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Two Jill Abramson Profiles Bring Up Accusations of Liberal Slant

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:01:00 +0000

Ken Auletta on Jill Abramson, the Times' new executive editor: "An editorial voice in news stories adds credence to the frequent charge that the Times' news reporting often displays a liberal bias a critique that will not be lessened by the elevation of a woman brought up in a liberal-Democratic household on the West Side of Manhattan who worked for liberal Southern Democrats and wrote a book asserting that Clarence Thomas probably lied."

Clay Waters

There are two new profiles out of Jill Abramson, new executive editor for the New York Times: A long feature on the Octomber 16 edition of CBS Sunday Morning, and a 10,700-word epic profile by Ken Auletta

CBS News's Mark Knoller: 'Tea Bagger Protests' Outside Capitol Hill

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:54:00 +0000

Matthew Balan

CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller revived the use of a vulgar sexual term to refer to Tea Party protesters on Saturday afternoon via Twitter: "Obama's motorcade arrives at Capitol Hill. Boos and jeers passing tea bagger protests."

NYT Says Dan Rather Right on GOP-CBS Conspiracy

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:21:00 +0000

Jacques Steinberg lauds Dan Rather, still clever like a fox: "Using tools unavailable to him as a reporter - including the power of subpoena and the threat of punishment against witnesses who lie under oath - [Dan Rather] has unearthed evidence that would seem to support his assertion that CBS intended its investigation, at least in part, to quell Republican criticism of the network." Not really.

Clay Waters

Media reporter Jacques Steinberg's Monday story on disgraced former CBS anchorman Dan Rather's lawsuit against his old company CBS Newsclaimed "Rather's Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry at CBS."

The Nation Describes 'Rich Old White Men' as the 'Problem'

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:50:21 +0000

Jeff Poor

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said he thinks things are better when you “spread the wealth around” by raising taxes on the rich. But the unsettled point of debate is just where the line is between rich and poor.

The like-minded folks at The Nation, a liberal periodical, cited a New York Times-CBS News poll that defined those making more than $50,000 a year as rich. And “rich white people” are an obstacle to the liberal agenda, according to The Nation.

Networks, Once Silent on Fannie Mae, Blame Capitalism for Debacle

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:10:51 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

As politicians point fingers over who created the financial mess that has taken down major Wall Street players and resulted in the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the broadcast media’s role in the disaster has been largely overlooked.

It was the TV news media that practically ignored mounting problems – including accounting scandals – at Fannie Mae and her brother Freddie Mac until it was too late.

All We Are Saying is Give Profit a Chance

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:34:48 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

It’s doubtful John Lennon had profit entirely in mind when he staged a “bed-in” protest of war in Montreal in 1969 and recorded the infamous peace movement anthem “Give Peace a Chance.” But that’s what one witness to the occasion has in mind now.

Gail Renard, who interviewed Lennon for a school newspaper at the time of the song’s creation, ended up spending time with Lennon and wife Yoko Ono. Renard even helped write out lyrics for the wordy song for a sing-a-long.

NYT Hits Rita Braver's Conflict of Interest - But Not With Hillary

admin — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:12:00 +0000

Media reporter Jacques Steinberg let CBS reporter Rita Braver get away with an untrue statement: that she has "stayed away" from Clinton interviews after her husband's legal work for the Clintons in the White House.

Tim Graham

New York Times media reporter Jacques Steinberg picked up criticism of CBS reporter Rita Braver's Sunday Morning interview on October 7 with vice presidential wife Lynne Cheney and her continuous conflict of interest with super-lawyer husband Bob Barnett in Thursday's newspaper. But Steinberg allowed Braver to suggest something untrue: that she has "stayed away" from Clinton interviews after her husband's legal work for the Clintons in the White House years: