NBC to Broadcast from Cuba's Meeting of U.S. Enemies Because It's 'Int
September 14th, 2006 11:27 PM
ABC & NBC Trumpet: In 'Stinging Rebuke,' a 'Central Argument' for Iraq
September 8th, 2006 8:50 PM
Friday's broadcast network evening newscasts delivered three different levels of priority to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's report which concluded there were no connections between Iraq and al-Qaeda, hardly fresh news. The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric didn't air a syllable about it , ABC's World News with Charles Gibson teased it and made it the newscast's second story (…
Bush Earns Unusual Respect from Star Journalists: 'Clever Jujitsu' and
September 6th, 2006 9:31 PM
President Bush's announcement Wednesday, that he wants military tribunals for al-Qaeda operatives he's moved from secret sites to Guantanamo Bay, drew some unusual respect from top broadcast network stars, particularly ABC's George Stephanopoulos and CBS's Bob Schieffer, for its political cleverness. Stephanopoulos declared on World News with Charles Gibson: “Here the administration took an…
Williams Hits Bush with Dyson's Charge 'Patrician' Upbringing Meant He
August 29th, 2006 10:18 PM
A night after NBC anchor Brian Williams featured, as his sole expert of the impact of race in the Katrina disaster, left-wing professor Michael Eric Dyson who charged that Barbara Bush's suggestion -- that many victims were better off in their new cities -- “reinforced the reputation of the Bushes as clueless patricians,” Williams confronted President George W. Bush Tuesday with the insult, as…
NBC's Williams Showcases Left-Winger on Katrina/Race: Bushes 'Clueless
August 29th, 2006 5:50 AM
Looking back at Katrina a year later, NBC's Brian Williams decided to raise the issue of race and to showcase as his sole expert, on both Monday's NBC Nightly News and a prime time special, left-wing professor Michael Eric Dyson, author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. Williams, from New Orleans, set up his Nightly News segment by arguing the disaster “…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 19th to 25th
August 25th, 2006 4:16 PM
NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell continued the skewed media reporting of the Middle East by noting the important social work that Hezbollah does and how the rest of the world has a very supportive take on the terrorist organization. Liberal TV critic Bob Laurence hypothesized that the scant coverage of the kidnaping of two Fox News journalists was due to the frequency of abductions and the network’s…
NBC Uses Trial Attorney / John Edwards Donor to Slam Insurance Compani
August 25th, 2006 12:26 PM
Last night NBC gave its August 24 "Nightly News" audience a one-sided story on Katrina insurance claims. Correspondent Ron Mott stacked three critics (a plaintiff, his attorney, and another woman filing suit) of insurance companies against a one-sentence statement by State Farm insurance.What's more, NBC's Ron Mott left out some detail about one of his featured plaintiffs: Judy Guice of Biloxi.
