicated such shows as Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy. The reports are now coming in fast and furious about the demise of Nova M so here is the latest from Brian…
February 18th, 2009 9:57 AM
Young Newsweek Reporter Touts How Under-30 Crowd Finds the Obamas 'The
Newsweek reporter Andrew Romano, a specialist in the youth vote (because he's Princeton '04), attempts to describe how he found the under-30 generation adores the marital bliss of the Obamas in this week's magazine. The article is headlined "Our Model Marriage: The Obamas have the kind of relationship millennials aspire to." Romano described how his contemporaries were much wilder in their…
February 18th, 2009 8:51 AM
Obama Sneaks Orders, Documents Through, Media Caught Unawares
Despite all claims to the contrary, President Obama has not been very vigilant about pursuing that idea of "transparency" he ballyhooed during the recent campaign. Politico reported on a host of documents, proclamations and executive orders that Obama has made in the last month and none of them were online. In fact, many were not even released at all to the press by the White House. So, where is…
February 18th, 2009 5:56 AM
How the Networks Promoted the Biggest Spending Bill in History
ABC, CBS, NBC put positive spin on huge growth of government.
February 18th, 2009 1:39 AM
Name That Party: Chicago Alderman Sentenced to 4 Years; Sun-Times, AP
Former Chicago Democratic Alderman Arenda Troutman was sentenced today to four years in prison for mail and tax fraud. In covering her sentencing, both the Chicago Sun-Times article (picture at right is cropped from that article) and Jeff Coen's Breaking News piece at the Chicago Tribune failed to mention that Troutman is a Democrat. Now it would be easy to say, "But of course she's a Democrat;…
February 18th, 2009 12:23 AM
ABC Champions How 'Stimulus' Will Enable Mayors to Create Jobs
ABC's World News on Tuesday night celebrated President Obama's signature on the 'stimulus' package by devoting a full story to how mayors will supposedly use their portion to create 1.6 million jobs. Fill-in anchor Diane Sawyer recited “the wish list” of “nearly 19,000 infrastructure projects -- roads, bridges, mass transit -- costing some $150 billion” and “the mayors argue that the projects are…
February 17th, 2009 9:46 PM
ABC's David Wright Knocks Sarah Palin as Barbie
"Nightline" reporter David Wright on Monday inserted a gratuitous slam of Sarah Palin into a seemingly innocuous segment covering the 50th anniversary of the Barbie doll. Recounting the various versions of the Mattel toy, he set up the attack: "[Barbie's] been an astronaut and a rock star. Pop icons Beyonce and Shakira. She's won 'American Idol' too." Right after footage of the "President Barbie…
February 17th, 2009 5:09 PM
FNC’s Hemmer: Media Ignoring Obama's Plans to Control Census
On Saturday’s Fox News Watch, FNC host Bill Hemmer brought up the media’s lack of interest in Barack Obama’s plans to exert control over the 2010 census from the White House, as the show’s panel discussed Republican Senator Judd Gregg’s decision not to accept appointment to the position of Commerce Secretary. Hemmer teased the show: "Is the White House effort to control the census a play to…
February 17th, 2009 4:43 PM
CBS: Former CIA Agent Calls For U.S. Appeasement of Iran
On CBS’s Sunday Morning, correspondent Kimberly Dozier interviewed former C.I.A. agent Robert Baer, who argued that Iran: "...is empire by proxy. You get people -- it's like Communism. You get people to go along with you and your vision of the world. And they're saying, you know, ‘we can finally drive the United States out of the Middle East.’" Dozier added: "Unless, Baer says, we give President…
February 17th, 2009 4:22 PM
CNN Airs Sympathetic Report on Latest Michael Moore Project
On Tuesday’s American Morning, anchor Kiran Chertry and correspondent Jason Carroll failed to mention the left-wing politics of filmmaker Michael Moore during a report about his latest project, which targets the financial industry, and included a sound bite from People Magazine’s Leah Rozen, who expressed a desire to “see Michael Moore spank Wall Street.” Carroll emphasized Moore’s credentials,…
February 17th, 2009 4:08 PM