Extremists Abound in Green Movement But Don't Expect Media to Say That
June 20th, 2007 6:15 PM
Environmentalism is hip, green celebrities are “very sexy” and saving the planet is “simple,” according to the media.It is certainly not “extreme” as far as journalists are concerned. The deluge of celebrity books, films and even rock concerts is making green look good – because journalists leave out the cost to individuals, businesses and the economy.“Going green” is all the rage – from Live…
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”…
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.)…
Major Papers Give Top Billing to Stem Cell Development; NY Times Still
June 7th, 2007 12:01 PM
Color me pleasantly surprised, given the media's past treatment of the issue. The June 7 Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today all gave prominent play to news of a stem cell breakthrough that may make moot the embryonic stem cell ethical dilemma.I don't have a hard copy of the LA Times, but I know the other papers featured the story on their front pages.Of course, it…
WashPost Pushes Feminist Complaints, Puffs Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Late
May 30th, 2007 12:02 PM
Update posted below w/link to NRO's Bench Memos.
"Over Ginsburg's Dissent, Court Limits Bias Suits," blared the May 30 front page headline by the Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes. While the 5-4 ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
hinged on a plain and simple application of a 1964 federal law, Barnes
front-loaded his article with the dissent of liberal…
India Rejects Global Warming Hysteria, Says Kyoto Hurts Economy, Worse
May 29th, 2007 10:07 AM
As global warming alarmists in the media and on tour buses enflame hysteria concerning a nonexistent climate crisis, there is an inconvenient truth they routinely ignore: carbon dioxide emission reductions will hurt economies across the globe while worsening poverty.This seemingly immutable fact, which continually eludes the deluded such as soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry…
