Don't Tell LA Times There's No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
June 18th, 2007 2:12 PM
The Los Angeles Times is on the case of mean government bureaucrats who are making poor, innocent kids cry in their lunch milk. CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — When too many parents fell behind on paying for
school lunches, the Chula Vista Elementary School District decided to get tough — on the children.They told students with deadbeat parents that they had only one lunch choice: a cheese sandwich.The…
Journalism Magazine Slams Murdoch, Calls Him 'Scorpion
June 14th, 2007 5:11 PM
You know the scorpion that killed the frog in that old fable? According to Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), that’s Rupert Murdoch.CJR, a magazine for “professional journalists” published by Columbia Graduate School of Journalism fired the latest shot in the mainstream media’s fight to stop the sale of The Wall Street Journal to the News Corporation CEO.“[Bancroft] family members sensibly fear…
Left-Wing Food Group Wants to Whack Toucan Sam
June 14th, 2007 2:17 PM
That’s right, a food police group has turned cereal killer. What's worse, the media don't see any foul play.Fruit Loops cereal’s brightly colored mascot Toucan Sam, along with Sugar Smack’s Dig ‘Em and Rice Krispies’ Snap, Crackle and Pop are likely to be axed due to an agreement between Kellogg Company and the food police group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).“Early Show’s”…
IBD Takes Look at Media Bias, Incompetence
June 13th, 2007 3:50 PM
Our friends at Investor's Business Daily are taking a seven-part look at the media's incompetence in reporting market:Media bias has been detected in other studies, but this series raises an additional possibility – media incompetence in analyzing and explaining how the economy and financial markets work.Installments will cover how the media report on subjects like tax cuts, deficits, trade and…
Left-Wing Voices Fuel ABC's MPG Report
June 8th, 2007 5:13 PM
While past ABC reports have mourned the hardship facing the American auto industry, ABC aired liberal support for higher fuel efficiency standards that would make competition more difficult and manufacturing more expensive. But reporter Dean Reynolds gave almost no time to the auto industry in his June 7 “World News with Charles Gibson” story. Reynolds cited left-wing Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)…
Humorous Journal Page Reveals NYT Disdain for Murdoch
June 8th, 2007 11:48 AM
So much for objective journalists.From the moment word got out that Rupert Murdoch had offered billions to buyout The Wall Street Journal, the media have cried foul. Journalists and media critics charged that a Murdoch takeover would turn the prestigious business newspaper into a journalistic joke, that the media mogul would page six-ify the Journal.An art director at The New York Times, carried…
AP Works Hard to Find the Negative in Yesterday's ISM Non-Manufacturin
June 6th, 2007 6:32 AM
The Associated Press, in an unbylined article, had this to say about yesterday's Institute for Supply Management Non-Manufacturing Report (see first bullet below regarding the bolded words):
U.S. Service Sector Expands
Tuesday June 5, 11:20 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's service sector expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in May, suggesting it could help sustain broader economic growth…
