'Name That Party' Business As Usual: AP Report Fails to Tag Bell, Cal

February 14th, 2011 11:35 PM
Back in August and September, Lachlan Markay at NewsBusters did roundups of media infamy in connection with the exposure and subsequent arrests of eight officials and politicians associated with Bell, California. The cases involve abusively excessive salaries and benefits paid and allegedly kept secret from the city's residents. During the August episode of media malfeasance when the story…

Another Obamessianic Headline: How 'Obama Resurrected The Dead

April 17th, 2009 11:23 AM
Well, shucks. Maybe Arizona State University should give Obama an honorary degree after all. After all, he can raise the Dead. The Grateful Dead, that is.John Rogers of the Associated Press explains in his April 17 story, "How Barack Obama resurrected The Dead" (h/t e-mail tipster Sarah Anne Hoyt): LOS ANGELES – He's still got a little work to do on the economy, but already President Barack Obama…