CBS Reporter Declares Opposition to War on Iraq; ABC Looks at How Saddam Hiding His Palaces; ABC Sees Scandal in Non-Taxpayers Not Being Told of "Refund"; NJ's "Clear" Election Law Not Clear to CNN's Toobin; "Top Ten Saddam Hussein Campaign Promises" 1) CBS News veteran foreign correspondent Bob Simon declared his opposition to war with Iraq: "I don't think that going to war with him is the right thing to do right now." Simon contended to USA Today's Peter Johnson that most Arabs see an invasion as "arrogant American imperialism which will just sow the seeds for more terrorism." 2)... continue reading
FNC Notes Donations by Justices & Democratic Double Standard; Thomas Rants About Killing Iraqis; Sawyer "Loves" Anti-Military Spending Poster; NBC's Curry Gently Slams Streisand; Jessica Lange: "I Hate Bush" & Am "Ashamed" of U.S.; Alec Baldwin Mocks FNC; Patricia Heaton: God Will Judge Me, Not Barbra Streisand 1) If we're a court why should we enforce the law? FNC's Special Report with Brit Hume revealed on Wednesday night the activist reasoning of the New Jersey Supreme Court, pointed out which justices had made donations to Senator Torricelli and Frank Lautenberg, and noted that while "Democrats are fighting to get the... continue reading
Jennings Unaware of McDermott Calling Bush a Liar; David Bonior, "R-Michigan"?; CNN Spotlights McCain Castigating McDermott & Bonior; Cronkite Signs Anti-War Ad; Matthews: Donahue Could "Bring Down" MSNBC; Stephanopoulos's Liberal Reading; Dreyfuss Praises Streisand & Gore; Streisand Update; West Wing 's Liberal Donations 1) Remarkably, Peter Jennings was ignorant of how Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott said President Bush would "lie" in order to justify a war against Iraq, a charge he re-confirmed Sunday on ABC's This Week. Asked about it on Tuesday by radio host Sean Hannity, Jennings maintained: "I didn't hear that, to be honest." 2) David Bonior, R-Michigan?... continue reading
Streisand's Liberal Rants at Star-Studded Democratic Fundraiser; Barbra Urges "Offensive" Against Bush; Asner: Bush "Desecrating" America; Robbins: Bush Wants to Deflect from Halliburton; Cruise & Spielberg on Hussein; Top Ten List: "If Streisand Were President" 1) With celebrities from Christian Slater to Julia Louis-Dreyfus looking on, Barbra Streisand headlined a $6 million Democratic fundraiser Sunday night. Streisand sang a parody of The Way We Were: "Next Election Day I Pray/That the Country Will Deliver/A House Without Tom Delay!/We Need a Team Change/A Definite Regime Change/Oh, That Would Be a Dream Change/From the Way We Are." She also charged that Republican... continue reading
Stephanopoulos Scolds Critics of Liberals; Combine Peter Jennings with Judy Woodruff and You Get?; "Serious Questions" About Bush Citing Iraq While Campaigning; Rebuking Bush for Personalizing War; FNC Beats CNN in AM But CBS Crushes Both; Moyers on "Corporate Greed; Fraud; Capitalism" 1) George Stephanopoulos showed on Sunday that he's more upset by anyone daring to criticize liberal Democrats than he is by what those liberals said in the first place, no matter how outrageous. When Senator Don Nickles observed of two Democratic Congressmen in Baghdad, one of whom had just claimed Bush would lie in order to justify a... continue reading
Jennings Keeps a Copy of the U.S. Constitution in His Pocket; Gore Iraq Hypocrisy & ABC Says He Cast "Deciding Vote"; Public Apathy for Bush Economy Frustrates Journalists; ABC & NBC Showcase Same Poster Guy for Family Leave; NY Times Prods Hate U.S. Comments? 1) "For inspiration," Peter Jennings carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his back pocket, he told the Philadelphia Inquirer's Gail Shister. But even after living in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, he has yet to become a U.S. citizen and his kids are citizens of three nations, though Shister warned, "Jennings says he's... continue reading
ABC & CBS Justify Daschle's Tantrum & Distort Reason For It; Alter: Daschle Not as "Creepy" as Lott; West Wing Launches New Season with More Liberal Advocacy; Not on TV: "Sleeping Late with Bryant Gumbel" 1) ABC and CBS on Wednesday night distorted the Bush-Daschle dispute in favor of Daschle. Peter Jennings mis-portrayed Bush's comments as related to Iraq when, as CNN, FNC and NBC stressed, they were about the homeland security bill. Jennings cited a "nasty argument...about Iraq and American security." Dan Rather put the burden on Bush's rhetoric: "Some of Mr. Bush's campaign rhetoric has resulted in a... continue reading
Rather Bucks Up Gore Credibility in Denouncing Bush on Iraq; NBC Recalls Bush Promise of More Tax Cuts; ABC& CBS Celebrate New California Family Leave Mandate; The View Takes FX's 'Candidate' Seriously; Al Neuharth's Diapers; Terrorism on JAG 1) ABC, CBS and NBC all ran short items Monday night on Al Gore's speech denouncing President Bush's policy toward Iraq, but CBS's Dan Rather tried to make Gore seem more credible: "Gore has always supported overthrowing Saddam and was among the few Senate Democrats who voted for the 1991 Gulf War resolution. After that war, Gore said he felt betrayed by... continue reading
Russert Again Presses for Tax Cut Repeal; Stephanopoulos: Gore & Bush Both "Going after Jesse James"; ABC Labels German Right But Not Left; Clift: Clinton Did More to Fight Terror Than Did Bush; New Bush Policy Recalls Reagan for Jennings; Poll Finds Media "Too Liberal"; Celebrities Denounce "Unjust" War on Terror 1) If it's Sunday, it's time for Tim Russert to push his Meet the Press guests to agree with him that Bush's tax cuts should be rescinded. Russert kept up his mantra during a Colorado Senate debate segment. To Democratic candidate Ted Strickland: "Would you be supportive of freezing... continue reading
Jennings Rues Bush "Powerful Enough to Have...Own Way"; ABC: "Skepticism" for Iraq War "Runs Deep"; Brokaw Cites "Cycle of Violence" in Israel; FNC's Asman Notes Iraqi "Lies"; Anti-Rumsfeld Protestors Elevated Visually; Lauer & Couric: Viewers Biased, Not Us; Al Hunt's Vegas Weekend with James Carville 1) To Peter Jennings, President Bush asking Congress to approve of using force against Iraq and saying, "very forcefully," that if the UN doesn't go along the U.S. will act on its own means, Jennings rued, that "what we appear to have here is an administration powerful enough to have its own way." 2) Congress... continue reading