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Beverly Davis: McClellan's Inconvenient Truths: Media And GOP Flacks Pile-On

huffingtonpost.com     May 29, 2008   1,219 related          

You don't get in trouble in the nation's capital for lying, covering up and stonewalling, even on the most serious issues of the day, like sending over 4,000 US soldiers to their deaths and another 30,000 wounded home sans legs and arms. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong...                    

CNN’s Yellin: Press ‘Under Enormous Pressure’ From Execs Before Iraq

newsbusters.org     May 29, 2008   53 related          

CNN congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin, during a segment on Wednesday’s "Anderson Cooper 360," accused her former bosses -- presumably those at MSNBC, where she worked prior to joining ABC in July 2003 -- of pressuring her to run positive stories about the Bush administration before the...                    

Next they'll make us walk

msn.com     May 29, 2008          

By Brian Williams, Anchor and managing editor A story you'll next hear on tonight's broadcast: US Airways is eliminating snacks in coach effective June 1st. You know those pretzels, or the pouch of 3 cookies served as "breakfast" on flights before noon that often have to suffice as a meal? Forget...                    

Charles Warner: You Get What You Pay For - Unfortunately

huffingtonpost.com     May 29, 2008          

The HBO two-hour movie, "Recount," that debuted last Sunday night to deservedly rave reviews brilliantly and dramatically makes the point that "every vote counts" only when the vote-counting system is not corrupted and politicized as it was in Florida in 2000. The intelligent HBO film "Recount"...                    

McClatchy Boys Take Scotty, the White House and the "Liberal Media" to the Woodshed...

atlargely.com     May 30, 2008   12 related          

Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, my good friends and the few reporters who actually did their job during the Iraq war build-up, are pissed and I am fully backing their anger. Here is what the McClatchy boys (as I call them) have to say to the "Liberal Press" and the White House with regard to...                    

How Liberal is MSNBC?

houstonbusinessdaily.blogspot.com     May 29, 2008   3 related          

MSNBC is largely considered "liberal", even "flaming liberal" in the eyes of those who describe themselves as conservative. I've noticed this for a long time and it has even showed up in its sister network's (NBC) approach to the news. But MediaBistro.com has noted just such a phenomenon."Add the...                    

“Free Press”? Or “Corporate Media”..

tpzoo.wordpress.com     May 29, 2008   11 related          

Stupid question really.. We already know the obvious answer. Where is Edward R. Murrow..? Is there no one willing to follow in his steps? Show his courage? His conviction? His commitment to the truth against all odds? There have been a lot of news correspondents and reporters responding to the...                    

TECH cocktail Conference Lands in Chicago

originalsignal.com     May 30, 2008          

The TECH cocktail team of Frank Gruber and Eric Olson recently added a conference to their already popular mixer series. Held at Loyola University’s downtown campus in Chicago, the conference featured a day of panel discussions with representatives from technology companies including FeedBurner,...                    

Despite McClellan criticism, network anchors still refuses to re-evaluate their own complicity

crooksandliars.com     May 29, 2008   1 related          

Although Scott McClellan’s memoir is chock full of juicy bits about George Bush, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and the myriad pre-war lies the White House force-fed America, perhaps the most important (and most overlooked) critique McClellan levels is aimed squarely at the “liberal media” and how they...                    

Q & A With BlogPotomac Co-chairs Geoff Livingston and Debbie Weil

blogwriteforceos.com     May 29, 2008   2 related          

Geoff Livingston and I decided to interview each other as part of the Q & A series leading up to BlogPotomac, to be held here in Washington DC on June 13, 2008. Our social media marketing unconference is rapidly selling out, BTW, so don't wait if you want to attend. Register here. We got a little...