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Who's going to win today's playoff games?Baltimore at TennesseeArizona at CarolinaIs this Cleveland and LeBron's year? Is Pitt the real deal? Is San Jose? Is Florida really number one?Joe Concha's views on today's football games below the fold:
January 10th, 2009 11:20 AM
Anchorage Daily News Claims Own Anti-Palin Story Wasn't Paper's Fault
Remember when you were a kid and you and your best friend got caught doing something you two weren't supposed to be doing? Remember the first words blurted from your mouth was, "Well, it's HIS fault?" It's a common reaction for a kid trying to avoid the wrath of Mom that he knows is coming after getting caught for doing what he knew was wrong in the first place. Well in essence, this is what the…
January 10th, 2009 4:18 AM
CNN Doubles Down; Reposts Withdrawn Video of Apparently Faked CPR Atte
This post follows up on last night's NewsBusters post ("They Never Learn: CNN Withdraws Apparently Faked Video of CPR Attempt on 'Dead' Palestinian Child").CNN has reposted a video it withdrew yesterday. That video purports to show the death and hasty burial of a cameraman's 12 year-old younger brother, one of two children allegedly killed on the roof of their home in rocket fire from an Israeli…
January 9th, 2009 11:27 PM
CBS Airs Accusations Israelis ‘Targeted’ Civilians, Implies Both S
On Friday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Mark Phillips treated with credibility accusations by Palestinians, "supported by UN officials," that the Israeli military was "targeting" civilians in Gaza, and played a clip of a woman accusing Israeli troops of "herding" her family into a house and shooting her husband. And, without informing viewers of the blockade’s importance in preventing Iran or…
January 9th, 2009 9:33 PM
NBC’s Gregory Describes Hamas as ‘Terrorist Group Bent on Destruct
Among the anchors and correspondents on the broadcast networks, NBC’s David Gregory has been unique in conveying to viewers the nature of Hamas as, on two occasions during the opening weekend of the airstrikes by Israel in Gaza, Gregory referred to Hamas as a "terrorist organization that is bent on the destruction of Israel." He also recently gave attention to the Hamas doctrine that the purpose…
January 9th, 2009 6:39 PM
Weekend Captionfest
Pres.-elect Obama meets in the Oval Office with all the living presidents, past and current, January 7, 2009. Photo Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
January 9th, 2009 3:58 PM
CNN Omits Democratic Party Affiliation of Indicted Baltimore Mayor
During a breaking news brief on Friday’s Newsroom program, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips failed to identify the party affiliation of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, a Democrat, who earlier in the day had been indicted on 12 counts related to a corruption probe by Maryland state officials. She did identify Dixon as “the first woman to serve as the city’s mayor” and “the first African-American female to…
January 9th, 2009 3:56 PM
MSNBC's David Shuster Slams Palin as 'Clearly Unqualified' [Transcript
During a contentious interview with filmmaker John Ziegler on Friday's "MSNBC News Live," host David Shuster attacked former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "clearly unqualified" and asserted that the Alaska governor "wasn't prepared to run for vice president." An incredulous Ziegler, who was appearing to promote his new documentary on the liberal media's role in the election of Barack…
January 9th, 2009 3:02 PM
Paul 'It's Never Enough' Krugman Strikes Again
Columnist says stimulus inadequate, shouldn't have tax cuts.
January 9th, 2009 2:39 PM
CNN Offers Populist's 'Pros and Cons' Instead of Balance
Weighing the pros and cons of a plan, particularly one that could cost $1 trillion taxpayer dollars, should mean all perspectives were considered. But that wasn't what it meant to CNN in one Jan. 9 segment in the 8 a.m. hour. Viewers were right to expect balance as "Pros and Cons of Obama's Stimulus" flashed on the screen and John Roberts said, "President-elect Barack Obama is warning of a dire…
January 9th, 2009 2:31 PM