AP Suggests Political Motive Behind Preparations for Rita’s Arrival

September 22nd, 2005 1:02 AM
In a possible foreshadowing of what we can expect in the next few days, the Associated Press suggested that there is a political motive behind the massive mobilization occuring in Texas ahead of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Rita:“Eager to avoid the public pounding he got for his response to Hurricane Katrina, President Bush pledged on Wednesday to be "ready for the worst" as another big…

CBS Trumpets Carter's Criticism of Bush Administration

September 21st, 2005 9:34 PM
In a Wednesday CBS Evening News story on shortcomings in FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina, reporter Randall Pinkston cited “frustrations that reached as far away as the state of Maine, where officials received ice that was supposed to go to the Gulf Coast." Pinkston touted how “former President Jimmy Carter, who created FEMA, criticized the Bush administration's decision to strip the…

Bette Midler Cites Bush's Coke Dealer, Says “F***” RNC -- Or Was S

September 21st, 2005 5:19 PM

CNN’s O’Brien Presses Chertoff About Katrina Failures

September 21st, 2005 5:14 PM
On CNN’s “American Morning” today, Soledad O’Brien spent much of her interview with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff focusing on what happened in New Orleans three weeks ago when Katrina hit rather than questioning the secretary about how prepared the Gulf coast is for the looming Hurricane Rita (video link and full transcript to follow):SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Lots of officials have told…

Katie Couric and Matt Lauer Blame Hurricanes On Global Warming

September 21st, 2005 10:42 AM

Post Buries Great News About “Missing” Gulf Coast Children

September 21st, 2005 9:57 AM
Some fabulous news was released yesterday concerning all those missing children from the states recently ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.  Mysteriously, the Washington Post buried the story on page A10:“Authorities trying to track down more than 2,600 children in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama still missing three weeks after Hurricane Katrina believe that most of them are not really ‘…

AP Misrepresenting Dishonest Poll Results

September 21st, 2005 8:18 AM
The AP is constructing bad news for the President (Katrina Adds to Public Doubts About Bush). Again. And to do it, they're using a skewed sample poll, and then misrepresenting what it says. The latest AP-Ipsos poll is what they're reporting on. Once again, they've got a sample of adults, and it is signficantly skewed, with 49 percent Democrats and 41 percent Republicans. And they use that skewed…

CBS: Bush Should “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

September 20th, 2005 10:24 PM
CBS on Tuesday night delivered a sarcastic look at President Bush's visit to the Gulf coast. After reciting a list of problems people are having in New Orleans, reporter Sharyn Alfonsi jumped to a soundbite of Bush in Mississippi, declaring: “Every time I come back here, I see progress." Alfonsi gratuitously pointed out that Bush was “speaking inside an air-conditioned tent” and noted how “he…

U. of Florida Student Paper in Hot Water over Kanye West Toon

September 20th, 2005 12:48 PM

Couric the Green Climatologist Frets Seven Hurricanes "A Lot," Ignores

September 20th, 2005 7:12 AM

Minister Nashim Nzinga Says Whites Blew Up Levee

September 19th, 2005 11:32 PM

Tim Russert Cues Up Clinton to Spout Talking Points

September 19th, 2005 4:59 PM
As Noel Sheppard posted on NewsBusters on Sunday, George Stephanopoulos' “entire twenty minutes” with Bill Clinton on This Week “appeared to be an opportunity for President Clinton to defame the current administration while pumping up his own legacy. Assisting this goal was Stephanopoulos who, regardless of what his former employer said, didn’t once challenge the accuracy of any of Clinton’s…

Halliburton Gets Contract To Pry Gold Fillings From New Orleans Corpse

September 19th, 2005 3:35 PM
Here's a story from the Onion that the MSM only wish were true.

Brian Williams: Hurricane Inspires More Coverage of Liberal Issues

September 19th, 2005 2:58 PM