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The Golden Compass Points Kids the Wrong Way
Unfortunately, this is part of being a responsible parent today. You have to be a kind of cultural food-taster for your children. Borrow Mr. Pullman's three books from your local library -- we don't advise you to buy them -- and see for yourself what's in them.
What Children Watch
The network chieftains approving all this adult TV would assert that it's unreasonable for parents to think their children aren't exposed to this kind of reality in their daily lives at school or in the neighborhood. But if parents worry about the problem of monkey see, monkey do, nobody's a bigger monkey to children than Hollywood.
CNN Cites Omission of Bush’s Name at Debate, Quotes Daily Kos
A report on Thursday’s "The Situation Room" tried to make an issue out of the fact that President Bush’s name was only mentioned a few times at the Republican presidential debate that they organized with YouTube. CNN correspondent Carol Costello compared the President’s name to a curse word in her introduction to the report. "It sure seems like Bush has become a four-letter word you don't want to…
Another Plant: Former American Islamist Group Intern Posed Question at
The fake news keeps on coming: a former intern at the radical Islamist group CAIR was another questioner chosen by CNN at its "average joe" debate.
CBS ‘Early Show’ Discusses New Guiliani Scandal, Gave Hillary Pass
On Thursday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith teased the lead story of the day on a scandal involving Rudy Giuliani and the possible misuse of taxpayer money during Giuliani’s affair with now wife, Judith Nathan, "Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani goes on the attack against Romney as the former New York Mayor's extramarital scandals of the past return to haunt his campaign." This story…
CNN Defends Debate, Says Vetting Was 'Focused on the Questions
CNN is defending its job in vetting questions for last night's debate, reports Politico's Kenneth Vogel:The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube debate. CNN also aired questions from supporters of Democratic…
CNN Blames Candidates for Not Answering Healthcare Question It Failed
At the now infamous CNN/YouTube Republican debate held last night in Florida, candidates received a number of questions from the over 5000 videos submitted for review. The questions were selected by a panel who went through them all, whittling down the choices to just a small number. Out of all those 5000 questions, CNN failed to choose one question about the issue of health care reform. And then…
CBS Cites Left-Wing CSPI to Wage Assault on Salt
'Salt trumps fat' in 'Evening News' coverage on the eve of FDA hearings to decide whether salt should be regulated as a food additive.
Psychiatric Polling of the Press
The surveyor will see you now Journalist and Pollster (Either Or)As an increasing number of Americans exhibit knowledge of and confidence in the success of the surge in Iraq, pollsters seeking a gloomier picture have turned to their single most reliable focus group for bad news. They have in fact skipped the middle men and women and gone to its very font: the media.In a November 28th…