CyberAlert: Exposing Media Bias Daily
Frustrated by Lack of 'Red Meat' Attacks on McCain Most
prevalent theme during Tuesday night's convention coverage, after
speculation over healing the Clinton-Obama fued: journalists worrying
Democrats are not adequately aggressive in their attacks against John
McCain as reporters, especially on CBS, repeatedly pressed for more "red
meat" and wondered if the speakers are being "hard enough" or "tough
enough" on McCain?
Worst of the Week
Matthews: The Thrill Is Back Co-anchoring
MSNBC’s live coverage of Barack Obama’s vice presidential announcement
on Saturday, Chris Matthews hailed as "profound" Obama’s attacks on John
McCain for daring to condemn Russia for invading a neighbor; scoffed at
neo-conservatives as warmongers; and even suggested McCain "enjoyed" the
Georgia crisis and the Iraq war. Previous:
CBS Keeps the News Sunny for Obama's Summer
Vacation
Bozell's News Column
No Nastiness in Springfield? For two years
now, we’ve heard Barack Obama’s media allies telling us how he was a
somehow Not A Politician, that he was the pragmatic soul of civility
who was "uniquely qualified to nudge the country toward the color
purple." (So said Newsweek.) If that myth hadn’t died under tons of
weight to the contrary by now, it certainly should have expired in
Springfield, Illinois when he selected Joe Biden as his running
mate. The Democratic hatchet men were unleashed. Entertainment Column:
America's Next Trans-Formation
Notable Quotables
Promoting Anti-Bush "Bombshell" NBC
and CNN jump all over allegations by a liberal author that the White
House lied about the case for war with Iraq, with NBC Nightly News
anchor Brian Williams suggesting "an out and out deception" and Today
co-host Meredith Vieira promoting the author's claim that "it is worse
than Watergate." Plus, MSNBC's David Shuster smears the Swift Boat
veterans as "dishonest," while a CNN anchor describes confessed
adulterer John Edwards as "much loved" and "all about integrity and
honesty." Previous:Celebrating
Obama the "Superstar"
Special Report
Obama's Margin of Victory: The Media The
Democratic contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was the closest
nomination in a generation. But Obama had a crucial advantage over his rivals
this year: the support of the national media, especially the three broadcast
networks. A new study by the Media Research Center documents how at every step
of his national political career, network reporters showered the Illinois
Senator with glowing media coverage, building him up as a political celebrity
and exhibiting little interest in investigating his past associations or
exploring the controversies that could have threatened his campaign.
Special Report
Editing Reverend Wright’s Wrongs Obama’s
greatest struggle in the primaries was the controversy over his long-time
minister Jeremiah Wright and his noxious recorded sermons suggesting America
deserved 9/11 and AIDS was a U.S. government conspiracy. But ABC, CBS, and NBC's
coverage protected the candidate by showing little of Wright's radical rhetoric
and allowng liberal guests to dominate the discussion.
Avoid Naming Party of Democrats in
Scandals, But Identify Republicans Media Double Standard
In recent years the mainstream media have repeatedly demonstrated a double
standard in properly identifying the party of Republican politicians in
scandals, but rarely highlighting the party affiliation of Democrats mired in
bad behavior.
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.
Most
prevalent theme during Tuesday night's convention coverage, after
speculation over healing the Clinton-Obama fued: journalists worrying
Democrats are not adequately aggressive in their attacks against John
McCain as reporters, especially on CBS, repeatedly pressed for more "red
meat" and wondered if the speakers are being "hard enough" or "tough
enough" on McCain? 
