Ex-CNNer Resigns From US-Funded Al Hurrah Over Charges of Anti-Israel
June 12th, 2007 5:46 PM
Update Below:Fox News and Variety have reported that Larry Register, former longtime CNN producer, resigned Friday from Al Hurrah, which is a US government-funded TV station in the Mid-East that is supposed to be a type of Mid-East Voice of America combating the pervasive anti-US and anti-Israel rhetoric in on TV stations like Al Jazeera. As I noted here at NewsBusters in March, “within weeks”…
CNN Reporter Admits Paying to Stage Story, Capping Nearly a Decade of
June 12th, 2007 10:11 AM
So, what is CNN?
THIS is CNN in 1998; the link is to a story debunking the network's Peter Arnett and April Oliver, who accused Vietnam soldiers of war crimes in Operation Tailwind.
This is from 2003. The network's Eason Jordan confessed that the network twisted the news out of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, thereby giving false impressions of the regime to the world so that it could maintain its access…
Lizzie Palmer’s Stirring ‘Remember Me’ Video as Seen on ‘Fox N
June 10th, 2007 8:30 PM
NewsBusters readers, meet our second fabulous fifteen-year-old, Miss Lizzie Palmer.For those that missed it, Chris Wallace aired an absolutely astounding military tribute video (available here) at the end of today’s “Fox News Sunday” that should be required viewing for all Americans.At its conclusion, Wallace stated the following:Lizzie Palmer said she put the video on YouTube as her way of…
'Radio Equalizer' Tears Apart Leftist Blog That Called O'Reilly a Liar
June 6th, 2007 5:51 PM
Radio host and blogger Brian Maloney has an excellent takedown of liberal bloggers who accused Bill O'Reilly of recently lying about the New York Times's coverage of the JFK Airport terror plot.[NewsBusters sister publication TimesWatch.org dealt with the Times downplaying the terror plot here and here.]Below is the relevant excerpt from Maloney's blog, "Radio Equalizer," portions in bold are my…
Forget Fox, CNN Manipulated Dem Debate
June 5th, 2007 11:38 AM
Earlier this year, Democrats caved in to their left wing by canceling a debate hosted by FNC on the grounds that Fox wouldn't provide a fair forum for their presidential aspirants. Never mind that in 2003, the Dems eagerly and without complaint participated in a FNC-sponsored debate, the last CNN-sponsored debate had the network pulling far more strings than it should have, skewing the process…