The Final Piece the Press Withheld Concerning Closed Sessions of Congr
As reported by NewsBusters here and here, there was a lot about the closed session held in the Senate on Tuesday that the media chose to ignore. However, now that the damage has been done, and public opinions of this issue have been formed, the Washington Post today decided to share some of the facts with its readers. First, the decision to have a closed session is normally made with the consent…
ABC and NBC Ignore DeLay Ruling During Their Evening News Broadcasts
Former Republican house majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) had a large victory in court yesterday, but ABC and NBC didn’t think it was important enough to include in their evening news broadcasts. As reported by the Washington Post: "Former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) won an early round in his money-laundering and conspiracy trial Tuesday by getting a judge aligned with Democratic…
A Big Story Isn’t Complete Without a Poll Telling People What Their
Less than 36 hours after the indictments of I. Lewis Libby were announced, America’s first poll results concerning the matter were released just in time for them to be part of all the Sunday political talk shows tomorrow morning.As reported by the Washington Post, the results of a new Washington Post/ABC News survey suggest that:“55 percent of the public believes the Libby case indicates wider…
Woodward Points Out Wilson Found Evidence of Iraq-Niger Deal, Tosses I
Much to Senator Chris Dodd's consternation on Thursday's Larry King Live on CNN, Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward, of Watergate fame, pointed out a fact rarely mentioned by the mainstream media -- that “most of the analysts at the CIA said that [Joseph] Wilson's findings, when he went to Niger, supported the conclusion that there was some deal with Iraq” for uranium. When…
