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Christianity Today Satirizes James Cameron and His Jesus Tomb Document
Update/Correction (3/1/2007, 10:32 EST): Oops. Ted Olsen is the online managing editor for Christianity Today and he e-mailed me to point out his byline as the "former solicitor general" was part of the satire. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go have lunch with James Cameron...Former solicitor general Ted Olsen wrote a brief satire that illustrates the absurdity of filmmaker James Cameron's…
GMA's Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Segment Focuses on Sympathetic Story of One
It's a tried and true tactic of interest groups seeking to influence public opinion -- and legislative policy -- on a controversial issue. Find the most sympathetic individual case you can, and get the media to focus on that, rather than on the broaders merits of the matter. A prime example of the phenomenon was on display today at Good Morning America. Congressman Marty Meehan [D-MA] has…
Australian Knight Rips Al Gore and Global Warming ‘Campaign of Alarm
Sir Arvi Parbo is likely not a household name in America. However, the knighted business mogul originally from Estonia is highly regarded in Australia, so much so that he was the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s gathering of climate change skeptics in Canberra. As reported by News.com, during his address, Sir Parbo had some rather harsh words for Dr. Global Warming, aka Al Gore, as well as for all …
Cuba Punishes Western Reporters; Where's the Rest of the Media's Outra
While journalists howl at the indignity of Helen Thomas being moved about six feet, from the first row to the second row of the new White House press room, there’s been relative silence about the Cuban dictatorship’s expulsion of Western journalists who published stories unflattering to the communist leadership. [update added at the end of original post]Today’s Investor’s Business Daily says the…
Oscar Night: Hollywood Worshipping at the Church of Global Warming
Folks that aren’t familiar with columnist James Lileks will be pleasantly surprised by his recent op-ed concerning Sunday’s Academy Awards and the Church of Global Warming. As published by Newhouse News Services, Lileks marvelously observed (emphasis mine throughout): If environmentalism is the new religion, the Oscar ceremony was the High Holy Mass. Of course, if the Academy — a remarkable name…
Ombudsman Rips Atlanta Paper For Lousy Coverage of Carter Book Controv
NewsBusters has reported for months how the mainstream media did an absolutely lousy job covering the controversy surrounding former President Jimmy Carter’s book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [see editor's note at bottom of post]. As odd as it may seem, the ombudsman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution agreed with us.Angela Tuck, the AJC’s public editor, wrote the following on…
Bill O’Reilly Says ‘Journalism in This Country is at a Low Point
It goes without saying that few people in America are aware that a former head of the ACLU in Virginia was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography. Why might that be?Well, America’s media chose not to report it, and according to Bill O’Reilly, it’s because “journalism in this country is at a low point.”*****Update: video available here.On Monday, the host of Fox News’s…