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How Gore and Media Fabricated a Global Warming Consensus
How often in the past couple of years have you heard a climate alarmist refer to a so-called scientific consensus concerning man's role in global warming? Almost any time you see a report on the subject, correct? Have you ever considered how this belief that a consensus exists came to be, and if it actually means anything? Answering such questions is the Wall Street Journal's Holman W.…
Fixing Overheated Housing Market with Half-Baked Bailout Plan
Networks promote government bailout, downplay 80-percent home price gains and overlook consequences of dismissing mortgages' risk.
Jenna Bush Calls Her Dad While on 'Ellen
Here's something you don't see every day: the daughter of the President calling her dad while doing an interview on national television. Yet, that's what happened on "Ellen" Wednesday (taped Tuesday) when host Ellen Degeneres didn't believe guest Jenna Bush could just pick up the phone and call her dad any time she wanted.Marvelously, Jenna ended up being right. What follows is the partial…
Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington
Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as two inches of snow blanket D.C.
UAE Impounded Iran-bound 'Hazardous Materials'; Nothing Reported in Wa
The Financial Times (FT) is reporting that an Iran-bound ship seized by the United Arab Emirates last month "contained materials banned by UN Security Council resolutions 1737 and 1747, while the purchaser of the materials has been barred by the same resolutions."Those resolutions were put in place, FT writers Simeon Kerr and Najmeh Bozorgmehr noted in their December 5 article, "to curtail its […
ABC Misleadingly Claims Huckabee Pardoned Rapist
On Wednesday's "Good Morning America," reporter Brian Ross's story on Mike Huckabee featured a misleading onscreen graphic that claimed the then-Arkansas governor pardoned a rapist who went on to murder two women in Missouri. In fact, Huckabee didn't pardon Wayne Dumond, the man in question. The ABC graphic read, "Huckabee's Pardon: Rapist Struck Again After Release." The inaccurate information…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Builds Huckabee Up to Tear Him Down
Following two days of positive coverage of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and his front-runner status in Iowa, on Wednesday the CBS "Early Show" decided it was time to tear down the former governor’s campaign: "He's being dogged by new reports that he had a much bigger role in the parole of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond while he was Governor of Arkansas than he had previously…
Baltimore Sun Reporter Skews Story on Anti-'Sanctuary City' Resolution
Baltimore Sun reporter Arin Gencer gave readers of the December 5 paper a slanted treatment of a move by a Taneytown, Md., city councilman who wants to clarify that his city is not a so-called "sanctuary city" where illegal immigrants can count on local officials actively failing to report immigration violations to the proper federal authorities.Gencer pitted resolution proponent Paul Chamberlain…
ABC's Ross Continues Pattern of Slamming 2008 GOP Candidates
ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross on Wednesday continued his habit of offering up critical takes on Republican front-runners and ignoring Democratic scandals. So far this year, the correspondent has featured four hard-hitting segments on GOP candidates and only one on a Democrat. During a piece on "Good Morning America," Ross investigated a developing story of whether then-Arkansas Governor…
Walter Cronkite: ‘Our Troops Must Leave Iraq
Former "CBS Evening News" anchor Walter Cronkite, much like his former colleague Bob Schieffer, appears to be dead set against the war in Iraq regardless of how conditions have improved in the past several months. In an op-ed published at the liberal website Common Dreams, Cronkite made his strongest surrender appeal to date, whilst of course castigating the Bush administration. Readers are…