The NewsBusters staff noted yesterday that the increasingly good news in Iraq was not being covered by the US media. And it is good news. Contrary to the wishes of much, if not most, of the…
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June 27th, 2008 12:27 PM | Richard Newcomb
June 27th, 2008 7:46 AM | NB Staff
Topics in today's show: Barack Obama releases his first TV ads, CNN's Roland Martin comments on "weak" conservative men, and Massachusetts police crack down.
Like the show and want more…
June 26th, 2008 3:22 PM | Justin McCarthy
If an elected official in the United States, at any level, promises to "rip apart" six year old rape victims, then describe in vivid detail how their lives would be ruined, one would assume such a…
June 26th, 2008 1:36 PM | Matthew Balan
In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of DC handgun ban on Thursday, CNN’s "Newsroom" program ran a report on both the sides of the gun case, in which the pro-…
June 26th, 2008 10:27 AM | Noel Sheppard
Since Eisenhower first ran for president in 1952, it has been a common strategy for Democrats and media members -- as if there's much of a difference these days! -- to depict Republican…
June 26th, 2008 10:05 AM | Ken Shepherd
Update 2: Stay tuned for a forthcoming piece by NB contributor Matthew Balan on CNN's coverage. Shortly after the decision came down the network aired a videotaped report that skewed in favor of a…
June 25th, 2008 6:20 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Who cares if Barack Obama won't protect a child who is born alive after an abortion? Gas is over $4/gallon!
So argued Donna Brazile when Bill Bennett pressed her on the matter today. The…
June 25th, 2008 5:55 PM | Matthew Balan
Over the course of two programs on Tuesday evening, CNN political analyst Roland Martin unhesitatingly ran to the defense of Barack Obama against the recent criticism of Dr. James Dobson, who…
June 25th, 2008 5:34 PM | Mike Bates
We know from the mainstream media that Barack Obama can walk on water, but I now realize that he's quite the multitasker as well."Is Senator Obama’s Campaign Booking CNN?" asks Greta Van Susteren on…
June 25th, 2008 4:39 PM | Jeff Poor
In the past when Warren Buffett has spoken out the "super rich" needing to pay a higher tax rate, the media have hung on his every word. But, now that he has spoken out against a windfall…
June 25th, 2008 4:04 PM | Jeff Poor
Billionaire investor and Barack Obama supporter Warren Buffett on June 25 turned on the Democratic presidential candidate over a proposed windfall profits tax on oil companies. Buffett also…
June 25th, 2008 3:25 PM | Howard Nemerov
Past research revealed that Violence Policy Center is nothing more than a mouthpiece for wealthy elites promoting their gun ban agenda.1 Now, it appears that desperation breeds hyperbole in an…
June 25th, 2008 3:21 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Recent polls from Reuters/Zogby, Gallup and Rasmussen revealed that a majority of Americans support increased domestic oil drilling and refining, yet many in the news media have continued to…
June 25th, 2008 2:31 PM | Tim Graham
On CNN's AC-360 blog, Anderson Cooper's senior producer Barclay Palmer conflated Karl Rove's critique of Barack Obama and Don Imus's latest racial radio flap into a racial knife fight: "anyone who…
June 25th, 2008 9:41 AM | Brent Baker
Peter Boyer's profile of Keith Olbermann in the June 23 New Yorker magazine, “One Angry Man,” contained a bunch of noteworthy revelations, such as: ♦ Olbermann wanted to be more vulgar in his “shut…
June 24th, 2008 2:04 PM | Matthew Balan
In a statement reminiscent of Howard Dean’s controversial statement from 2005 about the RNC and "people of color," Time magazine columnist Joe Klein blasted Karl Rove’s recent slam of Barack Obama…
June 24th, 2008 1:54 PM | Tom Blumer
PBS's Bonnie Erbe hosts that network's weekly news analysis program, "To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe," is a weekly columnist for Scripps Howard Newspapers, and blogs at USNews.com.
Erbe…
June 24th, 2008 10:42 AM | Matthew Balan
CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin, when asked about the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in the DC handgun ban case on Monday’s "American Morning," repeated the gun control lobby’s argument that "most…
June 23rd, 2008 7:23 PM | Tim Graham
AP political reporter Charles Babington, who recently touted "ample evidence that Obama is something special," is now warning that Obama is bracing against "race-based ads." Recent examples of "…
June 23rd, 2008 4:45 PM | Mark Finkelstein
The MSM is sure to have a field day with McCain advisor Charlie Black's statement that a terror attack on U.S. soil "would be a big advantage" to the Republican candidate. McCain has been quick to…
June 22nd, 2008 1:13 PM | Noel Sheppard
Has the media's love affair with Barack Obama gone too far?
CNN's Howard Kurtz seems to think so, for on Sunday's "Reliable Sources," the Washington Post columnist strongly took issue with…
June 21st, 2008 11:22 AM | Noel Sheppard
As my colleague Brent Baker previously reported, Wolf Blitzer opened Friday's "CNN Election Center" with Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama's disgusting warning that the Republicans will…
June 20th, 2008 10:18 PM | Brent Baker
Barack Obama on Friday pre-smeared the opposition by charging they will “make you afraid” by identifying him as black, but instead of focusing on the basis of such an allegation or decrying Obama'…
June 20th, 2008 2:20 PM | Jeff Poor
CNN's Lou Dobbs is known for his fiery protectionist rants, but now he's calling for an extreme response in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration's inability to prevent a…
June 20th, 2008 12:47 PM | Jeff Poor
CNN’s Lou Dobbs has been on a tear about the recent tainted-tomato salmonella outbreak, but this time he’s taken it a step further and is calling for the ultimate political punishment.
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