ABC Paints Bush as Uncaring for Vetoing Health Care 'for Children

Again exploiting children and mothers to advance the goal of expanding federal spending and dependency, ABC's World News led Wednesday night by giving voice to the media-political establishment's astonishment that President Bush would veto a bill to provide health insurance “for children.” Anchor Charles Gibson led his newscast: “Most politicians like to kiss babies, pet dogs and support programs…
Brent Baker
 

Media Matters: 'Uh, Uh, No,' Hillary Didn't Help Start Us

Cat fight on the left? On today's "Tucker," a "Media Matters" representative denied Hillary's claim that she "helped start" the organization. Welcome back, Tucker. Really. While Carlson was away, guest host David Shuster sullied Tucker's name-sake show with the tasteless "gotcha" game he sprang on Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), then compounded matters by leading a liberal love-in.Tucker's…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Dan Rather in Real Life Form Over Substance Comedy Skit

P.J. Gladnick
 

CNN’s Cafferty Laments War Spending, Bush Veto of SCHIP

CNN’s Jack Cafferty, in a "Question of the Hour" segment on Wednesday’s "The Situation Room," offered a loaded question involving President Bush’s veto of a proposed expansion of the SCHIP program. "President Bush has increased the national debt by trillions of dollars. Why would he veto a bill providing health insurance for children?" Cafferty’s question came 10 minutes into the 5 pm Eastern…
Matthew Balan
 

Chris Matthews Continues Distortion of Rush Limbaugh

Despite the fact that the print media have mostly backed off the "phoney soldiers" smear against Rush Limbaugh, on Wednesday's "Hardball," host Chris Matthews refused to correct the record, instead choosing to toss a softball to anti-war Congressman Jack Murtha as he asked him on Wednesday's "Hardball": "What do you think of Rush Limbaugh's comment the other day that somebody was a phony soldier…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

The Left Must Be 'Loven' AP's Biased Coverage of SCHIP

Associated Press reporter Jennifer Loven practically blew kisses to the Left with her biased coverage of President Bush's veto of the Democratic proposal to boost SCHIP by a whopping $35 billion over five years.:WASHINGTON -- President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.It was only…
Ken Shepherd
 

Networks Help Democrats Target Blackwater; Only ABC Notes Firm’s Per

Jeff Poor
 

Networks Give More Time to Democratic Critics of Blackwater 'Mercenari

Both CBS and NBC also overlook the $100 million saved by hiring private contractor versus the government providing security through State Department.
Jeff Poor
 

'View' Fight: Goldberg Belittles Hasselbeck's Abortion Position

Is Whoopi Goldberg becoming the Rosie O’Donnell type bully? It appeared that way on the October 3 edition of “The View.” A discussion about Hillary Clinton’s $5,000 a baby entitlement plan quickly descended into a heated exchange between Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg about abortion. When Hasselbeck noted that $5,000 a baby could lead to fewer abortions in the world, Whoopi told…
Justin McCarthy
 

NY Times Misleads on Limbaugh, Phony 'Phony Soldiers' Controversy

Clay Waters
 

When the Story's Got Children, Who Needs Facts

Julia A. Seymour
 

Ted Koppel Snipes at Rush, Sympathizes With Rather

On the Wednesday "Today" show, Ted Koppel joined NBC's Matt Lauer in refusing to expose the lie behind the Media Matters and Democratic attack on Rush Limbaugh over "phony soldiers", choosing instead to write the controversy off as just another "foolish" thing the talk show host had said. However when asked about Dan Rather's lawsuit of CBS, the former longtime host of ABC's "Nightline" expressed…
Geoffrey Dickens
 

Bruce Springsteen Still 'Dancing in the Dark

Pam Meister
 

MSNBC 'Gotcha' Victim Blackburn Defends Limbaugh

Ken Shepherd