Saturday Night Live Introduces Dick Cheney's ‘Torboto: The Robot Tha
Yikes, sports fans, this is truly astonishing.“Saturday Night Live” on April 21 introduced a new cartoon character named “Torboto: The Robot That Tortures People” (video available here, h/t Ian).In the animated segment, Torboto is a creation of Vice President Dick Cheney’s. In order to get around Geneva Convention regulations preventing humans from torturing humans, Cheney’s scientists created a…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: April 14 to
Use Electricity: Don’t Watch GMA ABC’s weatherman, Sam Champion, continued his crusade to get every American to adopt liberal environmental polices. While standing in front of a massive bank of televisions, he lectured viewers on their contribution to global warming: "If you think you have nothing to do with global warming, think again. From the car you drive, to the house you live in, it all…
Should NBC Have Aired Virginia Tech Killer’s Videotape
When is something clearly newsworthy clearly not newsworthy?Interesting question, wouldn’t you agree?Like millions of Americans, I watched the Virginia Tech killer’s videotape yesterday with shock and horror. (Please be advised: I refuse to use his real name, or publish pictures of him, for reasons that should be obvious, and wish all members of the media would adopt the same anonymity strategy…
Cho Tapes: Does Sports TV Have Higher Standards Than TV News
(Be sure and read the updates at the bottom of this story.)Since NBC complied with the Virginia Tech killer's desires to have himself splashed all over national television, the question arises: Did NBC act unethically by promoting Cho Seung-hui's videos? Jack M. makes a good, if somewhat profane, case in the affirmative:These guys are idiots.I can't believe they aired all this crap the shooter…
NYT: VT Shootings 'Tough' on NBC? Media Self Absorption Reigns
If one were to contemplate all the horrible results of the actions of this murderous psychopath in Virginia, if one were to wonder how hard and emotional have become the lives of the survivors of those whom this sick individual killed, it would seem axiomatic that the Mainstream Media would be the last group such a reflection would see as a recipient of the "tough decisions" resulting from the…
Pat Schroeder on Imus Incident: People Thought Meanness Was Masculine
Has the Imus-inspired national conversation on race and sex jumped the shark? I'm starting to suspect so after hearing Pat Schroeder this morning. Her most notable contribution to the collective dialogue was to suggest that there's something inherently masculine about verbal meanness.The former Democratic congresswoman from Colorado was a member of a panel moderated by NBC's Lester Holt on this…
Imus Firing: Lauer Suggests NBC Caved to Pressure; Vieira Holds Sharpt
Give Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira credit. On this morning's "Today," Lauer suggested to his boss's face that in firing Don Imus he had caved to pressure from advertisers and people like Al Sharpton. And Vieira held Al Sharpton's feet to the fire, now that he had Imus' scalp, about going after rappers and others who use similar language every day.Here's part of the exchange, which came at 7:…
