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She practically blamed Mel Gibson* for why diet supplements are not regulated as drugs by the FDA and attempted to scare viewers with the extreme case of a woman's nose falling off, but Sharyn Alfonsi's hit pieces on nutrition supplement makers weren't biased enough for CBS's in-house blogger-cum-media critic Brian Montopoli.: "The real problem is that any topical product such as the one…

Particularly when you consider the ramifications for millions of children growing up without a two-parent family, the news that 51% of women in America now live without a spouse [up from 35% in 1950] is serious indeed. But the decline of the basic building block of society was nothing but a laughing matter for the boys of the Early Show.Rather than seeing any cause for concern, CBS displayed…

Last week saw the dawning of the new Democratic majority and members of the media seemed to be charmed by the event. ABC reporter Cokie Roberts described a photo-op of new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding her grandchild as "fun" and "completely natural." CBS’s Bob Schieffer interviewed Pelosi and pressed her to raise taxes. And "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney became nostalgic for Democrats…

Well, not any more. At least from where I'm sitting in lovely Old Town Alexandria. Darn global cooling!Anyway, at the MRC's Business & Media Institute, we're on top of the media's hype of global warming like white on polar ice.Here's my colleague Julia Seymour's latest newsletter article.To get Julia's newsletter articles piping hot in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon, just sign up right…

Anyone remembering the ascent of Newt Gingrich to House Speaker in 1995 surely noticed a difference between media coverage of that historic event and Nancy Pelosi taking the gavel back for the Democrats in 2007. One had all the joy of a child’s funeral. The other was New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. CNN even had a countdown clock to the Democrats regaining the majority. All that was missing was a lighted…