Now That's News Worth Reporting: CNN Replaces Iraq Vote Headline With
October 25th, 2005 2:35 PM
Earlier today, CNN.com had a headline on its front page about the 78 percent of Iraqis who voted in support of the constitution. Apparently not wanting to appear pro-Bush, that headline has been removed and replaced with a much more MoveOn-friendly title: U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 2,000.
Currently, nowhere on the front page does it mention the landslide victory in favor of the constitution.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like … Negativity
October 24th, 2005 9:32 AM
It seems to come earlier and earlier every year, doesn’t it? No, not Christmas ads on TV, but the annual media festival of gloom and doom surrounding holiday-related retail sales. This year, it started in August, when temperatures were in the 100-degree range across much of the country. Hurricane Katrina wasn’t even a ripple off the coast of Africa, and CNN was doing a downbeat piece called “…
Are the Media Trying to Incite a Battle Over Miers
October 7th, 2005 1:00 AM
Recent press accounts suggest earlier calls for a unifying nominee were a red herring.The past few months have been a target-rich environment for America’s press. Between the president’s declining poll numbers, increased hostilities in Iraq, two devastating hurricanes, exploding energy prices, some high-profile political scandals, and a couple of Supreme Court vacancies, the media certainly have…
Unbelievable Media Hypocrisy
October 6th, 2005 12:39 AM
The double-standards in today’s news coverage defy belief.For most of September, Americans were bombarded almost 24 hours a day with declarations by media representatives and Democratic leaders as to the incompetence of President Bush. During this time, we watched our president and members of his administration such as Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff and former Federal Emergency…
Clinton Didn’t Want to Criticize Bush, So CNN Did It For Him
October 5th, 2005 7:02 PM
CNN’s Kelly Wallace interviewed former president Bill Clinton for an “American Morning” segment today while he was visiting Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Although the intention was to discuss the money that Clinton and former president Bush have raised for hurricane relief, as well as how they plan on spending this money, CNN couldn’t help but include a few digs for the current president.The first…
New Orleans: A Tale of Two Cities...and Parties
October 4th, 2005 8:43 PM
The following two reports from CNN (videos to follow) give us an amazing contrast between the efficiency of business in America, and the inefficiency of government. Today, the city of New Orleans announced that it is laying off 3,000 government employees, or 40 percent of the city's payroll, due to budget constraints. By contrast, in the same city hit by the same hurricanes, small and large…
