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CNN Wonders 'What If' Oil Hit $200 a Barrel
Segment features speculation by reporter and 'peak oil' analyst, with no counter-arguments from today's reality.
NBC Turns to Government for Salvaged Car Fix
'Today' downplays existing private sector solutions to auto safety questions and features left-wing 'consumer group' in call for federal intervention.
Newsweek Taking Heat for Obama Article Critical of McCain
On Sunday, my colleague Warner Todd Huston apprised readers of a truly disgraceful Newsweek article which continued to demonstrate just how in the tank media are for Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama.On Monday, the good folks at National Review Online were similarly outraged, and expressed concern about Newsweek's obvious lack of impartiality.First up was Jim Geraghty who took issue…
Amanpour Omits Husband’s Work for Albright, Downplays N. Korean Fami
Christiane Amanpour interviewed former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, famous for her October 2000 meeting with North Korean dictator Kim "He’s Not a Nut" Jong Il, as part of her "Notes from North Korea" program, which aired on Saturday and Sunday evenings. During the segment, the CNN senior international correspondent failed to note how her husband, James Rubin, worked as spokesman and…
CBS’s Kroft: Chiquita Banana’s ‘Reputation Splattered in Blood
On Sunday’s CBS "60 Minutes," Steve Kroft suggested that the American-based Chiquita Banana company was in league with Colombian terrorist groups after paying extortion money to such groups to protect its employees: "It made millions growing bananas there, only to emerge with its reputation splattered in blood, after acknowledging that it had paid nearly $2 million in protection money to a…
Parade Shills for PBS to Get $400 Million in Federal Funding
NPR affiliates support one-sided poll that equates yes and no votes with 'supporting Big Bird; or give him the ax.'
Al Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a 'Consequence' of Global Warming
Former vice president tells NPR's 'Fresh Air' cyclone is example of 'consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.'
Headline Bias in Burmese Relief Story
Poor teaser headline selection by MSNBC.com? I report, you decide.At right is a screencap of a teaser headline from the Web site about U.S. humanitarian aid reaching Myanmar Burma. As the AP story linked makes clear, the fault for the delay in the aid's arrival is that of the military dictatorship, not any incompetence or lack of concern by Washington. Yet the teaser headline reads: "First U.S.…
Joe Klein Praises McCain for Being 'A Pariah to Blowhards Like Limbaug
In this week's cover piece for "Time" magazine entitled, "Obama: The Game Changer," Joe Klein praised John McCain for having won the nomination by being "a pariah to blowhards like Limbaugh." However the Time magazine columnist advised the Arizona senator to keep it clean as he warned: "If McCain wants to maintain his reputation as a politician more honorable than most, he's going to have to stop…
Will Media Cover Historic Hearing on Democrats Violating House Rules
An historic hearing will be conducted on Tuesday to determine whether House Democrats in August 2007 violated parliamentary procedure in defeating a motion to deny illegal aliens welfare benefits.Readers likely remember the brouhaha this disgraceful display created at the time (video embedded right).With high-ranking Democrats such as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Michael McNulty (D-N.Y…
Bill: Hillary 'A Genius at Making Changes in Other People's Lives
I think he meant it as a compliment. But Bill Clinton's praise for his wife might send a shiver down the spine of people who like to live their own lives, thank you very much. His remarks reinforce the image of Hillary as a big-government busybody, an It Takes a Villager, a smarty-pantssuit who wants to lean over your shoulder and kibitz on every decision you make.Bill made his comments while…