CBS & NBC Avoided Fundraising; FNC Outlined Money Flow; "Witty" Zhu 1) Neither CBS or NBC even mentioned Chinese donations Thursday night. ABC only touched on the subject broadly and none noted the Chung charges. CBS even ignored Chinese spying and a New York Times story on how it occurred in Clinton's first term. 2) FNC put it all together. Carl Cameron outlined how money flowed on a "circuitous" route from Chinese intelligence to a front company to Lippo to John Huang to the DNC. Plus, in 1993 Al Gore met with the "head of Beijing's alleged espionage front." 3)... continue reading
ABC, CBS & NBC AWOL on Chung; ABC's Right to Carry: the Anti-Gun Case 1) China's premier arrived in the U.S. and Clinton gave a China speech, but zilch on Johnny Chung on ABC, CBS and NBC. CNN previewed the premier's trip, but avoided Chung. Only FNC put Chung's testimony into a story, adding he got solicited by Gore. 2) Geraldo urged the grand jury in Little Rock to employ jury nullification in the Susan McDougal case, calling it a "spiteful prosecution" of a woman standing up to "Starr and his bullies." 3) ABC didn't bother with the NRA's case... continue reading
Broadcast Nets Suppress China-DNC; Couric Deplored "Right-Wing" 1) Only CNN considered newsworthy the news that China's military intelligence chief gave Johnny Chung $300,000 to give to the DNC. Zilch morning and evening on the broadcast networks though GMA made time for how baseball fans will consume 26 million hot dogs. 2) ABC News confused the Atlantic with the Adriatic, labeling the body of water between Italy and Montenegro: "Atlantic Ocean." 3) Today's Katie Couric lamented with Ann Richards how the right-wing is "alienating" moderates and that the climate "established by religious zealots or Christian conservatives" led to the James Byrd... continue reading
Nets Skipped Chinese Military-DNC Donation Link; Gas vs. Milk for Kids 1) Comparing Clinton to Roosevelt during WWII, NPR's Nina Totenberg defended Clinton's decision to play golf. 2) Johnny Chung provided a direct link from top Chinese officials, including the chief of military intelligence, to funds donated to President Clinton's campaign. And China may have sent a "hit squad" to kill Chung, but all the networks Sunday night ignored the explosive story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. 3) Loving liberal protests. NBC jumped on a rally against police brutality and a dozen people on a sidewalk... continue reading
Nets Skip Warnings to Clinton; Giuliani Scolded for Criticizing Hillary 1) Thursday newspaper stories disclosed that Clinton was warned that bombing would prompt Milosevic to eviscerate Kosovo, but ABC and NBC ignored the revelation Thursday morning and of the broadcast networks on Thursday night only ABC touched it. 2) FNC's Carl Cameron uniquely reported Thursday night that China approached U.S. nuclear scientists asking for secrets and that the Chinese premier my cancel his scheduled visit to Washington. 3) Today co-host Matt Lauer scolded New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for setting the wrong "tone" for his Senate battle against Hillary Clinton... continue reading
Dan Rather Goes Gentle on Clinton; Spared Reagan/Bush Treatment 1) Dan Rather's exclusive interview with Bill Clinton avoided Chinese espionage, Broaddrick and Lewinsky, but gave Clinton plenty of time to portray himself as defender of the Constitution against partisan conservatives. Rather wondered about Clinton's "feelings" on Kosovo and what he'd do as the husband of a Senator. 2) A just-released Media Reality Check fax report: "Suddenly Hawkish on Humanitarian Wars: Clinton Team Spared Quick-Trigger Negativity of News Coverage of Grenada, Libya, Panama, Gulf War." >>> April 1 NQ Delayed. An unexpected bounty of biased bombast from Dan Rather led me,... continue reading
Time for Ground Troops?; Only Lee Wiretap Rejected; Geraldo Thanked Flynt 1) ABC and CNN on Tuesday showcased arguments for ground troops. ABC's John Martin: "The most effective option, say military planners, may be the most difficult: send in ground forces." 2) Three networks picked up the NRDC's hit on bottled water. Peter Jennings called NRDC "a serious environmental monitoring group." 3) FNC's Carl Cameron disclosed that a Senate Intelligence Committee report due in late April will provide "the most direct link yet between alleged Democratic campaign finance corruption and China's military advancement." 4) The Justice Department approved 2,686 of... continue reading
Starr Image "Grossly Unfair"; Actor Denounced "Success and Achievement" 1) Lewinsky grand jury forewoman Freda Alexander went back into hiding on Friday, but not before telling Washington's WUSA-TV that the attacks on Ken Starr have been "grossly unfair." The wider media, however, ignored her defense of Starr. 2) The Genesis of the VRWC? Matt Drudge's mother once volunteered at the Clinton White House. 3) Lucianne's got a gun! That doesn't please ABC's Diane Sawyer who suggested Goldberg's "tongue should have been licensed." 4) The soundbite NBC played to show how Clinton opposes arming the Kosovars did not match the question... continue reading
Grand Jury Forewoman: Would Have Indicted Clinton; Gumbel's Blast 1) Thursday night CBS reported that Clinton "personally reviewed targets." NBC relayed that Clinton insisted "we wold be a lot better off" if the Kosovars "didn't have as many arms as they do." 2) The New York Times disclosed Wen Ho Lee was assigned to run a "sensitive new nuclear weapons program" even though he was already under investigation and a research assistant from mainland China that he hired has now disappeared, but the networks don't care. 3) The grand jury forewoman in the Lewinsky case spoke publicly Thursday night on... continue reading
Sam on Clinton's "Credibility"; CNN Dug Out Gore Video; Kazan = Tripp 1) ABC's Sam Donaldson highlighted how Bill Clinton said his "credibility" was at risk over Kosovo. Only NBC devoted a story to presenting the arguments for and against the Clinton policy. 2) NBC Nightly News refused to mention how Clinton was asked about Juanita Broaddrick, but Today gave her a few seconds. 3) ABC committed a gaffe on Gore's Internet boast, but is only broadcast network to mention it. CNN dug out classic video of Gore boasting in 1988 about tobacco: "I've put it in the plant beds... continue reading