Bozell's News Column
Diversity for Diversity�s Sake
The �historic� Democratic presidential primaries of
2008 are kicking in already, and the online announcements of Senators
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have spun the media into a frothy
sweet Frappucino of giddiness. Between praise for Obama�s �fluid
poetry� and Hillary�s �hot factor� from her �ever-popular� husband,
I�ve already had just enough of this pandering. Entertainment Column:
The Black Hole of Sundance
Notable Quotables Awed
by "Multitasking" Pelosi
The media were thrilled that a liberal Democratic woman was taking over as
Speaker of the House, with ABC's Charles Gibson cooing about seeing Nancy
Pelosi holding her six-month-old grandson on the House floor: "It seemed
the ultimate in multitasking: Taking care of the children, and the
country." Plus, CNN's Jack Cafferty is angry Democrats aren't racing to
impeach President Bush for his "crimes," NBC's Andrea Mitchell denies
anyone at her network -- including Chris Matthews -- is a "liberal
thinker," and Newsweek's Eleanor Clift says Al Gore "is now in
contention as a possible presidential candidate....Hooray that he is
back!"
Media Reality Check
TV's Pre-Emptive War Against Iraq "Surge" By
the time President Bush delivered his Iraq speech Wednesday night, the news
media had spent several days engaged in what the military calls "preparing
the battlefield." The media�s air war against the plan to try to actually
win the Iraq war assured that most of Bush�s audience would have already
heard journalists claiming the new mission is wrong-headed and doomed to
failure. Previously:
Ten Years of Matt Lauer�s Liberal Bias
Special Report The
Iraq War on Cable TV
A new MRC study comparing the Fox News Channel's coverage of the war in Iraq
with that of CNN and MSNBC finds that Fox had the most balanced approach
while its competitors emphasized a bad news agenda. CNN, in particular, went
out of its way to emphasize alleged U.S. misdeeds like the killing of
civilians in Haditha while providing less airtime to U.S. achievements like
the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
By
the time President Bush delivered his Iraq speech Wednesday night, the news
media had spent several days engaged in what the military calls "preparing
the battlefield." The media�s air war against the plan to try to actually
win the Iraq war assured that most of Bush�s audience would have already
heard journalists claiming the new mission is wrong-headed and doomed to
failure.
