CBS News: If He's a Crook, He Must Be a Republican
May 27th, 2006 4:25 PM
Congressman William Jefferson is the Democrat from Louisiana whose Capitol Hill office was raided by the Justice Department in search of evidence pertaining to bribery allegations.
Not according to CBS News, however, which today identifies Mr. Jefferson as "the Louisiana Republican."
Perhaps the network has bought into the Dean-Pelosi-Reid fiction that if there's corruption involved, it must…
Harry Smith Shocked: Iraqis View Americans Positively & Kid Says His N
May 23rd, 2006 4:40 PM
Harry Smith, co-host of CBS’s "The Early Show," has spent the last few days reporting from Baghdad. On Friday, he reported the security situation was such that he couldn’t go out and get ice cream. But today, he decided to look for a success story. He found one, but he proved that while he can report a bad news story without mentioning any good news, he can’t report a success story without…
Media Mantra: Tax Cuts Favor the Wealthy
May 18th, 2006 10:47 AM
Networks fixate on tax cuts ‘for the rich’ while ignoring exploding tax revenues. While Congress hammered out a $70 billion tax-relief bill last week, the media wasted no time spinning it. After the House approved its version on May 10, the “NBC Nightly News” cited “Democratic critics [who said] the overall bill is heavily tilted in favor of the very wealthy.” At roughly the same time, the “CBS…
