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Media Worry About Another Black Monday
Journalists compare current economic times to worst stock market drop in U.S. history.
Colonel Hunt Agrees with General Sanchez's Media Criticism
As NewsBusters previously documented, most of the mainstream media highlighted General Ricardo Sanchez’s criticism of the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq War, but ignored his criticism of the media’s coverage. The one exception, of course, is Fox News.Retired Colonel and Fox News Military Analyst David Hunt appeared on the October 17 edition of "Fox and Friends" to discuss Sanchez’s…
Religion Reporter Hits Media Double Standard on Mocking Faith
"Would the media laugh at a nude chocolate Mohammed?" So asks Arkansas Democrat-Gazette religion editor Frank Lockwood with the headline to a October 16 blog post hitting fellow journalists for a double standard in reporting insults to religious faith.Reacting with disdain towards a flippant Associated Press article about a confectionery rendering of a naked Jesus Christ, Lockwood answers with a…
GMA: Sweaters Predict Coming Economic ‘Crisis
What determines an economic crisis? Sweater sales.ABC's "Good Morning America" began its broadcast October 17 with a report that might be confused with one of the signs of the Apocalypse. But have no fear, Bianna Golodryga clued in viewers to some red flags to see if the economy is in "crisis".Video (0:57): Real (1.55 MB) and Windows (3.34 MB), or MP3 audio (442 kB). "When you give or get…
CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’ Wheels Out Aging Rockers Against Bush
Tuesday’s "The Situation Room" featured two segments with aging rockers who voiced their opposition to Bush administration policies - the first with Crosby and Nash (but not Stills), and the second with Paul Simon. In the first segment, CNN correspondent Carol Costello interviewed the two hippie icons, who compared the Bush administration to a "junta." In the second, host Wolf Blitzer asked Simon…
Real Debate Questions for GOP Candidates
Voters need to know what presidential candidates would do with their money. These questions would get answers.
Open Thread
For general debate and discussion UNLESS you've just had 14 Ketel One Bloody Marys. In that case, please WALK SAFELY home, and sleep it off!
Was Randi Rhodes Mugged by 14 Bloody Marys
As reported here in NewsBusters yesterday, liberals immediately began blaming conservatives for the supposed mugging of Air America talk show host Randi Rhodes on a New York street. After much blame cast in the leftwing blogosphere against evil rightwing muggers as the culprits, it turned out that there was no mugging in the first place. Supposedly it was just an accident.
Paging Reverend Al: Craig Plays the Profiling Card
He might be a middle-aged white guy from the Mountain West, but Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) suddenly understands the travails of people stopped for "DWB": driving while black. In the course of his interview with Matt Lauer, aired last night and excerpted on this morning's "Today," Craig tried to play the profiling card.MATT LAUER: The fact that these motions seemed to replicate a well-established…