'Today' Show's Environmental Solution? Just Get Rid of the Humans
On Tuesday's "Today" show Matt Lauer discovered the solution to all the environmental crises Al Gore and his ilk have warned about, there's just one hitch, it involves the extinction of all mankind. Promoting a book that examined how long it would take for the Earth to clean up "the mess we've made" Lauer and his co-host Meredith Vieira pondered how pristine the planet would be without us: Matt…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: August 25 to September
They Really CareSeveral media outlets used the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as an excuse to promote the 2008 Democratic candidates. On CNN, right after running a glowing piece on Democrats such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, anchor Soledad O’Brien sermonized that "no event has damaged the Bush White House more than Katrina." Over on ABC, "Good Morning America" co-host Robin…
Matthews: Sometimes Case Can Be Made Media Incredibly Biased Against R
This could be something of a first: a major MSM player admits there's a case to be made that the media is incredibly biased against Republicans.As I noted here, when Tom DeLay accused the media of bias on this morning's "Today," Matt Lauer stonewalled: "I'm not going to let it, you know, end with that assumption, congressman, because I clearly don't agree with it."But appearing on this afternoon'…
