NewsBusters Turns Two

Two years ago today, we launched NewsBusters onto the web. In the past year, we've added 10,000 registered users (we recently passed the 20,000 mark), switched web hosting companies, ushered several news stories into the liberal press, conducted a major software upgrade, and been featured in hundreds of media outlets large and small.It's been a thrilling ride. Thanks for helping make it all…
Matthew Sheffield

Media Criticism of Murdoch Almost Killed Wall Street Journal Bid

New York Post says attacks 'normally leveled at a genocidal tyrant' 'almost squashed the deal.'
Jeff Poor

Honor Killing Omitted in Weinstein Movie at Iranian-American Group's I

According to London's Guardian and a press release issued by the National Iranian American Council, the NIAC forced significant changes in the upcoming movie “Crossing Over.” The movie's plot featured an Iranian family, and all scenes relating to an honor killing and the phrase “family honor” were removed after “ongoing conversations” with the director. If “significant changes” were not made, the…
Lynn Davidson

Will Nets Ignore Apparent Clinton Flip-Flop on Nukes

Ken Shepherd

'Please Don't Read This' Headline Leads Incomplete AP Beauchamp Story

One needs to look no further than the Associated Press's story on the Scott Beauchamp saga to understand why the general public not following the news closely doesn't "get" just how biased and antagonistic towards the war, the military, and American soldiers Old Media outlets are. In the case of Scott Beauchamp, now that their brethren at The New Republic (TNR) have been caught red-handed…
Tom Blumer

'Evening News' Uses Wrong '45 million' Number of Uninsured Americans

CBS repeats data that includes non-citizens.
Jeff Poor

'Today' Buries McCain, Celebrates Obama's Union Stunt

Geoffrey Dickens

'Daily Show' Mocks Kennedy for Opposition to Wind Farm

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) earned the scorn of "The Daily Show" on August 7. Show reporter Jason Jones mocked the senator's opposition to a wind farm off Nantucket Sound. With typical "Daily Show" sarcasm and melodrama Jones remarked: "It looked bad for the native population, until one man stood up ... Yes. Ted Kennedy – noted man from Nantucket and co-sponsor of dozens of renewable energy…
Julia A. Seymour

Pat & Willie Warn: Don't Cross 'Mean Schoolteacher' Hillary

Mark Finkelstein

Couric Gaffe: CBS Anchor Puts Reporter With Hoarse Voice On the Spot

Ken Shepherd

Did Media Or NASA Withhold Climate History Data Changes From The Publi

A change in climate history data at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies recently occurred which dramatically alters the debate over global warming. Yet, this transpired with no official announcement from GISS head James Hansen, and went unreported until Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit discovered it Wednesday.For some background, one of the key tenets of the global warming myth being…
Noel Sheppard

ABC Gushes Over ‘Very Personal’ Photos of John Edwards's Wedding R

On Thursday’s "Good Morning America," anchor Diane Sawyer gushed over new photos of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards renewing his wedding vows with wife Elizabeth. Sawyer touted having "the very first pictures of a very personal backyard ceremony." Reporter David Muir also found the pictures to be "incredibly personal," despite the fact that the Edwards campaign provided them…
Scott Whitlock

AP: All Bush Has Left are White, Church-Going Men

Pam Meister

Live-blogging the August 9 White House Press Conference

Ken Shepherd