The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: December 2 to
What is it about leaving a network gig that makes news anchors even more biased? Ex-host Tom Brokaw told a "Harball" audience that Barack Obama is a "rock star," lavished praise on Jon Stewart, and claimed that Ronald Reagan neglected "Mother Earth."Speaking of NBC stars who suck up to environmentalists, Matt Lauer recently encouraged Al Gore to run for president and "save the planet." Way to…
Smackdown at the White House: Snow Challenges NBC's David Gregory
White
House press
secretary Tony Snow has changed the rules of the
daily briefing. No longer will the president's media representative hem
and haw while being attacked by leftist reporters. Not every reporter
likes this, though, as you can see from the Dec. 6th news conference
where NBC's petulant White House correspondent David Gregory got upset
when Snow dared to challenge him by accusing the…
MSM's Iraq Concern: Not What's Right But 'Will Bush Listen?' [Video
The Iraq Study Group's recommendations are about to be released. Think about it: what should be the media's focus? I'd say attention should center on what those recommendations are, and whether if implemented they would advance - or impair - US interests in Iraq.But that's not the MSM's focus at all. From the cover of Newsweek to the Today show, the concern is not whether the recommendations…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 25 to December
Ever wonder what makes Keith Olbermann such a fine journalist? Well, according to the former sportscaster, it’s the fact that he doesn’t "make the facts up" like Rush Limbaugh does.PBS host Jim Lehrer trumpeted his objectivity in a more creative way. Using a food analogy, the anchor deemed himself the "flavor of neutrality." (Just a thought, but where do the liberal flavors originate? Ben and…
