Topic: NewsBusters
NewsBusters loves to play the game of accusing the "liberal media" of not reporting some random right-wing talking point. For instance:
- Will Media Report Bain Capital Contributes More to Democrats Than Republicans?
- USA Today Ignores Anti-Religious Hatred of Tebow
- Report: Planned Parenthood Targets Minority Neighborhoods; Press Ignores
- Unreported: Full-Time Employment Barely Up Since Recession Ended
But if somebody holds the right-wing media to those same standards, NewsBusters freaks out.
Case in point: The Washington Post's Erik Wemple had the temerity to point out that conservative media outlets have all but ignored the story of a campaign manager for a Democratic congressional candidate in Arkansas whose cat was killed and the body found with the word "liberal" scrawled on it.
NewsBusters' P.J. Gladnick, in true MRC double standard form, didn't take too kindly to this criticism, even though the website he works for does the very same thing on a regular basis. In a Jan. 25 post, Gladnick quickly played the misdirection card, accusing the media of ignoring some other story convenient to right-wing talking points that is "much too chock full of actual facts," as opposed to "the liberal dead cat story in which the perpetrator (and motive) is still unknown."
Finally, Gladnick whined: "So tell me Mr. Wemple, just how many of those media outlets, including your own Washington Post, have yet to report on the very REAL political scandal in Iowa? When you find that answer, please send us a telegram."
NewsBusters just can't handle their own medicine, can they?
