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After standing virtually alone among mainstream media outlets in declaring Dick Cheney the clear victor in his October 5 debate with Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, MSNBC made an odd decision about its coverage of the subsequent Bush-Kerry debate: It added more conservative voices to its panel discussion. MSNBC‘s panel for the October 9 […]
June 22, 2004 The Bush administration’s long-running attempts to link Iraq and Al Qaeda were dealt a serious blow when the September 11 commission’s June 16 interim report indicated that there did not appear to be a “collaborative relationship” between Iraq and Osama bin Laden, and that there was no evidence that Iraq was involved […]
NPR ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin responded (1/28/04) to complaints about a Morning Edition interview with Vice President Richard Cheney (1/22/04), including many emails that were sent in response to a FAIR Action Alert (1/23/04). In his response, Dvorkin wrote that “FAIR’s suggestion that Morning Edition devote some time to further investigation of Cheney’s statements from that […]
(NOTE: Please see the Activism Update regarding this alert.) Vice President Dick Cheney rarely submits to one-on-one interviews, so the chance to question him directly presents a valuable opportunity for journalists. Unfortunately, National Public Radio‘s Juan Williams failed to challenge Cheney’s questionable claims about Iraq on the January 22 broadcast of NPR‘s Morning Edition. In […]
