60 Minutes Ignores Warnings, Broadcasts Faulty Left-Wing Data on Drug
April 2nd, 2007 11:18 PM
The National Center for Public Policy Research's health care senior policy analyst, David Hogberg, contacted the CBS television show "60 Minutes" five times last week -- by telephone, fax and e-mail -- to warn the show's producers that a report by the leftie big-government health care lobby group Families USA, which "60 Minutes" planned to highlight in Sunday's show, rested on faulty data.
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The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: March 24 to
March 31st, 2007 11:00 AM
Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. This week, the Media Research Center celebrated 20 years of busting news bias. At the annual MRC 20th Anniversary Gala, Conservative legend Rush Limbaugh brought down the house with his closing speech on the success of the alternative media. Welcome to Hillary TV: All Hillary, All The TimeOn Monday, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received a gift from "Good Morning…
Vieira to McCain About War Opponents: 'What Are We Missing
March 28th, 2007 7:46 AM
From the moment she participated in an anti-war march in NYC at the time of the 2004 GOP convention, there's been little doubt as to where Meredith Vieira stands on Iraq. Even so, it was something of a shock to hear the "Today" co-host express her opposition in the first person plural this morning.Discussing the war with Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] at about 7:05 AM ET this morning, she said:"Six…
Newspaper Casts Doubts on Obama's Life Story; TV Networks Ignore It
March 26th, 2007 11:00 AM
There’s been no shortage of flattering network stories about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. “You are the equivalent of a rock star in politics,” NBC Today co-host Meredith Vieira told Obama in October. “You can see it in the crowds. The thrill, the hope. How they surge toward him. You’re looking at an American political phenomenon,” ABC’s Terry Moran gushed on Nightline a few…
