Washington Post Film Critic Pans Michael Moore's 'Anemic Checkup

Tim Graham
 

Pentagon: AP Story 'Perpetuates Subtle Myth' Minorities Suffer Higher

Saying that it "perpetuates a subtle myth," a senior Pentagon official has responded to an AP story that appeared earlier this week, attracting considerable national coverage, regarding the drop in military enlistment by African-Americans. In comments to this NewsBuster, Bill Carr, the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy [photo], said that "the AP left readers with…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Reuters Absurdly Links G. W. Bush With Report of Decades Old CIA Opera

Warner Todd Huston
 

Do The Media Think We're All Bigots

Nets, press depict immigration bill opponents as conservative racists stirred up by talk radio.
David Niedrauer
 

NBC, CBS Slam 'Conservative' Court for Race Decision

Networks emphasize Breyer's dissent, not Roberts' opinion.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Libs Long for 'Fairness' Daze

Yesterday's stinging defeat of the immigration bill is sure to be the final goad that will spur the left to try to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
Jan LaRue, Esq.
 

Grand, Old, and Pitiful

When the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on children and TV violence on June 26, it was the Democrats taking the entertainment industry to task as socially irresponsible, while Republicans in general favored the do-nothing approach.
L. Brent Bozell III
 

Dem Debate Open Thread

If you're watching the Democrats' debate, post your thoughts here. I'll be liveblogging the debate from the media center as it happens and afterward in the "spin alley." My postings not about the media will appear at Ace of Spades while my media postings will appear at both blogs. You can read the postings of other bloggers at the debate at the Media Bloggers Association.
Matthew Sheffield
 

CNN Contributor on Ann Coulter: ‘At Some Point, You Have to Punch th

Matthew Balan
 

Matthews Criticizes Catholic Church for Applying Doctrine to Politicia

Maybe this afternoon's oppressive heat and humidity on the Hardball Plaza in DC were getting to Chris Matthews. I'm not sure how else to explain his complaint, to the effect that it is wrong of the Roman Catholic Church to apply its rules to politicians as it does to other adherents.His remark came in the course of a debate on religion on this afternoon's edition of "Hardball" between…
Mark Finkelstein
 

IPCC Scientist: IPCC 'Not in Business of Climate Prediction

Pam Meister
 

Joe Scarborough Slams Media Distortions of Ann Coulter

On the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough slammed media outlets, such as AP and The Hill for misrepresenting what Ann Coulter said in her now famous on-air debate with Elizabeth Edwards. He also attempted to set the record straight by playing an extended clip of her appearance on the June 25 "Good Morning America," which started the whole controversy. But first,…
Scott Whitlock
 

WaPo's 'Kids Post' Offers Immigration Indoctrination for Children

Kristen Fyfe
 

USA Today: Ruling Threatens School 'Integration'; Biskupic Buries Rob

I could not leave this untouched. Joan Biskupic, the same Supreme Court reporter I accused of sounding like a John McCain press flack, has given us a gem of a skewed report on a 5-4 decision today about the use of race as a factor in managing public school registration.Let's walk through it shall we? When reporting on a key Supreme Court ruling, it's kind of nice to give readers a glance of the…
Ken Shepherd