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On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," co-host Chris Cuomo and media critic Howard Kurtz ignored the role that liberal bias has played in the decline of ratings for the network evening newscasts. At the same time, Cuomo and Washington Post reporter seemed to be proud of the media's ability to turn Americans against the war in Iraq. Kurtz, who has written a book on the subject, asserted, "I believe that these newscasts in 2005 and 2006 played the biggest single role in helping to turn public opinion against the war." Cuomo agreed and complimented the journalist's analysis. He enthused, "It's easy to say, 'Oh, well. The war was unpopular. People were looking for the unpopularity of it. At some point, the networks gave that to them.' But you have a more penetrating look at it. You take a look at it in terms of the role of the nightly newscasts in shaping the ideas about the news..." According to Kurtz, the top three network anchors kept "framing the story in such a way" that the bad news finally had an impact. And while the two reporters wondered about the effect the iPod and internet are having on network low ratings, at no time did they discuss liberal bias or salient facts such as that journalists backed John Kerry over George Bush by a two-to-one margin.
What did Speaker Hastert know about former Congressman Foley’s lurid communications with a former page, and when did he know it? This is an open question that will be resolved through investigations by the House Ethics Committee and the FBI. Yet before all the facts are known, "The Early Show" continued to clamor for Hastert’s resignation. The "Early Show" has raised the subject of Speaker Hastert resigning in at least two stories in each of the last four days.
What did Speaker Hastert know about former Congressman Foley’s lurid communications with a former page, and when did he know it? This is an open question that will be resolved through investigations by the House Ethics Committee and the FBI. Yet before all the facts are known, "The Early Show" continued to clamor for Hastert’s resignation. The "Early Show" has raised the subject of Speaker Hastert resigning in at least two stories in each of the last four days.
played by him and his office in one of the grosses congressional scandals in recent memory. he mentioned this guy named foley, that's mark fully who was another republican congressman. he served in the house at the same time as tom reynolds. in 2000, six mark reynolds resigned from congress in disgrace after he sent explosive messages and horribly explicit emails two teenage boys who were serving on capitol hill as congressional pages. these young assistance who work at the u.s. capital. that story first broke, the marks fully story broke in 2006 right before the midterm elections. the fact that congressman foley had been sending inappropriate emails to teenage boys, the public didn't know that, but it had been known on capitol hill for a long while at that point, including by his colleague congressman tom reynolds from new york. he was also in leadership, the
fourth most powerful republican in the house. one of the pages the teenage boys, who was getting these wrong emails from congressman foley, he went with them to the member of congress who had sponsored him to become page. that member of congress went to tom reynolds and leadership to tell him about it so something could be done. reynolds and his office their were told about mark fully in these emails he was sending to these kids working as pages. they were told more than a year before the story broke and foley had to resign. reynolds knew a full year before that something was wrong. he said he did forward the information, he told the house speaker then was danny hazard who would later have its own problems, he said he told the house speaker but did nothing further. and then he stayed in congress the whole time. ultimately, tom reynolds is chief of staff and was interviewed by the fbi. the fbi biden was investigating
people usually in their teens,. hastert condemned that behavior. here he is. >> as a parent and speaker of the house, i am disgusted that congressman foley broke that trust. anyone who had knowledge of these instant messages should have turned them over to authorities immediately. so that kids could be protected. >> neera, does this political indictment have any fallout for republicans or is this basically hastert's problem? >> i think it's a tragic thing. i agree with george with what happened in the last couple of years may be scandalous as well. but really, if there's abuse of a young person, that's a terrible tragedy itself and i hope he's held accountable for it. i don't to want generalize on the parties. no one takes pleasure in this. i think some people are concerned about the demoralizing that takes place in politics that makes people seem hypocritical. it's a tragedy. we should get to the bottom of it.
he made a killing from this. second, he then became a lobbyist. big government becomes big by being deeply involved in the allocation of wealth and opportunity. lobbyists are important. that's why we spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns. they become important precisely because they know how complicated the government is, where the levers and pulleys and widgets are, to make it work. and he made the most of that value. it's an -- it's an unfortunate glimpse of how hard government is. >> hastert lost the speakership during the 2006 election when the democrats took control. one of the big issues at the end of that campaign was that a congressman at the time, mark foley, had sent some sexually charged computer messages to a male page, those are the interns who work in the house, young
hastert condemned that behavior. here he is. >> as a parent and speaker of the house, i am disgusted that congressman foley broke that trust. anyone who had knowledge of these instant messages should have turned them over to authorities immediately. so that kids could be protected. >> neera, does this political indictment have any fallout for republicans or is this basically hastert's problem? >> i think it's a tragic thing. i agree with george with what happened in the last couple of years may be scandalous as well. but really, if there's abuse of a young person, that's a terrible tragedy itself and i hope he's held accountable for it. i don't to want generalize on the parties. no one takes pleasure in this. i think some people are concerned about the demoralizing that takes place in politics that makes people seem hypocritical. it's a tragedy. we should get to the bottom of it. >> this is a peculiar prosecution.
second, he then became a lobbyist. big government becomes big by being deeply involved in the allocation of wealth and opportunity. lobbyists are important. that's why we spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns. they become important precisely because they know how complicated the government is, where the levers and pulleys and widgets are, to make it work. and he made the most of that value. it's an -- it's an unfortunate glimpse of how hard government is. >> hastert lost the speakership during the 2006 election when the democrats took control. one of the big issues at the end of that campaign was that a congressman at the time, mark foley, had sent some sexually charged computer messages to a male page, those are the interns who work in the house, young people usually in their teens,.
he made a killing from this. second, he then became a lobbyist. big government becomes big by being deeply involved in the allocation of wealth and opportunity. lobbyists are important. that's why we spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns. they become important precisely because they know how complicated the government is, where the levers and pulleys and widgets are, to make it work. and he made the most of that value. it's an -- it's an unfortunate glimpse of how hard government is. >> hastert lost the speakership during the 2006 election when the democrats took control. one of the big issues at the end of that campaign was that a congressman at the time, mark foley, had sent some sexually charged computer messages to a male page, those are the interns who work in the house, young