The Latest Media Scam

January 24th, 2008 6:17 PM
Left wing think tank hatchet reportingThe Establishment Media's Weapon of ChoiceAnd you thought only the New York Times was engaged in not-for-profit journalism. Behold the Center for Public Integrity (CPI), who on Wednesday made headlines across the nation with their report -- co-authored with the Fund for Independence in Journalism (FIJ) -- entitled "Iraq - The War Card: Orchestrated Deception…

CNN’s Cafferty Overlooks Soros Connection to ‘Bush Lied’ Study

January 23rd, 2008 5:57 PM
CNN’s Jack Cafferty, on Wednesday’s "The Situation Room," unsurprisingly heralded the study by the Center for Public Integrity that Bush Administration officials made hundreds of false statements in the lead-up to the Iraq war. He did not mention, however, the Center’s funding by various left-wing individuals and foundations, most notably George Soros.Cafferty, who commented on the study during…

Media Ignore Anti-war Lawyer Keying Marine's Car

January 21st, 2008 1:59 PM
Since the media have promised the anti-war left really do support the troops, wouldn't it be news that an anti-war, self-described "radical leftist" was in court on Friday for angrily keying the car of an Iraq vet because he didn't like the military plates and USMC stickers? Jay Grodner keyed a $2400 side-to-side gash into Sgt. Mike McNulty's car. When confronted, Grodner berated McNulty, who was…

Zakaridicule: Newsweek Editor Compares Huckabee to Ahmadinejad

January 20th, 2008 11:22 PM

CNN’s Howard Kurtz Calls Outtakes of Katie Couric 'Delicious

January 20th, 2008 2:25 PM
As NewsBusters readers are infinitely aware, the use of the word "delicious" has been a source of some controversy at this website. Either by e-mail, private message, or in comments sections, some have requested an immediate cessation of the appearance of this adjective in my articles. There have even been some blog posts at other websites concerning this matter, including one Canadian liberal…

Fred Thompson Challenges CNN's Campaign Coverage

January 18th, 2008 8:02 PM

Cafferty Sees Hillary 'Fearmongering,' Pro-Life as 'Crap' Issue

January 17th, 2008 1:59 PM
On Wednesday's The Situation Room on CNN, during the roundtable segment, Jack Cafferty charged that Hillary Clinton's recent contention that she would be best prepared to deal with a terrorist attack amounted to "the same boogeyman fearmongering garbage we've had from the Bush administration for the last five years." He added that "it isn't the terrorists that are going to take this country down…

In Latino Vote Story, CNN Reporter Skips Dems' Immigration Pitch

January 17th, 2008 1:48 PM
In a report on the upcoming Nevada caucus, CNN reporter Chris Lawrence highlighted Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s outreach to Latino voters, and while he did mention the issue of "immigration reform," he did not do the elementary thing a reporter should do: explore what the candidates are saying to Latinos about their immigration proposals.The report, which aired 21 minutes into the 6 am…

CNN's Gergen: Romney 'Very Dangerous' on Climate Change

January 15th, 2008 11:38 AM
CNN senior political analyst (and U.S. News & World Report editor-at-large) David Gergen scolded GOP candidate Mitt Romney on Monday’s Anderson Cooper 360 for daring to suggest that the health of the American economy is as important as fighting climate change. Gergen likened that to the "divisive" debate on race among Democratic candidates and called it a “very dangerous” argument for…

CNN’s Martin Takes Hillary, BET Founder To Task Over Obama Comments

January 14th, 2008 1:28 PM
Roland Martin, a CNN contributor and talk radio host out of Chicago, blasted Hillary Clinton and some of her supporters on Monday’s "American Morning" over recent comments they made about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama. Martin, responding to Clinton’s comment that MLK’s dream " began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964," countered by bringing…

ABC’s Kate Snow Shills for Bill and Hillary Clinton

January 13th, 2008 11:24 AM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, one of the media members that seemed to fall hook, line, and sinker for Hillary Clinton's crying game in New Hampshire was Kate Snow who covers the junior senator's campaign for ABC News, and posted a sycophantic blog about the weepy candidate's emotional performance virtually moments after it happened. Six days later, appearing on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Snow…

CNN Wonders If ‘Racial Undercurrents’ Will Stop Obama’s Success

January 11th, 2008 7:11 PM
Taking a page out of Chris Cuomo’s play book on covering Barack Obama and race, CNN’s Carol Costello on Friday’s "The Situation Room" speculated whether Obama can continue to get whites to vote for him, or whether his second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary points to "the undercurrent about race that exists in this country."Costello repeated a theory proposed by Andrew Kohut of the Pew…

CNN Plays Up Michelle Obama, Omits Her Past Words About America

January 11th, 2008 4:32 PM
CNN’s Alina Cho, in a report which ran twice on Friday’s "American Morning," described Michelle Obama in nothing but glowing terms. When she introduced the report during the 6 am Eastern hour, Cho described the wife of Barack Obama as a "fascinating woman," and went on to call her "funny, fiery, and blunt ."During the report, Cho used sound bites from Valerie Jarrett, a friend of the Obama family…

Veteran Journalist Likens U.S. Border Fence to Berlin Wall

January 11th, 2008 1:32 PM
Appearing on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, longtime CNN correspondent Charles Bierbauer, who’s now the senior contributing editor to SCHotline.com, a South Carolina political news site, equated a proposed fence to deter illegal immigration from Mexico with the Berlin Wall that prevented Germans from fleeing East Germany’s communist dictatorship during the Cold War.Oddly, Bierbauer…