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NY Times Takes Nine Months To Issue Abortion Story Correction
In a classic example of “it’s better late than never,” the New York Times has finally issued a correction for mistakes it made in an April 9, 2006, Times Magazine cover-story about abortion penalties in El Salvador (hat tip to the American Thinker). As reported by NewsBusters on January 2, the article in question neglected to properly research the decision by an El Salvadoran court which found…
Global Warming Scare On Today, Vieira Frets: 'Are We All Gonna Die
This morning's Today show opened with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer amazed at the warm temperatures in New York City and of course it didn't take long before the specter of global warming was raised. Lauer ominously opened the show: "Meanwhile a record warm weekend in the East has people wondering what's going on?" Vieira went even further as she bluntly blurted: "So I'm running in the park on…
Is Shrinkage at ‘Time’ a Sign of the Times
Have the brain-trust at Time magazine stepped out of a cold pool to recognize that their publication is not the brand it used to be, or are they finally wising up to political and technological shifts in the population they market to? Regardless of the answer, New York Times media critic David Carr had some harsh words Monday for the incredibly shrinking periodical that recently named “You” as…
Too Much Information: Vieira Informs World Guest Had Hot Flash [Video
Rather than the "liberal bias" rubric, file this one under "coarsening of the culture." We had a dubious first this morning: a network news host informing the world that one of her guests had just experienced a hot flash.Dr. Nancy Snyderman was Meredith Vieira's guest for purposes of discussing the good news that scientists have discovered a way to extract stem cells from amniotic fluid and…
Of Major News Outlets, Only NBC Gets Amniotic Stem Cell Story Right
A research breakthrough indicates that amniotic stem cells may provide all of the potential therapeutic benefits of embryonic stem cells, but without killing a human embryo.
CBS's Bob Schieffer Presses Speaker Pelosi to Raise Taxes
Whether the newest elected politician is a Republican or a Democrat, the primary interest of the Washington press corps is always the same: push them to increase taxes. The latest example came in a taped interview aired on Sunday's Face the Nation during which CBS's Bob Schieffer pressed new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from the left to raise taxes and was appalled when she suggested Democrats may…
Don't Tell Me the Democrats Have a Macho Problem (Satire
No, of course the Democratic Party in Washington doesn't have a problem with the real or perceived masculinity of its male senators and congressmen.
Absolutely not. What in the world are you talking about?
You're all excited just because Maureen Dowd calls Barack Obama "Obambi," had to listen to him complain to her because she wrote that his ears are big (he's sennnnnnsitive about them, y'know…