It appears Rather is stepping down. Can’t wait to see that investigation report…
Instapundit has the link round-up.
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It appears Rather is stepping down. Can’t wait to see that investigation report…
Instapundit has the link round-up.
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I simply do not understand. When an entire wing of a news department spends five years investigating the President regarding fraudulent charges, and then intentionally airs a program defamingthe President with only forged documents to make their case, nothing happens.
Cut into CSI:NY with a news alert, and it is off with your head:
CBS News has axed a news producer who cut into prime-time programming Wednesday night to report the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
The staffer, a female senior producer for CBS
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Does anyone know if former Florida congressman Joe Scarborough, host of Scarborough Country, is sick or suffering from some sort of illness? He has missed a lot of shows lately, and he appears puffy in the face and looking unhealthy lately.
Anyone?
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My father tells me that Chris Matthews just had his ass handed to him by Ben Stein. Anyone have details, a clip, or a transcript?
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What a waste of time and money this study was:
Sen. John Kerry has gotten the white-glove treatment from the press, garnering more praise from journalists than any other presidential candidate in the last quarter-century, according to a new analysis of almost 500 news stories released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs.
“It’s not just that John Kerry has gotten better press than President Bush before this election, he’s gotten better press than anyone else since 1980. That’s significant,” said Bob Lichter, director of the D.C.-based nonpartisan research group.
“Kerry also got better press than anyone else in the days before the primaries as well,” Mr. Lichter added.
In October alone, Mr. Kerry had a “record-breaking 77 percent positive press evaluations,” compared with 34 percent positive for Mr. Bush, the study states.
Unprecedented, untrammeled accolades for Mr. Kerry were more than debate-related bounce, however. Since Labor Day, he also had a total of 58 percent positive stories, with just 36 percent for Mr. Bush.
The only upside to a Kerry victory is that once the press realizes what they have done- elect a marginal candidate who is, in the words of Howard Fineman, a ‘phenomenal phony’, they will turn on him with a viciousness that will be just disgusting. That leaves me with mixed feelings, because a failed Kerry Presidency does none of us any good, but it will be nice to see the Democrats getting what they deserve.
However, the behavior of the press has been shameful for the last four years. If Bush is re-elected, he will have done so despite fighting three wars- one against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, one against Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime, and one against the media.
If you doubt the bias in the press regarding Kerry, just look at this quote from a Brokaw interview that has received NO ATTENTION:
Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President’s military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That’s great. More power. I don’t know how they’ve done it, because my record is not public. So I don’t know where you’re getting that from.
But I thought you released all your military records, Sen. Kerry?
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Tom Maguire notes our intrepid reporters are beginning to pull back from the initial scary assertions that has made Kerry a bombastic liar for the past two days.
Maguire concludes:
We have a hint as to the timing of the ongoing investigation – evidence that the explosives were not at the site will only become available to the Times after Nov. 3.
I have never seen the media this in bed with anyone before. Ever. And I remember the Reagan hating. I remember the made up stories regarding Bush 1 being out of touch. This is just shameful.
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Yesterday, the NY Times splashed a rather sensational piece all over the front page, claiming that the coalition (chiefly the United States) had failed to secure 380 tons of high-grade explosives, and that they have subsequently disappeared. Like any normal human being, I was pissed. Now, it isbeginningto appear, not only did the NY Times give all the facts, but it appears that this may have been nothing more than a partisan hit piece eith nothing but old news and bad reporting.
From the Kerry Spot:
NBC News: Miklaszewski: