AP Ignored Allegations of McGreevey's Corruption, Focused on Supposed
Yahoo picked up a fluff AP article that distorted Democratic NJ Governor Jim McGreevey’s 2004 resignation. It perpetuated the success of what should have been a politician’s attempt to cover allegations of corruption by using his closeted sexuality to distract an incurious and complicit media. This puff piece kept alive McGreevey’s pattern of announcing something socially startling to draw…
Anatomy of a Palestinian Funeral
When a lie makes it into print once, it's happenstance. A mere accident, no doubt, due to a lapse of judgment in editing the news feed. What, then, is it called when a lie is repeated countless times without apology?
Apparently, it's called "business as usual" for the media.
Whenever a funeral is presented by photographers embedded in the Palestinian territories, we're faced with dozens of…
Finnish Police Will Question Blogger Under 'Incitement Against Groups
Over the past few days, Gates of Vienna discussed a very troubling story about Finnish blogger Mikko Ellila, “who has been summoned by the police for a hearing next week, all because of the content of his blog posts.” Mikko posts in Finnish but contacted several people in English about this, such as the Australian blogger Prodos, who owns the site that hosts the potentially criminal blog. Mikko…
Culture of Corruption: Mainstream Media Ignore Feinstein's Conflict
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is involved in a scandal that so far the media has completely ignored. David Keene reports:Anyone who knows much about real power in Congress knows that almost
every member of the House and Senate lusts after a seat on the
Appropriations Committee and hopes one day to achieve the status of
Cardinal. The Cardinals, of course, are the folks who chair the various…
ABC: From 'Bush Lied' to Tenet Was Right - President Given No Credit f
It always amazes when the MSM congeals an entire presidential administration into a form that posits that every member of that administration is the president. Like when they claim that "Bush Lied" about the faulty intelligence that led to the presentation to the UN to garner support for the action in Iraq given by then Secretary of State Colin Powell. Yet, when the MSM wants to exonerate a…
Democrat Presidential Candidate Quoted and Linked to Anti-Semitic Hate
There is another scandal in the making concerning a Democratic presidential candidate’s blog. Longshot candidate Mike Gravel has a BIG problem. On his website, he proudly quoted and linked to a site which posted some online support of Gravel, excitedly announcing, “Meet the next president of the United States of America.” The site is called “Wake Up from Your Slumber.” Sounds nice and netrooty—…
Harold Ford’s Uncle Convicted, Media Bury Relationship and Party Aff
Assume for a moment that a prominent Republican’s uncle that happened to be a former state senator was convicted of accepting bribes. Do you think: This would have been headline/front-page newsThe family relationship would have been in the lede and/or headlineHis party affiliation would have been in the lede and/or headline?Well, on Friday, the uncle of former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (D),…
