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LAT Muzzles Staff On Edwards Story, Trumpets Obama (Again) with HUGE P
How bad is the pro-Democratic bias at the Los Angeles Times? Here are two more examples ... from just the past 24 hours.1. Slate's Mickey Kaus published a jaw-dropping item earlier today that the Los Angeles Times has banned its bloggers from writing about the reported affair between Sen. John Edwards and a blonde named Rielle Hunter. Kaus obtained a copy of an e-mail written by Times editor Tony…
Ignored Economic News of the Week: YTD Surplus with Free-Trade Countri
Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, while waffling, has wanted to appear to many of his constituents as being opposed to free trade agreements, or at least wanting to renegotiate the terms of many of them. On Wednesday, the Department of Commerce issued a press release, the kind of thing you would hope business journalists get in their e-mail boxes. But I found no coverage of this…
Hannity & Colmes Plays Satirical Gospel About Obama as Messiah
FNC's Hannity & Colmes on Friday night featured Times of London Assistant Editor/U.S. Editor Gerard Baker reading aloud his hilarious Friday column, “He ventured forth to bring light to the world,” in which he recounted Obama's life story and trip to the Middle East and Europe as if told through a gospel in the Bible. The lead to Baker's satire: “And it came to pass, in the eighth year of…
ABC: Effusing 'Bordered on Endorsement,' CBS: No Endorsement
A minor item for a Friday night. File under: Which way is it? ABC anchor Charles Gibson contended that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's “effusively kind words” about Barack Obama, who joined Sarkozy at a press conference in Paris, “bordered on an endorsement.” On CBS, however, anchor Katie Couric reported that Sarkozy said the French people have been following Obama “with passion” but, she…
NBC's Brian Williams to Interview Iran's Ahmadinejad
In the lead up to the March 2003 Iraq invasion, CBS's Dan Rather interviewed Saddam Hussein.Now, less than four months before America goes to the polls to elect a new president, NBC's Brian Williams is going to interview Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.I wonder if Williams will ask the lunatic despot who he's supporting in the coming elections?Regardless of the answer, TVNewser reported…
Detroit Mayor Allegedly Commits Assault; What Party
The Associated Press's Ed White used almost 700 words in his story (link is dynamic; story in form found at 5:04 p.m. is also here) about the latest developments relating to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit, and failed to name his party affiliation even once. Even beyond that, though he did tell readers that Kilpatrick faces a criminal trial for perjury, misconduct, and obstruction of justice,…
M.I.T. Scientists: Warming Will Actually Reduce Number of Hurricanes
American Meteorological Society report contradicts claim tropical activity increases due to climate change.
MSNBC's Mitchell Defends Obama; Gushes About 'Love Fest' in France
While many in the media rather enjoyed Obama’s speech in Berlin, particularly CBS which declared that it “confirmed his rock star status,” many conservatives felt that this speech, like others, lacked substance. But, Obama need not worry because NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, reporting from London, came to Obama’s defense during the 3 p.m. hour of the July 25…
CNN Admits Error in USC College Republicans Story
CNN has admitted to a serious error in a report filed Thursday concerning a Republican student organization at the University of Southern California.A segment which originally aired at 6:00 AM on "American Morning," and twice after that, used a person not affiliated with the USC College Republicans to suggest the organization is having a hard time drawing support because of a lack of enthusiasm…
Media Big Guns Fire Away at Military's Gay Ban
CMI Director Robert Knight exposes the medias outright advocacy of open
homosexuality in the military, and rebuts one columnists vicious personal
attack on an expert who supports the gay ban.
Listen to Those Lyrics
CMI research assistant Colleen Raezler goes beyond the beats and melodies to
examine the messages of todays most popular songs.
BMI’s Burchfiel on FBN: Media Sensationalizes Qantas Incident
The media were quick to jump on the story of an emergency airplane landing in Manila, Philippines due to a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas flight. And they were quick to sensationalize the story without mentioning Qantas' impressive safety record. "Well, nobody's saying that we should be covering up a huge hole in the side of an airplane. But it's important for the media to not sensationalize…
Weekend Captionfest
Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy after their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
CNN's Amanpour Bizarrely Connects French 'Scum' Rioters to Obama
During a joint press conference between Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour bizarrely connected the Illinois senator with a 2005 comment by then-Interior Minister Sarkozy that French rioters were "scum." She asked the now-president of France, "And I'm wondering whether you feel, today, when you stand next to someone you clearly admire so much, and who has…