John Edwards Drops Out of Another Fox News Debate
April 7th, 2007 6:04 PM
Not surprisingly, Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has dropped out of another debate sponsored by the Fox News Channel. As reported by the Associated Press (emphasis added throughout):The Edwards campaign said it will not attend the September 23 debate in Detroit hosted by Fox News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, but officials added that Edwards is "looking forward" to a…
‘Forbes on Fox’ Panel Debates Whether ABC Should Fire Rosie O’Do
April 7th, 2007 4:38 PM
Barbara Walters and the folks at ABC should be very pleased with themselves, for all the recent nutty remarks by Rosie O’Donnell precipitated a discussion on Saturday’s “Forbes on Fox” about whether or not the controversial co-host of “The View” should be fired.Though the group seemed to agree that the current “View” formula of making exceedingly shocking statements might be helping ratings, the…
62 Percent in AOL Poll Say Rosie O’Donnell Should be Fired
April 3rd, 2007 10:12 AM
As many people know, Rosie O’Donnell has landed herself in another high-profile brouhaha with yet another high-profile media figure. In December, it was Donald Trump. Now, it’s Bill O’Reilly.Yet, this time, her statements which precipitated the skirmish – that America may have set up the recent showdown between Iran and the captured British sailors, as well as the Bush administration being…
Bill O’Reilly Asks if ABC Should Fire Rosie O’Donnell
April 2nd, 2007 5:32 PM
While conservatives in the nation’s capital gathered on March 29 to recognize some of the most disgraceful media performances of 2006 at the MRC’s 20th Anniversary Gala, one of the evening’s “winners” was being unceremoniously torn to shreds by Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly (two-part videos available here and here).In fact, the host went so far as to ask his guests, Bernie Goldberg and Jane…
NYTimes Waited Full Week to Correct Military Rape Story - One Tale a T
March 27th, 2007 4:11 AM
On March 18th, the New York Times published a piece titled "The Women's War". It was a feature of great length (18 pages on the Internet) centered around the plight of several female Veterans of the war in Iraq. It detailed the mistreatment they suffered by the US Military, sexual harassment they received at the hands of army officers, and their PTSDs (post traumatic distress disorders). A…
Bill O’Reilly Rips Rosie O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen and 9-11 Conspirac
March 23rd, 2007 2:38 PM
There are a lot of conspiracy theories running through extreme left-wing circles about the attacks on 9/11. One such piece of drivel is an Internet movie called “Loose Change.”On Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” the host invited a New York City detective named Bo Dietl, and author Gerald Posner to discuss some recent developments surrounding the conspiracy theorists. O’Reilly began (video available…
USS Cole Mastermind Confesses; CNN's Website Ignores, FNC Sends Breaki
March 19th, 2007 12:38 PM
As I've mentioned before on NewsBusters, I subscribe to e-mailed "breaking news" alerts from both Fox News and CNN. Today I got this from Fox News, sent at 10:52 EDT Eastern:GUANTANAMO SUSPECT HAS CONFESSED TO PLANNING USS COLE ATTACK, U.S. EMBASSY BOMBINGS, PENTAGON SAYS**Watch FOX News Channel or go to http://foxnews.com for moreNo such update from CNN. I checked both CNN.com and FoxNews.com at…
LAT Explores Marital Ties of Reporters to Presidential Campaign Staffe
March 19th, 2007 11:37 AM
In Monday's Los Angeles Times, reporter James Rainey raised the issue of a conflict between political reporting and family ties: "Some of America's most prominent political journalists are, quite literally, wedded to the 2008 presidential race: Their spouses work for one of the candidates." Rainey made a short list of four of the conflicted:
