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Dan Rather: No One Likes Me Anymore
The bloodletting from Dan Rather's ongoing lawsuit at CBS continues, although this time, Rather is going after himself saying that no one wants to hire him after his forged document scandal: Dan Rather has filed an amended lawsuit against CBS that says other TV networks refused to hire him because of the damage executives at his former company did to his reputation after a disputed 2004 report on…
One of NYT's Guantanamo Bay 'Innocents' Turned Suicide Bomber on Relea
Nicholas Kristof's Sunday column on Guantanamo prisoners, "A Prison of Shame, and It's Ours," makes the case, in typically arch prose, that his New York Times colleague Barry Bearak got off easy. The Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe imprisoned Bearak in disgusting conditions for four days, but Kristof thought it could have been worse: It could have been Guantanamo Bay.My Times colleague Barry Bearak…
NY Times Reporter Twice Charged With Plagiarism Disparages Salmon Indu
How many times will The New York Times publish a disreputable reporter's work before it learns its lesson? Perhaps the third time will be the charm. Alexei Barrionuevo has under come under fire for plagiarism on two separate occasions, but the Times printed a story March 27 ("Salmon Virus Indicts Chile's Fishing Methods") by Barrionuevo anyway, prompting a response from the salmon industry.…
Economist: Treat Alternative Energy Development 'Like It's World War I
Dr. Stephen Leeb says need for alternative energy action will to require '50 or 100 Manhattan Projects' and 'trillions of dollars.'
CBS’s Smith: ‘Terry McAuliffe, Why is Your Candidate Still In This
On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith fretted over Hillary Clinton’s refusal to drop out of the presidential race and pressed Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe on why she is still in the race: "Let me show you some headlines this morning. From this morning's Daily News, 'It's His Party,' with a picture of Barack Obama. From the New York Post, 'Over the Hill,' you know what…
Behar: McCain to Appoint Justices that 'Roll Back Civil Rights
John McCain’s anti-woman philosophy will guide him to appoint Supreme Court justices that will roll back civil rights, according to Joy Behar. Discussing the 2008 election on the May 8 edition of "The View," political pundit, Catholic theologian, and constitutional scholar Joy Behar offered her theory on why white women will vote for Obama, assuming he is the nominee, and even called Roe v. Wade…
The New York Times Dubs FAA 'First-Rate Regulator' and 'Role Model
How do you get a better air safety record? Try not crashing first. The New York Times reported that outside the United States the Federal Aviation Administration is considered a "role model" and "first-rate regulator," because it has the lowest accident rate in the world. The Times' viewed regulation rather than market based innovation as the solution to accident rates in foreign countries…
Plagiarizing NYT Reporter Disparages Salmon Industry with Another Ques
Trade association discovers writer identifies security guard as 'the port director' after having been accused of plagiarism on two occasions.
Times Dubs FAA 'First-Rate Regulator' and 'Role Model
Newspaper says that in other regions of the world the agency is looked up to.
ChiTrib Notes How Anti-Wal-Mart Hysteria Hurting Windy City
Wal-Mart is right up there with "Big Oil" as a left-wing bogeyman, and the mainstream media are often on the side of liberal activists screaming "Boo!" as our friends at the Business & Media Institute can attest. But today's Chicago Tribune laid out how "[b]ig city politics trumps low prices" with a labor union victory over Wal-Mart's plans to erect a store within city limits.The paper's Web…
Meredith Vieira: Does Hillary Worry She Could Be Obama 'Spoiler
NBC's "Today" show added its voice to the chorus of "Get Out Hillary!" chants as its co-host Meredith Vieira asked Clinton's campaign chairman if the New York senator worried that "she could become a spoiler, the longer she stays in the race?"Vieira attempted different variations of the "When will Hillary get out?" line with Terry McAuliffe on Thursday's "Today" show as she pressed: VIEIRA: "Is…
Get Out: ABC Again Ramps Up Pressure for Hillary Exit
"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Thursday aggressively told top Hillary Clinton aide Howard Wolfson that it's time for the senator to get out of the race and allow Barack Obama to begin his general election campaign. At one point, after the communication director suggested that Clinton would do better than Obama in states such as West Virginia, an irritated Cuomo sputtered, "If…
CNN.com Needs to Brush Up on Its Military Hardware
CNN has an article posted this AM about the on-going misery in Myanmar resulting from the recent cyclone that devastated the Irrawaddy delta and has left as many as 100,000 dead. The country's paranoid military dictatorship is hampering aid efforts, and as a result, is no doubt adding to the number of dead and injured. In writing about the U.S. forces in the area poised to help if the…
