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Rove Not Being Devil 'Complicates World View' of Newsweek Editor
FNC's Brit Hume on Tuesday night highlighted how “some in the media elite have found that Karl Rove, in his new role as a commentator” for Fox News and writer for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, “is, to their apparent astonishment, a pretty good guy.” Hume cited the admission, by an unnamed Newsweek editor, that realizing Karl Rove is not the devil portrayed by the media “complicated my…
Junking the Real Meaning of Art: RIP Mr. Rauschenberg
Inspired by Rauschenberg's success and unbound by considerations of skill or beauty, a generation of artists was freed to slap together virtually anything and call it Art.
Age Card? Obama Campaign Won't Let McCain 'Wander Around' FL, MI
Dirty pool?Just a few days ago, Barack Obama scoffed at the suggestion he was playing the age card when he accused John McCain of "losing his bearings." But check out the way the Obama campaign has now chosen to declare that it wouldn't leave the playing field in Michigan and Florida to its Republican opponent:"We're not going to let John McCain wander around in those states unchallenged anymore…
ABC Showcases Hapless Woman Who Skips Breakfast to Afford Gas
A week after ABC focused a story on two pitiable Minnesota families living in the dark because higher energy and food prices mean they “can no longer afford to pay for electricity,” Tuesday's World News highlighted the replies from sad case stories solicited on ABCNews.com, starting with a woman who says she must skip breakfast to put $4 a day toward gas. ABC displayed “FEELING THE PAIN” on…
Toledo Free Press Article Gets University Employee Fired
We are certainly used to seeing the MSM causing trouble for conservatives and this one is no different at least on that level. But the interesting thing here is that the trouble a social conservative discovered was as a result of what she wrote in the MSM as opposed to what was written about her by the MSM. It seems that the opinion editorial written by Crystal Dixon for the Toledo Free Press got…
Global Warming Skepticism Shocks Chris Matthews
Toeing the "Green is Universal," corporate line, MSNBC's Chris Matthews seemed shocked that anyone would dare question whether climate change was real. During a discussion about John McCain's eco-friendly rhetoric the "Hardball" host was dismayed when conservative radio talk show host Heidi Harris called it a move "to the left," as Matthews decried: "You think climate change is an ideological…
Barbara Walters Eager for Hypothetical Interview of Osama bin Laden
At the close of her interview on CNN’s "Larry King Live" on Monday evening, host Larry King asked ABC’s Barbara Walters "Have you had a major disappointing interview?... Someone you had looked forward to, didn't work out right." Walters named a few notables, and gave the following anecdote: "I have said, I'm very mellow. I'm not auditioning anymore. I'm not out to get the great get. And then one…
NYT Admits Fault in Salmon Story; Industry Spokesman Calls Times’ Cl
Even when The New York Times admits they were wrong, they still don't quite get it right. The paper acknowledged May 13 that a March 27 story, "Salmon Virus Indicts Chile's Fishing Methods," was incorrect when an article by Alexei Barrionuevo had identified security guard Adolfo Flores as the Port Director of Castro, Chiloe Island (see full "Editors' Note" here). Their "Editors' Note"…
Washington Post Enlists Kids in Fight for Polar Bears
Lacking key facts, Post asks young readers to decide if polar bears 'deserve' to be listed as endangered.
<i>TIME's</i> Religious Democratic Crusader
Amy Sullivan is anchoring TIME magazine's 2008 presidential campaign coverage. CMI Senior Editor Brian Fitzpatrick provides a revealing look at her
faith-and-politics agenda based on Sullivan's new book and her TIME articles.
