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| Blast From the Recent Past: Newsweek's Evan Thomas Admits pro-Kerry Bias |
| 2005-05-17 |
| Lest anybody forget, Newsweek has a long and admitted history of being anti-Bush, or in the following case, pro-BushOpponent aka John Effin Kerry. Maybe Evan Thomas is the "unnamed" source in the Koran flushing story. October 17 2004 Reliable Sources on CNN: Host Howard Kurtz asked Thomas: "Well, it is a tight race. But do you believe that most reporters want John Kerry to win?" Evan Thomas: "Yeah. Absolutely." Kurtz: "Do you think they're deliberately tilting their coverage to help John Kerry and John Edwards?" Thomas: "Not really." Kurtz: "Subconsciously tilting their coverage?" Thomas: "Maybe." Kurtz: "Maybe?" Thomas: "Maybe." Kurtz: "Including in Newsweek?" Thomas, nodding: "Yeah." Kurtz reminded him: "You've said on the program Inside Washington that because of the portrayal of Kerry and Edwards as 'young and dynamic and optimistic,' that that's worth maybe 15 points. So that would suggest-" Thomas: "Stupid thing to say. It was completely wrong. But I do think that, I do think that the mainstream press, I'm not talking about the blogs and Rush and all that, but the mainstream press favors Kerry. I don't think it's worth 15 points. That was just a stupid thing to say." Kurtz: "Is it worth 5 points?" Thomas: "Maybe, maybe." And who can forget this little snippetin Newsweek's "How Bush Did It" story post-election: For more than a year, NEWSWEEK followed the presidential campaigns of both men from the inside. Beginning in mid-2003, a team of NEWSWEEK reporters detached from the weekly magazine to devote themselves to observing, recording and shaping the narrative that follows. The reporters were granted unusual access to the staffs and families of both candidates on the understanding that the information they learned would not be made public until this Election Issue—after the votes were cast on Nov. 2. Now let's all have a drink together to celebrate. Or, if you prefer, feel free to vomit into the receptacle of your choice. |
| Posted by:Hupaish Cheang9455 |
| #4 Yes, they're the ones with the 10 WPM crawl, which saves money and efficienctly hits they're target audience. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-17 18:38 |
| #3 MSNBC is still on cable? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-05-17 17:28 |
| #2 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7873141/#050516b You'll just love how Ken Obermann describes the White House as "treasonous"--it's *their* fault that Newsweek lied. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-17 17:19 |
| #1 I posted this. Sorry about the "Hupaish Cheang9455"! |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-05-17 14:42 |