Reuters Runs Derogatory Picture of President Bush
June 1st, 2006 11:59 AM
It's not quite clear what Reuters hoped to accomplish with this picture. Their photographers take thousands of pictures, most of them useless, and surely this one should have remained in the archives.
If the goal is to provide pictures for liberal blogs, then this fits into that objective. Read the actual caption.
AP Epitomizes Liberal Media Bias With ‘Democrats Eye November Landsl
May 29th, 2006 11:02 PM
Still wondering if there really is a liberal media bias? Not convinced yet? Well, a recently released story by Ron Fournier of the Associated Press may change your mind. In an article entitled “Democrats Eye November Landslide,” Fournier comes across more as a professional Democratic pollster than a supposedly impartial journalist. As amazing as it might seem, the article began: “Republicans are…
AP Photography Belittles CIA Nominee
May 19th, 2006 1:39 PM
The Sweetness and Light blog says the AP has been biased in its pictures of the confirmation hearing of Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden to head the CIA.
Not content to subliminally associate General Hayden with eavesdropping via a plethora of photographs of him with microphones, the DNC's Associated Press ratchets up its agit-prop by making him look like a doofus:
It should come as no surprise…
Susan Sarandon Endorses Hillary Clinton’s Opponent in New York Senat
May 18th, 2006 6:47 PM
The Associated Press is reporting (hat tip to Drudge) that actress and liberal activist Susan Sarandon has endorsed Jonathan Tasini, a long-shot challenger to Hillary Clinton in the New York senatorial race. According to the article: “Sarandon has been a harsh critic of Clinton's vote on the war, telling a British television interviewer last month that Clinton had ‘crumbled under the pressure of…
The AP's 'Gaydar
May 12th, 2006 12:06 AM
World Net Daily points out that the Associated Press drove by a Swedish study that finds lesbians react differently to sex hormones than heterosexual women. Evidently, the desire of the AP was to claim that homosexuality is genetic, that it can't be helped. This, presumably, would make homosexuals a protected class affording special legal protections. Specifically, the AP made claims like "the…
Update: April Tax Revenues 2nd-Highest in History; Will Media Notice
May 11th, 2006 9:30 AM
A stunning announcement was made by the Treasury Department Wednesday. As reported by the Associated Press: “A flood of income tax payments pushed up government receipts to the second-highest level in history in April, giving the country a sizable surplus for the month.”(Update: At the end of this piece, I predicted this announcement would not be widely reported. Well, though all three broadcast…