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ABC Predicts Suicide Rates Will Go Up, Just Like During Great Depressi
'Good Morning America' reports rise in health problems thanks to financial stress, but piles on with another Depression reference.
What Do You Get When You Search CNN.com for 'Obama Gaffe' Video
Answer: Just two videos (see screencap at right).Inspired by featured CNN.com video of a McCain gaffe -- wherein the Arizona senator says he'd veto every beer -- I decided to search the CNN.com Web site for video of Obama gaffes.I got a grand total of two.Now, to be fair, searching "McCain gaffe" yielded no videos of McCain gaffes, but one from November 2006 entitled "Kerry's gift of gaffe,"…
Dirty US Media Secret: 'Rest of the World' Rebels Against Climate Taxe
The supposedly surprising rejection of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill last week had an element that Old Media in the US hasn't covered, but is very relevant. While the press is ever eager to jump on politicians who fly in the face of supposed "world opinion" when it goes against US positions and traditions, it has been virtually silent over how "the rest of the world" has been rejecting the…
CBSNews.com Laments Defeat of Windfall Profit Tax
"Republicans Block Taxes on Big Oil Profits" blares the teaser headline on the front page of CBSNews.com. Under a graphic of the Capitol dome and a fuel gauge nearing empty, the caption reads "Senate GOP Stops Dems' Effort To Rein In Profits Of Largest Oil Companies As Gas Prices Soar."That's a lot of bias packed into 24 words, and that's before the reader gets to the actual article. Notice the…
ABC Reporter Actually Asks Obama a Tough Question
Mark this date, June 10, 2008, on your calendars as the day someone in the Obama-loving media finally asked the Democrat presidential nominee a tough question. Potentially even more surprising, the question and answer were posted at ABC News's website.Is this a rare moment of clarity for a press member, or is this a sign the kid gloves are coming off now that Obama has won the nomination?While…
Dodd: Government Can Mandate What Profit is 'Fair' for Business
Senate Banking Chairman targets oil firms for windfall profits tax.
Mark Steyn and the Canadian Inquisition
Typically one does not associate the word inquisition with our neighbors up north in Canada, and yet that is pretty much what is going on there to conservative author and columnist Mark Steyn. Minus the violence, Steyn is being subjected to a twisted court system that always finds defendants guilty and conducts itself in an utterly capricious way.Steyn's crime? Daring to criticize radical Islam,…
Media Ignore Minimum Wage Hike's Impact on May Unemployment Rise
It certainly wasn't surprising how press outlets desperately trying to depict the economy as depression-like in order to get Barack Obama in the White House were practically giddy following the dour jobs report released by the Labor Department last Friday.What was shocking given the portion of May's unemployment rate rise attributed to high school and college students looking for summer jobs was…
Will Media Report Cold Spells This Summer or Only the Heatwaves
Media have been falling all over themselves to report the recent heatwave in the East, but have been ignoring the cold spells happening in other parts of the country at virtually the same time.For instance, did you know that the first week of June was the coldest in Seattle since 1891? Or that Aspen is actually re-opening this weekend to offer winter sports enthusiasts some rare June skiing in…
'Nightly News' Attacks Home Lenders for Not Caving in to Troubled Borr
Segment puts burden on mortgage companies to make concessions on payments and interest rates to borrowers.
MRC/NB's Bozell on New Poll on Media Bias; Media Disinterest in Obama
MRC President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell appeared on the June 10 "Fox & Friends" to discuss yet another poll noting that the public perceive what the MRC has documented for nearly 21 years: the media are not only biased ideologically, they tailor campaign coverage in a way that goes softer on candidates they favor, such as Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).For example, Bozell note, the…
Benjamin Franklin Would Have Made Smart Use of the Blogosphere, Author
If Benjamin Franklin were to step into the 21st Century, he would be an avid blogger lending his expertise on science, politics, finances, foreign diplomacy, world travel and perhaps dating. This observation comes from Jane Hampton Cook in her just released book on the American Revolution entitled: "Battlefields and Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from the Revolutionary War." Franklin,…
Matthews: Voting for McCain Like Staying on Sinking Titanic
Vote Obama: it's a matter of life or death! That's essentially how Chris Matthews characterized the choice confronting voters this November. Matthews not only put voting for Obama in the category of something to be done to "save your life," he analogized voting for McCain to a decision to remain on the Titanic rather than man the lifeboats.The Hardball host was a guest on today's Morning Joe.…