Huang's China Sport; Journalists Aid the Enemy; Why Brokaw's Leaving The latest stories ignored by TV: Huang aided Chinese Olympic effort; another Clinton buddy got a high-paid "job" for Hubbell. The Executive Editor of The Washington Post would not let a reporter deliver a message that could prevent China from using a biological weapon. CBS schedules Gumbel's show as CNN tries to nab Brokaw, prompting Letterman's "Top Ten Reasons Tom Brokaw May Be Leaving NBC." 1) The guilty plea of the Lums generated network stories last Wednesday, but the networks have ignored two other Clinton scandal developments involving John Huang... continue reading
Light on Lums; Equating Tuskegee to End of Quotas Guilty pleas from the Lums get covered, but in very short stories well into the newscasts. Only CBS mentioned charges of influence-peddling. Tuskegee experiments, ending race-based quotas for medical school admission. To CBS, they're equivalent examples of why blacks can no longer trust the government. Now on the MRC's Web site: "Team Clinton, the Starting Line-Up of the Pro-Clinton Press Corps." The booklet contains the most colorful pro-Clinton and anti-conservative quotes from 28 of the most prominent television reporters and commentators -- from Ken Bode to Jim Wooten, with Al Hunt... continue reading
Networks Afraid of Partial-Birth; Hubbell's Son; Poor Susan Corrections. Espy briefly noted. In addition to arranging payments to Hubbell, the Clinton team gave his son a job, but all four networks skip the discovery. Networks finally look at abortion debate. Dan Rather refers to "one type of later-term abortions, what anti-abortion groups call, quote 'partial-birth abortions.'" Poor Susan McDougal. NBC relays her complaints about "inhuman" conditions, such as "being served oatmeal that is cold and gluey." 1) Corrections. - The May 20 CyberAlert listed several scandal developments and noted that none had been picked up by a broadcast network. In... continue reading
Liberals Promoted at CBS & ABC; Reporter Confronts Police More examples of Clinton stonewalling and more evidence of database abuse, but networks ignore that while highlighting Burton. Tom Brokaw preposterously reports that the budget deal cuts spending and he emphasizes that the "tax cuts may be too generous." Washington Post ombudsman Geneva Overholser defines media elitism. Asked to discuss possibility of bias in reporting, she tells C-SPAN's Brian Lamb: "I think it's a mistake for me to be on." "Right-wing Republicans" are "led" by Henry Kissinger. The communists in Russia control the "hardline, right-wing Duma." 1) No major Clinton scandal... continue reading
Liberals Promoted at CBS & ABC; Reporter Confronts Police An operative for Ted Kennedy, Mondale-Ferraro and the DNC is now in charge of CBS political coverage; ABC picks a McGovernite to run ABCNEWS.com. The reporter who published quotes from Newt's phone call has a confrontation with police, and he's not happy it got reported. 1) ABC and CBS have just promoted Democratic operatives to influential positions overseeing news content -- to coordinate political coverage at CBS and to run the Web site for ABC News. -- "CBS News has named Dotty Lynch as Senior Political Editor, effective immediately," The Washington... continue reading
Partial-Birth Dearth; Advocating Scandinavian Socialism ABC and CBS ignore partial-birth abortion debate; one newspaper says Clinton's new position "reignites fierce debate," but another suggests it will lead to a compromise. In a GMA segment on the wonders of Scandinavian government, Joan Lunden tells the VP of the Socialist International: "Hopefully, we can get some of those programs instituted in America." Actor Alec Baldwin says Bill Clinton was the best choice for President; singer James Taylor decries the free-market. 1) The abortion battle re-emerged Wednesday, but only one network covered it and two newspapers offered very different spins on the new... continue reading
Conservative Bias?; Post Reporter's Conservative Budget Bashing 1. Another day, another day of ignoring the China angle. 2. NBC's Lisa Myers provides a conservative spin on the Family Friendly Workplace Act. 3. Washington Post reporter Eric Pianin's stories match the liberal take on the budget. His new book shows he favors Clintonomics over "disastrous" Reaganomics pushed by "radical" conservatives. 1) Update on the China connection story. Yesterday's CyberAlert noted that ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News all ignored Monday's Los Angeles Times story on how the FBI is investigating a Democratic donor, who sat next... continue reading
Bananas First; Chinese Agent Eats with Clinton 1. ABC puts it all into perspective: Don't let Whitewater come before bananas. 2. NBC finally reports the White House appeal to the Supreme Court; only ABC airs a full story on Monday's court filing. 3. The FBI is looking at whether a Clinton dinner-mate is an agent for communist China. But the networks spike the story. 4. "What is this, the Chinese Reds? What decade are you in Chris?!" Eleanor Clift demands of Chris Matthews in arguing that China is no enemy. 1) For the second time during the presidential excursion to... continue reading
Make Feds Pay for Schools; ABC Pounces on RNC 1. Funds cut from the federal budget for local school repair prompts Peter Jennings to ask a liberal Senator: "How can you stand for that?" 2. RNC returns one donation. ABC declares "the foreign money scandal now has officially spread to both parties." "The Family Hour: No Place for Your Kids," a special report from the MRC's Parents Television Council, is now available on the MRC's home page: http://www.mediaresearch.org/famhtm2.html 1) More federal spending is the only way to prevent school buildings from collapsing on top of helpless children, ABC's Peter Jennings... continue reading
No Thinking from Rush; Family Hour Full of Sex & Obscenities 1. ABC emphasizes that Mexicans don't care about Whitewater. Networks don't care that Freeh urged an independent counsel. 2. New York Times TV reviewer Walter Goodman sneaks in some Limbaugh bashing. 3. The MRC's Parents Television Council releases a study titled: The 'Family Hour': No Place for Your Kids. Summary below. 4. From the Late Show with David Letterman: "Top Ten Things Overheard During President Clinton's Trip To Mexico." >>> Thursday's USA Today is scheduled to carry an op-ed piece by MRC Chairman L. Brent Bozell III on how... continue reading