Brokaw's Immigration Bromides: 'Wall Won't Work', 'Jobs Americans Don

December 26th, 2006 8:11 AM

NBC's Alison Stewart: 'Could Someone Have Gotten To' Duke Accuser

December 23rd, 2006 7:40 AM

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: December 16 to

December 22nd, 2006 9:40 AM
As 2006 draws to a close, the MRC has once again ranked the most egregiously biased quotes from members of the media. So, who made the cut as "the best of the worst?" Click here to find out. Christmas may be arriving soon, but NPR chose the week before December 25 as the appropriate time to broadcast an atheist message of holiday intolerance. Showing that radio can still compete with television…

TV Morning Shows Largely Ignore Damning Details On Sandy Berger

December 21st, 2006 3:58 PM

Russert: W's Iraq Surge Decision 'Lose-Lose

December 21st, 2006 7:59 AM

Media Scrooges: 'Bah Humbug' to Wall Street's Christmas Bonuses

December 20th, 2006 2:48 PM
When Santa came to Wall Street this year, the media cried and pouted.     With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at an all-time high and commodities markets experiencing one of their best years in decades, Wall Street firms were feeling especially merry this year. The media responded as if they had seen Jacob Marley’s ghost.NBC’s John Seigenthaler gloomily downplayed Wall Streeters’ good fortunes…

Reporters at Bush News Conference Attack Hypothetical Troop Level Plan

December 20th, 2006 1:18 PM
During a presidential news conference on Wednesday, members of the media made it very clear to President Bush that they do not support increasing troop levels in Iraq. Although no such plan has been officially announced, several print and television reporters appeared to be launching a preemptive strike against the idea and in support of a quick withdrawal. During the hour long question and…

Mitchell Miffed McCain Hired 'Man Behind That Dreadful Commercial Agai

December 20th, 2006 12:00 PM
Interviewing Rick Davis, chairman of John McCain's presidential exploratory committee, on MSNBC at about 11:45 AM today, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell [NB file photo] demanded to know why McCain had hired Terry Nelson as his campaign manager. She described Nelson as "the man who was behind that dreadful commercial against Harold Ford. This is John McCain, the victim of these kinds of attacks in…

Kerry's Cri de Coeur: I Was Framed

December 20th, 2006 8:21 AM

Vieira To Hillary: Your Big-Government Plans 'More Imperative' Than Ev

December 18th, 2006 8:23 AM
That's Meredith Vieira beaming at Hillary Clinton on this morning's Today. Someone might suggest to Meredith that when trying to ingratiate oneself with Hillary, it's advisable to avoid words bringing "imperious" to mind. But if the execution was flawed, no one can deny the fervor with which Vieira endorsed Hillary's paean to big-government, 'It Takes A Village'. Here's how Vieira opened the…

Spruiell: David Gregory Didn't Deserve A White House Apology

December 17th, 2006 11:08 PM

Russert Gives Gingrich Gruesome GOP Grilling

December 17th, 2006 11:03 PM
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was Tim Russert’s "guest" on “Meet the Press” Sunday, and it’s safe to assume the eloquent Georgian would have preferred something more pleasant for Christmas like a root canal, a colonoscopy, or an income tax audit. In fact, Russert gave Gingrich a grilling that many murder suspects don’t receive from hostile police officers in an interrogation room.With…

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: December 9 to

December 15th, 2006 11:03 AM
You might think the media, given the fact that they helped engineer a Democratic victory in the midterms, and that it’s almost Christmas (sorry, Holiday), would ease their assault on President Bush. And you would be wrong. "Hardball" host Chris Matthews recently remarked that President Bush is demonstrating "messianic nuttiness." CNN’s Jack Cafferty finds it "strange" that Democrats aren’t racing…

Meredith Vieira Bemoans 'Same Old President Bush

December 14th, 2006 11:06 AM