Correction In LAT: Oops - He Ain't Gay
May 9th, 2008 1:56 PM
Yikes! How's this for a correction? On Monday, May 5, 2008, the Los Angeles Times published an article about adults dealing with the death of their parents. The main subject of the article was a Dr. Larry Graber, a psychotherapist from Santa Monica.In the second paragraph of the piece, the Times wrote,As second-generation Jewish immigrants, Graber's parents were frugal and had worked their way…
MSM's Obama-love: 'Like a 9th-Grade Boy Embarrassed to Stand Up
May 8th, 2008 7:59 AM
"Thrill up my leg"? Forget about it. Chris Matthews's famous description of the excitement he gets from Barack is nothing compared to the tumescent terms in which MSNBC senior campaign correspondent Tucker Carlson has depicted the intensity of the MSM's love affair with Obama. Tucker appeared on today's Morning Joe.TUCKER CARLSON: It's gonna be such a great election; it has been so far.JOE…
Taboo Busting ABC Touts Sister-Brother Love
May 6th, 2008 4:08 PM
Good Morning America” on Tuesday continued the morning show drive of busting taboos by touting the romantic relationship between a half-brother and sister. GMA reporter Nick Watt informed viewers of the Scottish couple Danielle Heaney and Nick Cameron, now charged with incest, and rather neutrally explained, “Danielle and Nick are in love. But their love is taboo. They're half-brother and sister…
CW's 'Provocative' Ad Campaign Targets Teens and Blasphemes God
May 6th, 2008 1:18 PM
“OMFG” is text-speak for the unspeakable. It's also the tag line for a new ad campaign aimed at teens and featuring a jumble of sexual situations, including teens undressing each other and two girls kissing. The campaign blitz is appearing in print and television, all aimed at drumming up eyeballs for the CW network's teen-themed soap "Gossip Girl."For the uninitiated, “OMG” translates to “Oh…
Media Yawn as Gay Activists Silence Conservatives at Smith, APA Conven
May 2nd, 2008 5:28 PM
At Smith College, it was a few dozen student activists screaming, chanting and banging pots and pans. With the American Psychiatric Association, it was angry letters from adult activists and bitter stories in the homosexual press. The bottom line is the same: far-left homosexuals successfully intimidated a few cowardly officials and silenced voices they don't want the public to hear.Not a bad…
In Jokey Segment, ABC's Nick Watt Smears Men as Useless Criminals
April 29th, 2008 5:20 PM
ABC reporter Nick Watt on Monday imagined the world as a better place without men, who he jokingly dismissed as war-hungry criminals only good for making pop music. The segment, which aired on "Nightline," featured the views of an Oxford professor, Bryan Sykes, who believes that the Y chromosome will disappear in about 125,000 years. Apparently not seeing a downside, Watt mused, "But would the…
ABCNews.com Finds New Economic Plight: Textbooks or Birth Control
April 24th, 2008 10:33 PM
It was just a matter of time I suppose. What with Sen. Barack Obama's popularity with college students and the economy being the number one issue for voters, the media finally have an excuse to put a more youthful spin on the classic food vs. prescription drugs meme. A changing media environment, after all, calls for new angles at the same old bias. Someone had to give it the old college try.…
CNN Highlights Ephron's Racist/Sexist Theory About White Male Voters
April 22nd, 2008 8:47 PM
CNN's Carol Costello focused on Nora Ephron's Huffington Post rant against white male voters in Pennsylvania during a report on Tuesday's "The Situation Room." "Ephron uses provocative language to make a point. She says, 'let's not kid ourselves. Try as we might, white men will still decide who gets to be president.'" While Costello used results from previous primaries to cast doubt on Ephron's…
Disney-owned ABCNews.com: All the News Fit to Strip
April 18th, 2008 1:23 PM
Earlier this week we documented how ABCNews.com used a photo illustration in its top headlines lineup that pictured a Bible, a rosary, and a bare-shouldered woman apparently in the throes of passion. Well, in this morning's ABCNews.com lineup of top stories: John and Cindy McCain's tax returns, Hillary Clinton bashing Barack Obama, Pope Benedict at the UN, and how a company plans to make a…