The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: December 16 to
As 2006 draws to a close, the MRC has once again ranked the most egregiously biased quotes from members of the media. So, who made the cut as "the best of the worst?" Click here to find out. Christmas may be arriving soon, but NPR chose the week before December 25 as the appropriate time to broadcast an atheist message of holiday intolerance. Showing that radio can still compete with television…
Media Scrooges: 'Bah Humbug' to Wall Street's Christmas Bonuses
When Santa came to Wall Street this year, the media cried and pouted. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at an all-time high and commodities markets experiencing one of their best years in decades, Wall Street firms were feeling especially merry this year. The media responded as if they had seen Jacob Marley’s ghost.NBC’s John Seigenthaler gloomily downplayed Wall Streeters’ good fortunes…
The View's Hasselbeck To Hillary Clinton: Would Troop Withdrawal 'Crea
New York Senator Hillary Clinton appeared on Wednesday’s The View to discuss politics and the re-release of her book, It Takes a Village. While there was some cheerleading for the 2008 Democratic presidential frontrunner by co-hosts Joy Behar and Rosie O’Donnell, for the most part, there seemed to be a great deal of restraint on all sides during Clinton’s two segments. Asked about a potential run…
Don't Look For the Union Label
...because you won't find it in Gigi Stone's December 18 "World News" story on teacher merit pay. (Or her write-up at ABCNews.com)Stone, to her credit, did explain that teachers unions oppose merit pay for teachers because, well, they want more money for all teachers, regardless of how crappy a job they do. Okay, she didn't put it in those words exactly, but, let's face it, that's the reason…
Behar's Person-of-the-Year Nominee: 'A Hitler Type, Like Donald Rumsfe
It was such a cheap play to the left-wing peanut gallery that it doesn't even pay to be disgusted. Discussing the "Time" magazine person of the year choice on "The View" this morning, yenta-in-residence Joy Behar blurted out:"You have to put like a Hitler type. Like you put Donald Rumsfeld there or something."When some in the audience began to jeer, Behar broke into a huge, mock-surprised smile…
Pre-Election Myth Retired as Stephanopoulos Lets Sen. Reid off Iraq Wi
Imagine for a moment you were ABC’s Chief Washington Correspondent, as well as a former member of the Clinton administration who was currently quite opposed to the Iraq war. Further assume that in the months leading up to the recent midterm elections, the Democrat Senate minority leader had been aggressively advocating immediate troop withdrawals from the region, a position you agreed with.…
ABC’s Rosie O’Donnell and Joy Behar Diss Condoleezza Rice
Well, it certainly was a banner day for the girls of ABC’s “The View.” First, they wondered if Sen. Tim Johnson’s sudden illness might have been part of a Republican conspiracy. Then, they showed tremendous disrespect for the current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (video available here courtesy of our friend at Ms Underestimated).As the discussion moved to presidential hopefuls for 2008, Fox…
ABC's Joy Behar Wonders If Sen. Johnson’s Illness Is a Republican Co
Well, it certainly didn’t take long for a member of the media to suggest that there’s some kind of conspiracy involved with Sen. Tim Johnson’s (D-SD) medical condition. On Thursday’s “The View,” co-host Joy Behar questioned, “Is there such a thing as a man made stroke? In other words, did someone do this to him?”Don't believe it? Well, those that can tolerate it can watch this disgraceful…
