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'Early' Finds Only One Side of Rumsfeld Debate
April 19th, 2006 11:45 AM
The CBS Early Show this morning continued its tradition of "fair and balanced" reporting, as they addressed the interminable firestorm that has surrounded Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, seemingly since he was first appointed 5 1/2 years ago. They addressed the Rumsfeld issue twice in the first hour, and both times the focus was on the critics and criticism. There were no defenders of…
FNC's 'Fox and Friends' Skeptical of Anti-Rumsfeld Crowd
April 18th, 2006 4:40 PM
The April 18 Fox and Friends First provided a welcome alternative to the mainstream media’s fawning over the dissident generals attacking Donald Rumsfeld. FNC co-hosts Steve Doocy and Page Hopkins interviewed retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis about his support for Rumsfeld. Doocy teased the segment this way: Doocy: "Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis. We’re going to talk to him live…