Tim Graham concludes his Jan. 12 NewsBusters post complaining that “The Washington Post wanted to send one message loud and clear today: almost nobody supports Bush’s Iraq surge” this way: The Post could…
More Selective Editing From Finkelstein
NewsBusters’ Mark Finkelstein is becoming quite the master at selectively editing the transcripts he posts to bolster his claims. He does so again in a Jan. 8 post depicting a debate between…
Finkelstein Misleads on Matthews’ ‘Anger’
A Jan. 4 NewsBusters post by Mark Finkelstein claims there was a “a very rare display of real anger” between Chris Matthews and Matt Lauer during MSNBC’s coverage of the swearing-in of…
NewsMax Grandstands Over Ford
The death of Gerald Ford has brought some weird grandstanding behavior on the part of NewsMax. It has started up a petition to name a new Navy destroyer after the former president….
NewsBusters: Proving Stephen Colbert Right
In a Dec. 13 NewsBusters post, Terry Trippany tells the Associated Press how to write a news story: Don’t include anything that makes the Bush administration sound bad. Trippany decided to deconstruct…
Judge Moore Gets It Wrong
In his December 13 WorldNetDaily column, Judge Roy Moore attacked newly elected congressman Keith Ellison because he “shocked many Americans by declaring that he would take his oath of office by placing…
Farah Just Can’t Stop Making Misleading IRS Claims
Joseph Farah’s Oct. 23 WorldNetDaily column once again revives his old story that “President Bill Clinton was using the Internal Revenue Service as a political attack dog against his adversaries – people…
WND Ignores Israeli President’s Sex Scandal
As we’ve documented, WorldNetDaily Jerusalem reporter Aaron Klein has long been fond of repeating every salacious accusation made against Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert — from accusations of political corruption to claims…
Elder Recycles Dubious Clinton Racism Claims
Larry Elder’s Oct. 5 syndicated column (reprinted at WorldNetDaily) rehashes a pair of questionable racism claims about the Clintons, presenting them as factual and unchallenged. In fact, the accusations — popular among…
Misleading NewsMax Headline Watch
The headline on a July 20 Associated Press article posted at NewsMax reads, “Howard Dean Targets ‘Flyover Country.’ ” This implies that Dean used the somewhat derogatory term “flyover country” to describe…