Tempting Target: Media Try to Persuade Conservatives to Stay Home

With the November elections looming, the biggest players in the mainstream media are casting aside objectivity to mount an all-out effort to discourage values voters from going to the polls.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

Media Downplay New Jersey's Gay Marriage Ruling as Election Day Approa

The major media are soft-selling the New Jersey Supreme Court's Wednesday decision ordering "gay marriage" or its equivalent, lest the ruling become a fire bell in the night for social conservatives two weeks before the election.
Robert Knight
 

Here Comes Campaign 2008 Bias: AP Claims Democrats Hillary, Evan Bayh

Tim Graham
 

NBC’s Richard Engel Blames Reporter Kidnapping on Conservative Criti

Did NBC reporter Richard Engel blame conservative Laura Ingraham for a reporter’s abduction in Iraq? Appearing on CNN’s "Reliable Sources" on Sunday, Engel asserted that harsh criticism of media coverage in Iraq resulted in a correspondent’s kidnapping. He elaborated, saying that reporters stung by claims that they offer only bad news are more likely to get themselves in dangerous situations.…
Scott Whitlock
 

Pediatricians Slam Inappropriate TV Ads as Harmful to Kids

Here’s something you don’t see every day: the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a strong statement to television networks and marketing firms cautioning that the messages present in advertisements are harming America’s children. As reported by the Associated Press Sunday:Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids' ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex…
Noel Sheppard
 

Andrea Mitchell on Hillary '08: Will Bring Back 'Good Old Days,' 'Grea

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Howard Dean Doesn't See a Dem Mandate -- But NY Times Reporter Did

Clay Waters
 

NPR's Anti-Semitism Satire: Holiday Craft Contest Touted With 'Mel Gib

Tim Graham
 

'Civil War' Debate Proof MSM Still Relevant

Matthew Sheffield
 

Yahoo News, Reuters Find New Way to Run Terrorist Propaganda

Greg Sheffield
 

Open Thread

Today's starters:Media: Back during the NYT's fanatical crusade about women's golf, the paper repeatedly stopped its columnists from criticizing its support to get women allowed into the Augusta National club on the grounds that doing so would send a discordant editorial voice. Many newspapers have similar policies. Apparently not the Minneapolis Star Tribune, though, where the paper printed a…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Stephanopoulos Advocates 'Kind of Energy Tax You See in Europe

ABC's George Stephanopoulos has shown that he's bi-partisan when it comes to advocating tax hikes. Before the election, he lectured Republican Senate candidate Stephen Laffey: "If the deficit continued to grow, it's not responsible to say you're never going to raise taxes." On Sunday, he pushed Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a Democratic candidate for President, to call for higher taxes on energy.…
Brent Baker
 

IPO Business Is Rapidly Going Overseas; The News Is Stuck in the Busin

Tom Blumer
 

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Disses America: 'British Much More Intelligent

Joining an undistinguished list of Hollywoodans biting the hand that feeds them, actress Gwyneth Paltrow declared on Saturday that she prefers the British to her own countrymen, slamming the civility and intellectual capacity of all us uncultured Americanos. As reported by Agence France Presse (hat tip to Drudge, emphasis mine throughout):Oscar-winning US actress Gwyneth Paltrow feels dinner talk…
Noel Sheppard