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Matthew Sheffield
 

Wash. Post Editor Says He Can't See a Time When There Won't Be a Print

Sixteen-year veteran editor Leonard Downie admits he is concerned about the future for mid-size market papers.
Jeff Poor
 

'Nightly News' Joins Anti-Wal-Mart Groups in Airing Embarrassing Video

CNBC reporter admits network is purchasing footage from Wal-Mart executive meetings that anti-Wal-Mart groups are also planning to exploit.
Jeff Poor
 

Media Savvy Catholics and Protestants Teaming Up to Preserve Shared Va

Kevin Mooney
 

NBC's Lauer Speaks Out for American Airlines

'Today' show finally reports the real cause of canceled flights: The FAA
Nathan Burchfiel
 

Open Thread

An early morning start to your day. Posts may be sparse today as NewsBusters staffers attend the 21st annual "DisHonors Awards," the MRC's fake award show that pokes fun of the worst examples of media bias in 2007.The nominees are here.
Matthew Sheffield
 

ABC's Vargas Suggests Removing Bullets Before Confronting Angry Mob

Brad Wilmouth
 

No Forgiving Charlton Heston

Some media figures think it's okay to hate somebody because he disagrees with their political beliefs.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

Matthews For Senate? Chris Says Anything But 'No

A week ago I was mystified when Chris Matthews went out of his way to butter up Ed Rendell when the Dem Pennsylvania governor appeared on Hardball, and described the schmoozing here. Now, call it mystery likely solved. According to one account, Matthews has approached Rendell for help in a possible 2010 U.S. Senate run. That seems an ever-more-likely scenario, given Matthews's decidely non-…
Mark Finkelstein
 

LAT Op-ed Writer Compares Petraeus' Ribbons to Chotchkie's Flair

"Memo to Petraeus: When you're making the case for more patriotic gore, go easy on the glitter." That's how Los Angeles-based writer Matthew DeBord concluded his LA Times op-ed entitled "Petraeus' 'ribbon creep.'"So DeBord apparently thinks ribbons worn on the service dress uniform are the equivalent of "flair" that Chotchkie's waiters wore in the comedy classic "Office Space"? Here's how DeBord…
Ken Shepherd
 

Matthews: Neo-Cons Spread Human Rights at 'Point of a Gun

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Newspapers Continue to Cover Up Liberal Slant of Families USA

News agencies across the country are still largely refusing to inform readers of the liberal-leanings of Families USA. The organization has a fresh crop of new news articles thanks to its latest study. In March, Families USA published a report which attributes lack of health care coverage with premature death. Local newspapers across the country are attracted to this report because it…
Lyndsi Thomas
 

Morning Shows Ignore Rockefeller Smear of McCain, Military Pilots

Our news analysts at the MRC have combed through the April 9 editions of ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show," and NBC's "Today," and found zero mentions of the comments that Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) made smearing McCain and military pilots past and present.[See a related NewsBusters item by Clay Waters here.]Yesterday I noted how news agencies were slow to cover the story,…
Ken Shepherd
 

Post Pulitzer Winner: Ignore CEOs, Treat Them 'Like Social and Politic

Business columnist Steven Pearlstein says he advocates pursuing class envy, admits to ignoring CEOs in his reporting.
Jeff Poor