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No Place to Hide: MSNBC Works Bush-Bashing Into Baseball Article
Bush supporters who think that the MSM's sports pages might offer a respite from Bush-bashing should think again. MSNBC managed to slip a sneak attack on the president into a seemingly innocuous article on the recent collapse of the Boston Red Sox.Wrote MSNBC contributor Bob Cook, criticizing Sox General Manager Theo Epstein [pictured here]: "Epstein might be better [sic] keeping his mouth shut…
Oops! Update: 'Fox and Friends' Mocks Kyra Phillips's Bathroom Chat
For those who were not watching Fox News Channel at 6:30am EDT today, 'Fox and Friends First' had a little bit of fun with CNN anchor Kyra Phillips’ restroom conversation, inadvertently broadcast live Tuesday during President Bush’s speech in New Orleans. Making light of Phillips’ gaffe, anchor Kiran Chetry, having returned from a commercial break, was interrupted by an off-air "personal"…
Fake News and Its Implications
Writing at TCS Daily, Glenn Reynolds wonders about the net effect of the exposure of the fact that fake news is more common than previously supposed:In a democratic polity -- or even one that's driven by things like "world opinion" -- faked news poses a real threat to decent decision-making. Worse yet, the likely outcome of widespread fakery will be a tendency on the part of people to simply…
NBC Dismisses Oil Experts Who Foresee Falling Gas Prices
Lauer leaves out how his network predicted $3.50-a-gallon gas just two weeks ago.
Media Ignore Liberal Chafee's Constitutional Gaffe After Highlighting
Florida senatorial candidate Katherine Harris drew a voluminous amount of media attention for her recent comment that the separation of church and state is "a lie." Another Republican Senator, the liberal Lincoln Chafee from Rhode Island, made this liberal error during an August 26 debate with his conservative primary opponent: Lincoln Chafee: "Rhode Island was founded on separation of religion,…