Jun
14
This Week’s Winner of The Teflon Weasel Award – The Mainstream Media (MSM)
ByThe Mainstream Media wins this week’s Teflon Weasel Award for their continued shoddy reporting.
Please include your favorite examples in the comments section below.
3 Comments
June 17th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Found this article today about The Totalitarian Times. It provide perfect examples.
http://fee.org/articles/not-so-fast/totalitarian-times/
June 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am
From Drudge:
“ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE
Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care — a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!
Highlights on the agenda:
ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.
The network plans a primetime special — ‘Prescription for America’ — originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.
The Director of Communications at the White House Office of Health Reform is Linda Douglass, who worked as a reporter for ABC News from 1998-2006.”
You can see the full article here:
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashaot.htm
June 17th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
More news from Drudge about ABC:
“ABC REFUSES OPPOSITION ADS DURING WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL
Wed Jun 17 2009 15:15:00 ET
ABC is refusing to air paid ads during its White House health care presentation, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, including a paid-for alternative viewpoint!
The development comes a day after the network denied a request by the Republican National Committee to feature a representative of the party’s views during the Obama special.”
You can read the full article here:
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashaot1.htm