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Neil Patrick Harris Claims He Is NOT a Britney Basher

Amid all of the positive hype that surrounded Britney Spears guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris rose to the forefront with his minority view. He has since attempted to clarify what he really meant. CBS may have had somthing to do with his sudden attempts at damage control.

Katie Couric: CNNs Next Larry King?

Katie Couric has been at the CBS news anchor post for 19 months and the realization has finally set in with network executives that she is not the shot in the arm they need. The $15 million dollar a year gig was to last until 2011 but The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Couric will step down in January 2009. What will she do next? She may well take over at CNN for the retiring Larry King.

CBS' Mitchell called Supreme Court decision on detainees "a victory ... ...

On the April 2 edition of the CBS Evening News, the Evening News Sunday anchor Russ Mitchell said that the Supreme Court's refusal to hear an appeal from Guantánamo Bay terrorism suspects, who want to challenge their detention in court, "handed a victory to the Bush administration in the...

Media reported White House criticism of Pelosi Syria trip, but not its silence on GOP-led trip

In reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is planning a visit to Syria accompanied by a bipartisan congressional delegation this week, several media outlets highlighted White House criticism of Pelosi's trip but did not note that a Republican-led delegation met with Syrian President B...

Media failed to explore possible reason for Congress' transcription demand -- administration's ...

Reporting on demands that current and former White House aides testify before Congress about their involvement in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, many in the media have left out a possible compelling reason for Congress' insistence that a record be made of the aides' appearances: the nu...

Couric channels Limbaugh

Isn't it nice that Couric asks all the questions Limbaugh and conservative critics have been attacking them with? I guess it's fine as long as she masks them as if she's being a compassionate journalist. Couric should at least have the guts to tell her audience who is ac...

On CBS Evening News, Axelrod uncritically repeated White House claim of executive privilege

On the March 22 broadcast of the CBS Evening News, CBS News chief White House correspondent David Axelrod uncritically repeated the claim by White House aides that they "don't have to make staffers available at all" to Congress for testimony regarding the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys, citi...

As Gore Looks to Future, Networks Stuck in Everyday Politics

While his solutions were politically difficult (to say the least), Gore talked about what could be done on global warming -- a message that was almost completely lost on the big three's evening news programs last night. While Gore looked to the future, CBS, NBC and ABC -- and consequently their 25 million or so viewers -- were stuck in the petty politics and flashy sound bites of the present.

Contrary to suggestion by CBS' Axelrod, not only "Democrats say" that U.S. ...

During a March 13 segment on the Bush administration's controversial firings of eight U.S. attorneys, CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reported that "Democrats say" that "the U.S. attorney in Arkansas was fired ... to open a job for a [White House senior adviser] Karl Rove d...

Will They Ever Trust Us Again?

Scott Pelley reports for 60 Minutes on the plight of Iraqis who risked everything to help the United States, only to see us all but turn our backs on them when they needed us most. How can anyone defend this war and all the havoc it has wreaked on the Iraqi population? Upwards of [...]

Schieffer, Russert baselessly portrayed Giuliani's 9-11 actions as an unmitigated asset for him

On the March 1 edition of the CBS Evening News, CBS chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer stated as fact that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) was "a smart and decisive leader on 9-11." Similarly, on the March 1 edition of NBC's Today, NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Rus...

60 Minutes: Mike Wallace Takes On Bill O’Reilly

On 60 Minutes last night, Mike Wallace went head to head with Bill O'Reilly in the Big Talking Head's second profile. &nbspDownload (643)&nbsp| Play (596) &nbspDownload (692)&nbsp| Play (371) Some highlights from the transcri...

Dissension in the Ranks: Soldiers Speak Out

As I mentioned yesterday, a group of GI's are speaking out and petitioning Congress to end the Iraq War. A few of them sat down with the gorgeous Lara Logan and told her why on 60 Minutes. &nbspDownload (0)&nbsp| Play (1) &nbspDownload (0)&nbsp|&#...

Olbermann profiled on CBS

CBS Sunday Morning did a profile on Keith Olbermann and Countdown today. The "Rummy Special Comment," was the # 2 political blog post (#3 overall) of 2006 via Nielsen BuzzMetrics. &nbspDownload (601)&nbsp| Play (484) &nbspDownload (411)&nb...

Fool me twice? -- NY Times, CBS, NBC report Bush allegations about Iran without context, skepticism

In his February 2 Nieman Watchdog column, washingtonpost.com blogger Dan Froomkin warned that the media's coverage of the Bush administration's posture toward Iran suggested that "the lessons we should have learned from Iraq may not have been learned at all." Apparently bearing out Froomkin...