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Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:07:34 -0700 From: Media Research Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Alert Special: Worst of the Week: Networks Push a Silly Rumor ***Media Research Center CyberAlert Special*** 4:10pm EDT, Tuesday July 20, 2004 Worst of the Week: NETWORKS PUSH A SILLY RUMOR; "WEDGE" = NOT ON LIBERALS' AGENDA The latest edition of the MRC's weekly feature, "Worst of the Week," identifying "the most egregious, horrendous and stupefying liberal media bias of the week" -- the previous week, that is. Ten weeks ago we inaugurated this new weekly feature as part of the MRC's "Tell the Truth 2004" project. To view the Adobe Acrobat PDF: http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKfbn2mYPb/ Now, the text of the July 20 edition of the MRC's "Weekly Worst" as compiled by Rich Noyes, the MRC's Director of Research: NETWORKS PUSH A SILLY RUMOR; "WEDGE" = NOT ON LIBERALS' AGENDA > The so-called mainstream media never admit their liberal tilt, so the news analysts at the Media Research Center tirelessly document the bias and expose their left-wing agenda. The "awards" for last week's lowlights: Networks Push a Silly Rumor. Showing once again how the networks mindlessly adopt the news priorities of the liberal New York Times, the cable networks spent all day Thursday buzzing about Elisabeth Bumiller's front-page gossip suggesting Dick Cheney might be dumped as Vice President. Even though Bumiller's story admitted the idea was "far-fetched" and "privately advanced" by Democratic partisans, CBS and NBC chose to include the silliness in their evening newscast. NBC's Tim Russert was forced to tell Nightly News anchor Brian Williams that the premise was preposterous: "Dick Cheney will be on the ticket, period." For more, see the July 16 CyberAlert: http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKgbn2mYPb/ "Wedge" = Any Issue Not on the Liberal Agenda. When gay activists were crusading to impose their agenda on the rest of society, the networks generally covered same-sex marriages as a sign of "progress." But now that changing the Constitution may be the only way left to protect traditional marriage, network reporters are casting pro-marriage conservatives as calculating and divisive. On July 13, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams wanted viewers to think conservatives were exploiting the issue, not standing for principle: "Gay marriage: Is it being used as a political club in the race for the White House?" In his story, reporter Chip Reid portrayed the President, not gay activists, as the divisive force: "In Marquette, Michigan today, President Bush firing up his base on same-sex marriage, an issue that has become political red meat for conservatives." He ended by assuming the defense of marriage was far more political than principled: "For now, the gay marriage amendment is all but dead, but if conservative Republicans have their way, as a political issue, its life has barely begun." For more, see the July 14 CyberAlert: http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKhbn2mYPb/ For a RealPlayer video clip of Reid's Nightly News story, go to the posted version of this Worst of the Week: http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKibn2mYPb/ END Reprint of the "Worst of the Week" issued on July 13 For the archive of previous "winners": http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKjbn2mYPb/ -- Brent Baker >>> Support the MRC, an educational foundation dependent upon contributions which make CyberAlert possible, by providing a tax- deductible donation. To safely and securely donate via PayPal: http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKkbn2mYPb/ tem_name=Media+Research+Center&item_number=Media+Research+Center&n o_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD Or, if you can't get the lengthy link into your browser's address line, go to the MRC's home page ( http://mrccyberalert.c.topica.com/maacsYkaa8yKlbn2mYPb/ ) and click on the gold "Support the MRC" logo in the top right corner. 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