Media Ignore Congressman Dingell’s ‘Painful’ Tax Plan to Solve G
September 29th, 2007 4:52 PM
It has been regularly reported by NewsBusters that media are doing everything in their power to withhold from the public the financial ramifications of global warming alarmism. Be it the marketing of totally useless carbon offsets, or proposals for additional taxes on consumers and corporations, press outlets have been seemingly coordinated in their silence regarding such matters. Another…
AP Scolds Jenna Bush for 'Ducking Iraq' Questions
September 28th, 2007 5:51 AM
When we voted for Jenna Bush to lead the war in Iraq, we all thought she would always be ready and able to lead the discussion in the press about that important issue... Oh, wait. No one voted for Jenna Bush for anything, much less to make Iraq policy. This fact, then, makes it curious that the AP would give us a piece titled "Jenna Bush Ducks Iraq, Talks Engagement." Why, exactly, the AP would…
Is the AP Beginning to Go After a Do-Nothing Democratic Congress
September 25th, 2007 5:28 PM
Could this be the start of the same kind of “do nothing Congress” media push for the Democratic majority that we saw for the Republicans in 2006? The September 25 article “Bush Eager for Budget Showdown” highlighted the Democrats' failure to send even a single bill to President Bush and even included a few stinging comments. Don't worry libs, the AP still managed to subtly paint an image of…
Scientists Speak Out Against AP’s Climate Change Fear-mongering
September 24th, 2007 12:31 PM
Scientists from all over the world are coming out strongly against an inexcusably hysterical article recently published by the planet's leading wire service. As NewsBusters reported Saturday, the Associated Press published an unbelievably disgraceful article about global warming induced sea level rises supposedly destined to wipe out large amounts of American coastal communities in the next 100…
Unbelievably Disgraceful Global Warming Hysteria by the AP
September 22nd, 2007 10:02 PM
The political battle over climate change has clearly taken a dramatic turn for the worse this month, for it now seems media are actually competing to see which outlet can present the most hysterical report concerning imminent planetary doom at the hands of manmade global warming.*****Critical updates at end of post. After ABC News published a disgraceful photo essay featuring computer generated…
Time’s Joe Klein: ‘Why Drudge Is a Disgrace
September 19th, 2007 1:20 PM
Time's Joe Klein is unhappy with Matt Drudge, and thinks he's a disgrace. Why, you ask? Because Drudge posted a headline at his website Tuesday which Klein thinks is out of context with the linked Associated Press article.Imagine that. Here's the beef Klein posted at Time's Swampland blog Tuesday (emphasis added):
Global Warming Lawsuit Against Car Companies Dismissed
September 17th, 2007 11:04 PM
A landmark decision concerning car companies and global warming was handed down by a federal judge in California on Monday. Yet, most people are likely not going to hear about it, because the ruling goes counter to the media's agenda. As reported by the Associated Press (emphasis added throughout): "District Judge Martin Jenkins in San Francisco handed California Attorney General Jerry Brown's…
After Gore Wins Emmy Media Falsely Claim He Also Won Oscar
September 17th, 2007 9:41 AM
See if you can spot the error in the following opening paragraph from the Associated Press concerning the exploits of soon-to-be-Nobel Prize laureate Al Gore: So he wasn't elected president. Big deal. How many other presidential candidates have an Emmy and an Oscar to brag about? Or this one from Reuters:
