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Embattled television news network CBS is again at the center of controversy after snubbing a White House request to allow a Republican to appear with one of President George W. Bush's greatest adversaries, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Kennedy was allowed to fire away at Bush on Social Security and Iraq without any rebuttal during his appearance on the Sunday morning talk show. Maintaining that Bush and the Republicans are making up a crisis with Social Security in order "to make a crisis on any political problem," Kennedy said there is not a funding issue...

TIME TO JUST SAY IT, by JB WILLIAMS September 22, 2004 - Politicians have successfully divided 290 million individuals into a handful of nice neat little voting blocks easy to pander to. The liberal media (who is rarely fair or balanced about anything), has brain soaked the country into thinking “fair & balanced” reporting is of more value than just plain “truthful” reporting. In the real world, truth is often unbalanced and rarely fair, especially to those who find themselves standing on the wrong side of truth. Occasionally, circumstances demand that we set aside congeniality and get right down to...

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2004 — A shipment of television equipment is on its way to Iraq to help Iraqi broadcasters offer more balanced news coverage than what is currently available in the region. Members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq's Anbar province expressed concerned that extremely negative news coverage by the local media was stoking resentment toward the U.S. military and encouraging conflict. They turned to Spirit of America, a nonprofit group committed to helping Americans serving abroad improve people's lives, to request television equipment to be used to offer more balanced news. On April 29 — just...

FRANKEN IS NEITHER A JOURNALIST nor a television news personality,” reads the trademark lawsuit filed this week by the Fox News Channel against leftist humorist Al Franken.  “He is not a well-respected voice in American politics,” the complaint continues. “Rather, he appears to be shrill and unstable. His views lack any serious depth or insight.” At the heart of this lawsuit are three words, “fair and balanced.”  Fox, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, says it registered “Fair & Balanced” (using an ampersand, a symbol meaning “and”) as a trademark in 1995 and has spent the equivalent of $41 million...