Weekend Softer Side: Hugs and Kisses From African Lion

It’s the weekend, and I wanted to share a video that I’ve been watching over and over again because…well, just because. As reported at the website of a Florida television station (hat tip to Drudge), an African lion at a Columbian animal shelter is so enamored with the person who saved him years ago that he actually hugs and kisses the woman (astounding video available here):
Noel Sheppard

Fox News Website Posts Chris Matthews ‘Bias Alert

On Thursday, NewsBuster Mark Finkelstein wrote about “Hardball’s” Chris Matthews stating “Cheney, of course, who always wants to kill” on Don Imus’s radio program. On Friday, the Fox News website featured this exchange in a “Bias Alert.”As reported by TVNewser:Fox News is taking Bill O'Reilly's campaign against "NBC's turn to the far left" to FOXNews.com. The number three story on the home page…
Noel Sheppard

FR Report: CNN Hires Clinton-Backer's Firm for '08 Polling

Mark Finkelstein

NY Times' Attempt To Cast Iraqi Reaction to Plan in Negative Light Con

Mark Finkelstein

Bozell: The Ongoing, Ancient Problem of TV Violence

Tim Graham

WA Post: In Review of TV's '24', A Shot at Dick Cheney

Warner Todd Huston

LA Times Continues To Ignore Or Downplay Unflattering Actions By Democ

Dave Pierre

Huffington Outnasties Olbermann: Lieberman Like 'A Horrible Disease

Mark Finkelstein

'CBS Evening News' Ignores Lower Count and Hypes Most Dire Homeless Gu

Brent Baker

Matthews' America the Bigoted

Mark Finkelstein

CNN's Sylvester Snows USC Professor In Slanted Story on Medicare

There she goes again. Two days after Lisa Sylvester misrepresented the views of free market advocate Robert Poole, the Medill Journalism School alumna turned Lou Dobbs acolyte presented a story that amounted to a cheerleading routine for the Democrat's plans for Medicare. While Sylvester included one sound bite from USC's Dr. Joel Hay, she left out his chief complaint with the Democratic plan…
Ken Shepherd

CNN's Sylvester Unfairly Presented, Quickly Dismissed Economist's View

'Lou Dobbs Tonight' reporter scoffed that 'common sense' trumped pharmaceutical economics expert's conclusions on Medicare 'negotiation.'
Ken Shepherd

Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Restricted at Suburban Seattle Schoo

This is really delicious, and definitely requires all drinking vessels be properly stowed. Al Gore, and his schlockumentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” have received another delicious rebuke.As reported by the Associated Press (hat tip to Drudge, emphasis mine throughout):The school board in this suburb south of Seattle has restricted showings of Al Gore's movie on global warming, including…
Noel Sheppard

Blowing Past the Heavy Cost of Katrina Lawsuits

Ken Shepherd