Media Myths: The Housing Bubble is Bursting
November 30th, 2005 9:03 PM
Don't miss my latest writing for the Free Market Project: Media claims about a “housing bubble” are nothing new. Since before the 9/11 terror attacks, the media have been calling the housing market a “bubble” while predicting an imminent, devastating decline. Not only have they been wrong in forecasting such a top, they have thoroughly mischaracterized what an investment bubble is. Now that the…
Nets Appear to Ban Conservative Guests From Their Panels This Morning
November 27th, 2005 2:13 PM
It’s probably not the first time it has happened, but with the exception of ABC’s George Will – who, of course, has been a regular on that network’s “This Week” for many years – the networks’ Sunday political talk shows had no established conservative guests to participate in their weekly panel discussions. Joining George Stephanopoulos and George Will this morning were Democratic political…
Novak Slams Carville for “Bullshit,” Walks Off CNN Set
August 4th, 2005 6:33 PM
At about 4:49pm EDT today on CNN's Inside Politics, when Bob Novak maintained that Katherine Harris could win a Florida Senate race because she's anti-establishment and candidates the establishment hates have won before, James Carville charged that Novak made that argument because he has “got to show these right wingers that he's got backbone. The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching…
Inside Politics by the numbers for July
July 18th, 2005 5:41 PM
In my last post, I relayed how Inside Politics (IP) had not picked up on a new poll showing decreasing support for Osama bin Laden in the Arab world and a concurrent increase of belief in democratic reform. Well, IP again ignored that story today, fixating again on a Karl Rove angle to the Valerie Plame leak investigation. Senior political analyst Bill Schneider, however, did have time to rattle…
Rove dominated Inside Politics coverage
July 12th, 2005 5:26 PM
A quick by the numbers look at Rove coverage on Inside Politics today:
Out of 14 segments on IP, nine were devoted to the Karl Rove/CIA leak story:
No pressing Leahy on his liberal litmus test
July 12th, 2005 2:36 PM
Yesterday on CNN's Inside Politics, host du jour Candy Crowley essentially got Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to confess his litmus test on abortion for Supreme Court nominees, but didn't press him on the matter, despite her colleague Bill Schneider last week asserting that only conservatives, not liberals, have a litmus test stance on abortion.
