Top 10 media blunders of 2008

Blunders are generally funny – but newsroom ’stratergy’ is the only explination for these ridiculous media missteps that made Politico.com’s list of ‘Top media blunders of 2008.’
For my money, the NY Time’s McCain-Iseman story is the winner of the year. It was weighed down by more innuendo than buoyed by fact, the article was an ill-advised and unsubstantiated [...]

News roundup – 01.30.08

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Here’s the lowdown on what the three major networks thought was news on January 30th, 2008 … (listed in the order stories were presented):
NBC Nightly News: John Edwards is out, Rudy Giuliani quits and support John McCain, Snow slams China, Fed reserve drop’s fund rate for the second time in a week, feature on real [...]

News roundup – 11.16.07

Here’s the lowdown on what the big three networks thought was top news last night (in the order stories were presented) …
CBS Nightly News: Bonds indictment, Veteran’s suicide on the rise, Army desertions up 80 percent since the 80s, Dems debate in Las Vegas, Jena 6 protests in DC, Bangladesh storms, possible new photo of Abraham Lincoln [...]

News roundup – 11.14.07

Here’s the lowdown on what the big three networks thought was news today (in the order stories were presented) …
CBS Nightly News: GAO report indicates flaws in airport/airlines safety, Mortage filings on the rise, Avandia’s new warning indicates risk to heart, FDA may create new class of drugs, foreclosure rates surge in the third quarter, [...]

News roundup – 11.12.07

Here’s the lowdown on what the big three networks thought was news today …
CBS Nightly News: San Francisco oil spill, Report on ‘open’ adoptions, Bhutto under house arrest again, the secret tunnels of Gaza, governmental corruption on tape, crime crackdown by curfew and one family’s sacrifice for the military.
NBC Nightly News: Airlines brace for Thanksgiving [...]