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MRC/NB's Rich Noyes Blasts Dan Rather: 'He's the Perpetrator
In a story on Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS, Rich Noyes, Research Director at the MRC and Senior Editor of NewsBusters, got two soundbites Wednesday night on the 11pm news on WUSA-TV, channel 9 (ch 34 DT), the Gannett-owned CBS affiliate in Washington, DC. Reporter Gary Nurenberg traveled to the MRC's offices to tape Noyes at about 6:30pm. In Nurenberg's story, Noyes blasted Rather: This is a…
ABC Champions 'Straight Talk' from Gates on Iraq that Matches Media Vi
With “Straight Talk” on screen, ABC's World News led Wednesday night by touting as momentous the news that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in a quote cited in the middle of a newspaper column, said “I don't know” when asked whether invading Iraq was a good idea. “Three little words,” a delighted Charles Gibson announced about dissension in the ranks, “three little words that you rarely hear…
Wetlands Methane Counteracts Kyoto Emissions Cuts
A new study that will appear in Thursday's journal Nature revealed that methane being released from bogs in what is now Great Britain likely contributed to global warming 55 million years ago. Maybe more importantly, when you add up the methane being released from wetlands around the world, it could completely counteract all the carbon dioxide emissions reductions mandated by the Kyoto…
John Roberts '80s Flashback
The Huffington Post is notable mostly for its shrill left-wing bloggers -- see Tim Graham's latest study-- but it can turn up some apolitical gems from time to time. Rachel Sklar's September 17 "Eat the Press" entry is complete with photos of CNN's yummy (at least in Sklar's opinion) John Roberts from his days as a Canadian veejay (h/t TVNewser).: Just over a week ago, we sent out the small,…
Matthews Accuses Hillary of 'Pimping' Campaign
Mack Daddy Hillary? Not once but twice, Chris Matthews today accused Hillary Clinton of "pimping" for having staged a fundraiser that brought together high-rolling homeland-security lobbyists and the congressmen with power over their pet interests.Matthews leveled the charge on this afternoon's "Hardball" in the course of an interview with David Bonior, John Edwards's campaign manager. The…
Night and Day: CBS, ABC Opposite on Fed Rate Cut
CBS mentions it, but spotlights poll negative about economy; ABC showcases upside.
NASA Scientists Predicted a New Ice Age in
This seems destined to be ignored by today's climate change obsessed media: Scientists from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies - the very organization now presaging gloom and doom at the hands of global warming - predicted a new ice age back in 1971. Think this will be a focus of tonight's evening news broadcasts? Regardless of the answer, the Washington Times wonderfully reported…
Read Hillary's Lips: 'No New Bureaucracy
The return of 'HillaryCare' leaves many questions unanswered, while journalists paint her plan as an innovative, mature solution.