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Friday Follies: Opposite Views of the Same Story on the Economy
First from Reuters, which has not always been very even-handed in reporting economic news, a pretty decent report:
Consumers bright, Midwest business strong in Sept
By Ros Krasny
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending slipped in August but falling gasoline prices elevated shoppers' moods by September and Midwest factory activity picked up as well, according to reports on Friday that…
'The View' Cheers on Chilean Socialist Leader; Shocked by Female Gun O
The feminist spirit was alive and well on Friday’s edition of "The View." The women were shocked by the concept of women with concealed weapons, and positively giddy over Ted Turner’s recent remarks that men should be banned from public office for a hundred years:Barbara Walters: "We particularly like this quote, because we have this remarkable woman on with us today...Ted Turner, when he was…
NBC Accuses Oil Firms of 'Fleecing' Taxpayers
But reporter's complaint is really that government forgot to tax oil drilling.
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to
As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…
Tokyo Rose Dies
Here's a blast from the past: The only woman ever accused and convicted of being Tokyo Rose, an anti-American radio announcer during World War II died this week. She was later pardoned by president Gerald Ford after word got out that some of her accusers were lying. Here's an excerpt from the Washington Post's story:Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino, 90, an American woman branded "Tokyo Rose" during…
O'Donnell Makes Drunk Mel Gibson Joke, Behar Says 'The Priests Were Al
Just two weeks after Rosie O’Donnell made waves on ABC’s all-female chat show The View for proclaiming that "radical Christianity is just as dangerous as radical Islam," the Catholic League is protesting a conversation on Thursday’s show between O’Donnell and co-host Joy Behar about drunken priests and silly Eucharistic rules. (Don’t forget the obligatory Mel Gibson slam.) Sitting with glasses of…