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Gannett Newspaper's Editorial Policy Blatantly P.C
A few days ago I e-mailed the Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal -- a Gannett newspaper -- asking why this article failed to mentioned the race of the assailants who have been victimizing Hispanics recently. (The assailants are black). After all, police reports noted it, as well as local radio stations. The paper responded and included their editorial policy regarding such matters, apparently…
Media’s Favorite Coal Expert Actually Opposes Industry
What happens a guy with verifiable liberal credentials (contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic and Air America) just happens to have written a book highly critical of the coal industry – “Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future”? You put him on television or the front page of your opinion section and you parade…
Media's Favorite Coal Expert Picks at Industry
Liberal activist Jeff Goodell paraded by media outlets as objective industry expert.
CNN on Sub-Prime Mortgage Problems: Where is Personal Responsibility
'Your $$$$$' has a new name, but keeps up the anti-business theme.
Religious Cartoon Censored: Journalists Admit Double Standard
It is becoming ever more obvious that the press treats cartoons poking fun at Islam in a much different manner than those poking fun at any other religion. One might even say there is a double standard, and why not, since the media themselves acknowledge that it is true. After running a warning to the client newspapers about the content of Berkeley Breathed's Sunday cartoon 'Opus', comics editor…
The Media Assault on the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment is
the ultimate Constitutional expression of personal responsibility. In the Bill
of Rights, the Founding Fathers acknowledged the right of the American people to
arm themselves, for both self defense against criminals and as a check on
tyrannical government. CMIs latest Eye on Culture, The Media Assault on the
Second Amendment, examines how the media push their anti-gun…
Did Feminist Katie Couric Exploit Men to Climb the Ladder to Fame and
On Friday, National Review writer Myrna Blyth unwrapped some of the nuggets in the forthcoming Ed Klein biography of Katie Couric, the one the Katie camp is trying to squash, in very Hillaryesque fashion, as "old news." [Klein appeared Monday night on FNC's Hannity & Colmes.] Before she kindly noted that the MRC has piles and piles of examples of Katie's liberal bias, Blyth dished Klein's…
Dumb Headline of the Day: 'Can Saints Have Bad Days
What's your nomination for today's Dumb Headline of the Day? Here's mine, from the August 27 blog entry by Chicago Tribune religion reporter/blogger Manya Brachear. The topic was Mother Teresa's diary and how some entries revealed a fear of being distant from Jesus:"Can saints have bad days?"
MSNBC Promotes 'My Bad Boss' Contest for AFL-CIO
Anchor says customers might get 'placenta' instead of pepperoni on their pizza because of evil employers.
Andy Rooney Gets Pass for Racial Slur About Hispanic Baseball Players
So, did you hear that Andy Rooney made a racial slur last week about baseball players all being named "Rodriguez?" You didn't? Well, how could you, for it appears that virtually nobody reported it. To bring you up to speed, the CBS "60 Minutes" commentator wrote a column about America's national pastime last Thursday, and stated the following (emphasis added):
CNN Sr. Legal Correspondent: [Gonzales] Attorney Generalship ‘Really
Jeff Toobin, CNN’s senior legal analyst, made two statements on the resignation of attorney general Alberto Gonzales on Monday’s "American Morning" that point to his own political leanings. Co-host John Roberts, following-up on Toobin’s remark that he found himself "surprised" by this announcement, asked "Really? But surprised, but are you shocked? Toobin’s answer: "Well, not shocked. I mean, you…