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Glen JohnsonAP, LA Times Headlines Lionize Ted KennedyThe Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times trumpeted the legacy of Ted Kennedy on Wednesday by running headlines which used quotes from notables about the deceased senator without quotation marks. The AP’s report by Glen Johnson and Philip Elliott heralded the President’s superlative about Kennedy without stating it was Mr. Obama’s words: “Obama mourns Kennedy, greatest senator of our time.” Ari B. Bloomekatz’s entry on the blog of the LA Times highlighted the statement from the Catholic archbishop of the City of Angels: “Cardinal Mahony calls Kennedy a champion of the powerless” (an odd statement from the Cardinal, as Kennedy was a staunch defender of “abortion rights,” and who is more “powerless” than a baby in the womb?) Name That Party: MA Speaker's 'Pal' Indicted
The story names a half-dozen politicians, all of whom are Democrats, without identifying the party of any of them. No variation of the word "Democrat" appears anywhere. Here are selected paragraphs from Johnson's story: AP Fails to Understand 'Free-Market Principles'What part of "free" in "free-market" does the Associated Press not understand? The news wire's Glen Johnson is reporting today that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans on unveiling a plan to combat global climate change "while adhering to free-market principles." Johnson explains:
A cap-and-trade programs would certainly be a market, but it would be an artificial one imposed on manufacturers by government fiat. The key word in free-market being of course, free. It would be correct to call a voluntary cap-and-trade program created by industry groups outside the pressure of government regulation a "free-market" solution, but the component of force by government here only puts an Adam Smith happy face on a Karl Marx mandate. AP Soft-pedals McCain-Feingold's Effect on Campaigns, Free SpeechCovering the escalating battle between Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) for Florida's Republican convention delegates, AP's Glen Johnson offered a tepid description of the defining and definitely liberal magnum opus of the former's legislative career, the McCain-Feingold bill --formally titled the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 (emphasis mine):
Funny, seems to me political campaigns are flush with cash and that campaign finance has grown, not shrunk, since 2002. What McCain's bill did do, however, was to enact a ban on so-called soft money, as well as institute bans on third-party issue ads airing 60 days prior to a general election. The issue ad ban was overturned in a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, despite McCain's wishes to the contrary: Who is Angry in the Mitt Romney-AP's Glen Johnson Exchange?
According to ABC News, it is Mitt. Riled! Angry Romney Rips Reporter According to anyone else who has watched the video, theirs is a difficult assessment with which to agree. As we stated when we posted the video last night (video below as well), the Associated Press' Glen Johnson angily interrupts Romney on the podium mid-sentence, already visibly flustered, and only proceeds to become more so as he tries to drive home the semantic difference between a campaign "run"ner and a campaign "adviser". AP's Glen Johnson Interrupts and Argues with Mitt Romney (Video)
Try as I might, the Associated Press's bias is outpacing my best efforts. No sooner do I extensively examine their weak week that was than I am delivered more media manna from Heaven, on video no less. [Thank you very much, DaBird -- loved your work with the Celtics.] Below the fold, the Reporter (a term we use exceedingly loosely) Glen Johnson explosion: |
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