Commentary by Eric Boehlert Not content with its lapdog coverage of President Bush over the past decade, the Beltway press has adopted a new, super-soft way to deal with Bush’s former vice president, Dick Cheney, as well as GOP media star Sarah Palin. Journalists have set aside what had been[Read More…]
Day: January 15, 2010
O’Reilly Ignores Haiti To Cover Whaling, Wild Horses And Jon Stewart
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– As the full scope of the devastation in Haiti was just beginning to be understood Wednesday, MSNBC and CNN devoted extensive coverage to the crisis, including during their primetime coverage. Fox News did cover the aftermath of the earthquake in its dayside programming, but the Three Musketeers —[Read More…]
Robertson’s ‘True Story’: Haiti ‘Swore A Pact To The Devil’ To Get ‘Free From The French’ And ‘Ever Since, They Have Been Cursed’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From the January 13 edition of Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club: PAT ROBERTSON: And, you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and[Read More…]
The Right-Wing Media React To Haiti
Commentary By Jamison Foser Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti continues to bring grim news. Estimated death counts range from the tens of thousands to more than 100,000. Haiti’s capital and largest city, Port-au-Prince, sustained massive damage: its hospitals — all of them — destroyed or rendered unusable, the presidential palace[Read More…]