Flashback: In 1991 CBS Used Innuendo to Smear Gates with Iran-Contra L

Brent Baker
November 8th, 2006 8:47 PM
The MRC's Rich Noyes this afternoon reminded me of how the CBS Evening News smeared Robert Gates, nominated Wednesday by President George W. Bush to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, when President George H.W. Bush nominated him to become CIA Director in 1991. A short item in the June, 1991 MediaWatch, a monthly newsletter the MRC published at the time, recounted:SPOOKING CBS.…
 

Unemployment Falls & Wages Rise; Couric: 'But Do the Jobs Out There Pa

Brent Baker
November 4th, 2006 1:01 AM
 

Katie's Impeccable Timing on Unemployment

Ken Shepherd
November 3rd, 2006 5:05 PM
Last night on the CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric saw lost jobs on the horizon as she pointed to an uptick in wages as productivity remained unchanged in the third quarter.Then this morning the government announced a 4.4% unemployment rate, the lowest it's been in five years, as well as a healthy upward revision in the September job totals.You can find more of my article on this here at…
 

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: October 28 to November

Scott Whitlock
November 3rd, 2006 4:33 PM
With less then a week before Election Day, members of the mainstream media are doing everything they can to elect Democrats. MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has stepped up his fevered attacks, referring to President Bush as both "stupid" and a liar. Later on in the week, he included Media Research Center President Brent Bozell in the November 2 "Worst Person in the World" segment. Speaking of cable…
 

CBS's "FreeSpeech" Gives Conservatives Almost Equal Time; Vanishes Fro

Rich Noyes
November 3rd, 2006 10:44 AM
 

With Deep Voice, Katie Couric Mimics Potential GOP Ad: 'John Kerry Ins

Brent Baker
October 31st, 2006 9:37 PM
During a discussion on Tuesday's CBS Evening News about John Kerry's seeming insult of troops in Iraq, anchor Katie Couric invoked a deep voice as she mimicked an imaginary possible Republican ad of the future: “John Kerry insults the troops. Do we really want the Dems to take over?” Couric offered her impersonation, an odd persona to be taken on by a broadcast network anchor, during a segment…
 

CBS's Hughes Lauds California's 'Trend-Setting' Liberalism

Michael Rule
October 31st, 2006 1:15 PM
 

Katie Sounds Like Hillary: Our Society Can't Accept 'Strong Powerful W

Tim Graham
October 30th, 2006 9:35 AM
 

Couric Failed to Nudge Celebrity to Admit He Hasn't Read Missouri Ball

Tim Graham
October 30th, 2006 5:41 AM
 

CBS Continues To Ooze Over Michael J Fox, Couric Calls Limbaugh 'Heart

Michael Rule
October 27th, 2006 1:55 PM
 

CBS Gives Fox Platform to React to Limbaugh's 'Ugly' Criticism, Skips

Brent Baker
October 26th, 2006 9:33 PM
Ignoring the inaccuracies in Michael J. Fox's TV ads against some Republican Senate candidates, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric gave him a lengthy forum -- more than eight minutes -- to react to Rush Limbaugh's suggestion his swaying in the ads was exaggerated beyond the real impact of Parkinson's disease and to advocate for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. With video of Fox…
 

Arianna's CBS Commentary Whacked Rove, Bush for 'Banging the Fear Gong

Tim Graham
October 26th, 2006 8:51 AM
 

CBS Evening News to Showcase Michael J. Fox Interview on Thursday

Brent Baker
October 25th, 2006 8:02 PM
 

Kicking Katie Couric Continues, New York's Newsday Next

Noel Sheppard
October 24th, 2006 4:35 PM
If things continue like this, Katie Couric is going to be begging for her old job back, for in less than 48 hours, a second major newspaper has totally lambasted her performance as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. After yesterday’s drubbing by USA Today, New York’s Newsday stepped into the ring. Entertainment columnist Verne Gay pulled no punches (hat tip to TVNewser):There is no urgency to…