Worst of the Week
Gore Speaks, TV Swoons For
someone offering up an incredibly expensive proposal that would
radically alter the entire U.S. economy, it's astonishing that Al Gore
faced virtually no skeptical questions when he sat down with CBS's Katie
Couric and NBC's Tom Brokaw to push for a $3 trillion conversion to 100%
use of wind, solar and other renewable power sources by 2018. Previous:
Obama's Liberal Buddies = "Non-Partisan" Experts
CyberAlert: Exposing Media Bias Daily Many
More See Pro-Obama Than Pro-McCain Bias More
than three times as many Americans see a media tilt in favor of Democrat
Barack Obama than toward Republican John McCain. A Rasmussen Reports
telephone survey released Monday "found that 49 percent of voters
believe most reporters will try to help Obama with their coverage, up
from 44 percent a month ago," compared to a piddling 14 percent who
"believe most reporters will try to help John McCain win."
Media Reality Check
TV Keeps Pushing Bad
News Agenda on Iraq
One
sure indicator that the U.S.-led coalition is now prevailing in Iraq is that the
Big Three broadcast networks have drastically cut back on their Iraq war
coverage, down over 65% from a year ago. But a new MRC study of the ABC, CBS and
NBC evening newscasts finds network coverage still consists mainly of bad news
-- car bombings, U.S. casualities and attacks on civilians -- rather than
documenting the undeniable progress brought about by the troop surge.
Bozell's News Column
Less Accessible Obama
The press has been endlessly dazzled with the
prowess and the promise of the Barack Obama campaign. Observers of
these quivering scribes have to wonder if they dont collapse from
exhaustion at the end of the day from all the involuntary spine
tingling and shortness of breath over Obamas inspirational aura. Entertainment Column:
A Guide to the Movie Galaxy
Notable Quotables
NBC Sees "Ultra-Rightist" Helms In
their July 4 obituary, NBC branded the late Senator Jesse Helms as "an
ultra-rightist" whom "critics" called "a bigot," but when the liberal
Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum passed away in March, NBC described him
merely as a "populist" and "the classic American success story."
Meanwhile, Time's Joe Klein suggests the GOP is a party of racists --
"Since when do they start letting people like Barack Obama into
Republican country clubs?" -- while ABC's Barbara Walters glows about
her meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife: "People
say, 'Oh, you're brainwashed,' but that was not it. They were just very
charming and intelligent." Previous:Oh, Now She Sees Bias
Tony Snow, RIP In
one of his last public appearances, former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow
was given the second annual "William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence"
at the MRC's annual gala on April 10. Snow delivered an inspiring speech that
chastised journalists for not appreciating America's greatness.
Watch the speech |
Read the transcript
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For
someone offering up an incredibly expensive proposal that would
radically alter the entire U.S. economy, it's astonishing that Al Gore
faced virtually no skeptical questions when he sat down with CBS's Katie
Couric and NBC's Tom Brokaw to push for a $3 trillion conversion to 100%
use of wind, solar and other renewable power sources by 2018.
In
their July 4 obituary, NBC branded the late Senator Jesse Helms as "an
ultra-rightist" whom "critics" called "a bigot," but when the liberal
Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum passed away in March, NBC described him
merely as a "populist" and "the classic American success story."
Meanwhile, Time's Joe Klein suggests the GOP is a party of racists --
"Since when do they start letting people like Barack Obama into
Republican country clubs?" -- while ABC's Barbara Walters glows about
her meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife: "People
say, 'Oh, you're brainwashed,' but that was not it. They were just very
charming and intelligent."
In
one of his last public appearances, former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow
was given the second annual "William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence"
at the MRC's annual gala on April 10. Snow delivered an inspiring speech that
chastised journalists for not appreciating America's greatness. 
