CNN’s Morton: Election Day Was “Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day
November 9th, 2005 11:53 PM
CNN’s Bruce Morton filed a report today wherein he compared the impact of yesterday’s election results on President Bush to the title of the children’s book “Alexander, George, and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day.” He went on to suggest that Tim Kaine’s victory in Virginia was big because it “showed that a moderate Democrat can win in a very red state.” Morton neglected to inform the viewer…
Anti-Wal-Mart Movie Presses Forward
November 9th, 2005 8:24 AM
Is Wal-Mart good for America or destroying its families? Two new documentaries show opposing views on the world’s largest retailer, but the media didn’t. The anti-Wal-Mart film “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” has received most of the attention. The movie on the benefits of Wal-Mart, “Why Wal-Mart Works & Why That Makes Some People Crazy” was slighted. When both did get…
According to the Media, Most Economic News is Bad News
November 8th, 2005 1:16 AM
Regardless of economic data, press accounts are typically negative and pessimistic.The economy has been growing at a very strong clip since October 2001. Real estate prices are at their highest levels in history, as are homeownership and Americans’ average net worth. Unemployment also is lower than the average during any of the past three decades. Yet Americans are very down, and one third even…
Shakeup At CNN: Aaron Brown Out
November 2nd, 2005 5:05 PM
The Internet has been abuzz for the past hour or so over rumors that CNN has either announced, or is about to announce a serious shakeup in its broadcasting staff. As reported by the New York Daily News this morning:“Looks like Anderson Cooper, CNN'S Silver Fox, may get a permanent slot on ‘NewsNight,’ the 24-hour cable channel's signature prime-time show. “Cooper will move into the high-profile…
CNN’s “Best of TV”: Barbara Boxer Blaming The White House For Pl
October 30th, 2005 7:34 PM
Every day, somebody at CNN picks a couple of video segments for their “Best of TV” section on their video page. From what I can tell, they can come from any of the various news categories CNN reports on such as world, business, politics, sports, health, etc. Of all the segments that they air during a given day and reproduce for their video page, typically only a couple are chosen for the “Best of…
CNN Continues to Refer to Plame as an “Undercover CIA Operative
October 27th, 2005 11:40 AM
In a report last night on CNN’s “Newsnight,” David Ensor continually referred to CIA employee Valerie Plame as being “undercover.” In fact, the entire report was about the dire consequences to the agency as a whole as a result of such an "outing," as well as to Plame:“Forty-two-year-old Valerie Plame Wilson, whose husband referred to her as 'Jane Bond,' is clearly now the most famous female spy…