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CNN on HIV in Africa: Listen to the 'Experts,' Not the Pope
CNN’s Zain Verjee couldn’t seem to find any health care “experts” who agreed with Pope Benedict XVI during a report on Tuesday’s Situation Room about the “political firestorm” the pontiff apparently set off during his first visit to Africa. Verjee not only cited unnamed “experts” who disagreed with the pope’s statement that the distribution of condoms on the continent “increases the problem” of…
March 18th, 2009 2:22 PM
Dear WSJ: Market is Risk Regulator
Systemic risks are small when the market is free, voluntary and open to competition.
March 18th, 2009 2:04 PM
WaPo Loopy Labeling: 'Victims' Advocates' Oppose Gun Rights for Abuse
As veteran readers of NewsBusters know, a good deal of liberal media bias comes in subtle labeling and phrasing. Today's Washington Post provides an excellent example of just that in a Metro section article pitting "victims' advocates" against "gun rights advocates" in a story about new gun restrictions lobbied for by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) and approved by the Maryland House of Delegates.The…
March 18th, 2009 12:23 PM
Attack Dogs? No, Democrats Walk the Dinosaur
Left and media go from post-partisan to Jurassic in less than two months.
March 18th, 2009 10:58 AM
NewsBusters Talks to Senators Ensign and Thune About Budget
Senators John Ensign (R-Nev.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) participated in a blogger conference call on Monday.On the agenda was President Obama's 2010 budget proposal which Thune cautioned if enacted in its current form would double the federal debt in five years and triple it in ten.Those interested can listen to this fascinating discussion here (5.9 mb MP3).
March 18th, 2009 10:48 AM
NBC/Wonkette Writer Praises Bush... for Refusing to Criticize Obama
Former President George W. Bush is a "classy guy" who might "mature into a proper elder statesman" some day.That's the verdict of NBC and Wonkette contributor Sara K. Smith in her March 18 article about how Bush refused to publicly criticize his successor to the presidency when given the chance at a Q&A session following at a luncheon in Canada. (h/t Twitter tipster @Thatcher):The one thing…
March 18th, 2009 10:40 AM
Global Warming Alarmist Irked by Cold Weather
Why, oh why, can't Mother Nature cooperate so we can promote our global warming agenda? That pretty much sums up the attitude of global warming alarmist and documentary filmmaker, Gabriel London. His frustration came about over the fact that lately the very cold weather we have been experiencing has made the public more skeptical than ever over global warming. London explains in his Huffington…
March 18th, 2009 8:49 AM