Shooting: Blame the GOP; Tax Cut = "Spending Government Money" 1) Juan Williams charged that GOP anti-government rhetoric provoked the shooting in the U.S. Capitol building. 2) Brokaw blamed American society, MSNBC's John Gibson the "scandal atmosphere." CNN's Lou Dobbs a bright spot. 3) The White House concealed the subpoena for days, but ABC emphasized debate "as to whether Starr is acting beyond his power." 4) "A tax cut is another way of talking about spending government money," insisted Steve Roberts, but Brit Hume expressed the novel concept that money belongs to those who earned it. 5) Charles LaBella's memo... continue reading
LaBella Ignored by 2 of 3 Nets; New Press Secretary an ABC & CNN Vet 1) CBS exclusively relayed a Secret Service story about a missing President; NBC correlated Hillary's trips and Lewinsky's late night visits, but nothing on Monicagate on ABC Thursday night. 2) Charles LaBella, the man Janet Reno picked to probe Democratic campaign fundraising, concluded an independent counsel must be named. He's ignored by two of three broadcast nets in the morning and evening. 3) Peter Jennings referred to "so-called partial birth" abortions and FNC said backers prefer "late term," just how CNN labeled it. 4) The... continue reading
Rather Rhymes; Arnett "Heavily Involved;" Geraldo Sings His Anti-Starr Zing 1) Alan Shepard's death turned Dan Rather to rhyme. CBS blamed GOP for rejecting first black Air Force Secretary nominee, but FNC tells why. FNC discovered Sidney Blumenthal's behind attack on Starr. 2) Peter Arnett was "heavily involved" and "participated fully," FNC and AP report in relaying the contentions of CNN's fired producers. 3) FNC examined global warming, and unlike ABC and NBC, acknowledged there are actually scientists who don't buy Gore's line. 4) Geraldo Rivera sings his zing of Starr: "Twinkle, twinkle Kenneth Starr, now we see how crude... continue reading
Starr Leaker; Catholics Worse Than HMOs; Pentagon Condemns CNN 1) Every network but NBC Tuesday night focused on Starr's fight against charges his office improperly leaked grand jury information. CBS tied Starr's trouble to Brill's hit piece. 2) "This is not about cost. It's about ideology. What happens when a Catholic hospital is the only one around." Nothing good, ABC's World News Tonight argued on Tuesday. 3) CNN didn't shy away from the Pentagon report condemning its Tailwind story and CNN has made a financial settlement with one aggrieved party, but a Fox poll found few have lost respect for... continue reading
Tripp's FBI File & Freeh's Condemnation of Reno Skipped 1) FNC talked to Operation Tailwind participants and they prove CNN wrong; NBC explained how financiers plundered Northwest Airlines, but skipped over how one, Al Checchi, is a Democrat of note. 2) White House got Linda Tripp's FBI file, but the networks don't care. Other recent newspaper stories ignored: Clinton administration snafus allowed China to get high-tech info and the FBI Director condemned Reno for not naming an IC for fundraising abuses. 1 Nothing about any Clinton scandal or the impending Secret Service testimony on any of the five network evening... continue reading
Now Starr's Too Fast; Silberman's "A Righty;" Russert's Misread 1) Lani Guinier was falsely tagged the "Quota Queen," contended Paula Zahn in her Saturday CBS Evening News "One on One" feature. 2) Starr can't win. Networks now complain he's moving too fast. Starr spokesman Charles Bakaly stated Starr would not ask agents to tell what Clinton told a lawyer, but ABC relayed the opposite. 3) Even after every judge has dismissed the Secret Service's argument, they have an advocate in NBC's Jack Ford who highlighted the argument that "we're giving up this very important tradition of confidentiality" just so Starr... continue reading
Facilitating Clinton; Shriver Idolizes Hillary; Grodin's Back 1) CBS relayed Judge Silberman's rebuke as the network tagged him "a conservative appointed by Reagan." But when a judge condemned Starr last month CBS didn't bother telling who appointed him. 2) Last year Clinton asked a photographer, who he thought was a Secret Service agent, to get a woman's card. In other words, to "facilitate" a liaison. 3) Maria Shriver, filling in on Today, pushed the anti-Starr line on the Secret Service and took a bus ride with Hillary Clinton about whom she raved: "a people person...funny" and "nice." 4) The hottest... continue reading
Clinton Shouldn't Talk; More Nina: Kneepads for All Women *** Item #3 today has been rated TV-MA by the CyberAlert Content Review Board. It contains slang terminology for oral sex. *** 1) Wednesday night Tim Russert clarified his "facilitated" report; Dan Rather again claimed Starr is probing Clinton's "personal life;" only FNC noted that four AG's say SS agents should talk. 2) Clinton has "no obligation" to keep his promise to answer questions about Lewinsky and it's "nuts" to believe Lucianne Goldberg, U.S. News reporter Matthew Miller declared. 3) More from Nina Burleigh. She fills in the [oral sex] bracket,... continue reading
Not a Lot on Lott; Pumping Up Global Warming; Shriver Gushes Over Hillary 1) ABC and NBC skipped Trent Lott's charges about technology transfers to China. Dan Rather again decried Ken Starr's focus on Clinton's "personal life." 2) Heat in the South: "The government says it's all an indication that global warming is real," declared NBC's Bob Hager. Neither he or ABC's Ned Potter bothered with the view of scientists who disagree. 3) All the morning shows skipped the indictment of Pauline Kanchanalak, but Maria Shriver gushed over Hillary Clinton. 1 Ken Starr's subpoenaing of Secret Service agent Larry Cockrell,... continue reading
Kanchanalak Chucked by NBC; New New Yorker Disgusted by Limbaugh; Ukraine Reality 1) NBC Nightly News skipped the indictment of Pauline Kanchanalak while ABC and CBS each gave it 18 seconds. CBS zoomed in on how Starr is "aggressively" pursuing Clinton's "personal life." 2) "It is Hillary's business, it is not the grand jury's business," Geraldo Rivera declared on Monday's Tonight Show in disparaging Ken Starr. 3) The new Editor of the New Yorker is no Limbaugh fan, once denigrating him "an avatar of the politics of meanness" whose "style is pure demagoguery" just like Reagan. 4) CyberAlert readers react... continue reading