AP, AFP, Reuters: French Supporters of Pope 'Far-Right' or 'Right-Wing
March 23rd, 2009 12:21 PM
The three largest mainstream media wire services all agreed that supporters of Pope Benedict XVI who dared to stand up to anti-Catholic leftists in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday were extremists of the right of some sort. The Associated Press used the “right-wing” label to describe the faithful Catholics. Both Reuters and the French Agence France-Presse both used the term “far-…
How Will Media Report Chavez Calling Obama 'A Poor Ignoramus
March 22nd, 2009 10:34 PM
Barack Obama is hailed by sycophantic media members as one of the brightest men to ever be President, and was supposed to improve America's standing around the world.Yet, on Sunday, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez called Obama "a poor ignoramus" who "should read and study a little to understand reality." Given how impressed news members are with our new President, and how they regularly disparaged the…
AP Gives Aid and Comfort to Spitzer's Fiction-Based 'I Told You So' on
March 22nd, 2009 11:26 AM
Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer clearly sees the current AIG bonus controversy as an opportunity to redeem his reputation. The Associated Press's Michael Hill provided rehabilitation assistance in his Friday report. Spitzer is best remembered for resigning as the Empire State's chief executive after being caught patronizing high-priced prostitutes over a period of several years,…
AP: 'Obama Rhetoric, Reality Clash' But It's Not Really His Fault
March 21st, 2009 6:08 PM
"PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama rhetoric, reality clash" is today's offering from Liz Sidoti, the Associated Press White House correspondent. The piece begins with a harsh assessment:Barack Obama's optimistic campaign rhetoric has crashed headlong into the stark reality of governing.In office two months, he has backpedaled on an array of issues, gingerly shifting positions as circumstances dictate…
Team Obama Pleases Pot Smokers, Gay Lobbyists, But AP Won't Call Them
March 19th, 2009 3:03 PM
Journalists -- starting with Time's Amy Sullivan, the former Tom Daschle aide -- strenously tried to suggest Barack Obama would not be a politician of the libertine left, and could even make a bold play for Bible-quoting evangelical voters. But as the Obama administration kicks into gear, it's getting obvious that the libertine-left side is winning. Reporters just won't call them that. See two…
Morning TV Misses White House's Teleprompter Flub
March 18th, 2009 2:27 PM
Update added below.Between the White House and the Associated Press, nobody can figure out what the President said and did. Nobody is really worried, though. Other than Fox and Friends, they're the only ones who've heard of the President's latest teleprompter gaffe.According to the stunningly unclear AP report:Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St.…
Name That Party: NBC Philly 'Forgets' Convicted Vincent Fumo and Assoc
March 17th, 2009 7:01 AM
Vincent Fumo's chronicle of corruption is extraordinary, even by the "standards" of Philadelphia, PA. Thus, it's a journalistic fail that in a story about the convictions of former 30-year state senator Fumo and longtime associate Ruth Arnao, NBC Philadephia (HT Michelle Malkin) did not identify his or her Democratic Party party affiliation. Here is a portion of NBC Philly's early-morning story:…
Retiring Mayor: Bloggers Biggest Danger to City; AP Ignores Dem Party
March 16th, 2009 1:57 PM
The Associated Press wire relayed a short item on Friday about how outgoing Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman (D-Salisbury, Md.) recently slammed bloggers as the greatest threat to her fair Eastern Shore city. Via the Maryland Daily Record: SALISBURY — In her final State of the City address, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as…
LA TV Station Notes ACORN Presence at School Board Meeting; Other Outl
March 11th, 2009 3:47 PM
Los Angeles's NBC television affiliate must not have gotten the memo telling them that they should not utter the name of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), lest anyone reach the "wrong" conclusions. NBC Los Angeles is the only media outlet I have found thus far to identify ACORN's presence in a story about a "disruptive display of disobedience" by members the United…
The AP Channels the Democrats in the Limbaugh-Kennedy ‘Scandal
March 9th, 2009 2:47 PM
***TWO UPDATES, including the response from AP's Ron Fournier, at the end of this post.***Friday evening the Associated Press (AP) issued an un-bylined story which was nothing more than a stenographic reprint of the latest dishonest Democratic attack on talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. The Friday story apparently reflected zero research into the charge levied by Brian Wolff, executive…
Is Libel Law Turning Against Us, New and Old Media Alike
March 9th, 2009 7:05 AM
This is not a story of bias in the media. It is a story, rather, that affects both the Old Media of newspapers, TV and radio, as well as the New Media of the Internet. Our disagreements with the Old Media aside, we both stand to see trouble if a recent court case in Massachusetts gains momentum or is applied liberally henceforth.
The Associated Press reports on a libel case in Boston that pits…
