What the L.A. Times REALLY Wants You To Know About the Cisneros Probe
January 21st, 2006 8:41 PM
Lying to the FBI? Obstruction of justice? A possible "coverup at high levels of our government"? Sure. But what the Los Angeles Times really wants you to know about the completed investigation of former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros is how much it cost. Check this out from yesterday's Times (Friday, January 20, 2006) (emphasis mine):PAGE A1, in a preview block at the bottom corner of the page,…
LA Times Has No Room For Fine of Hillary's False Campaign Reports
January 6th, 2006 7:01 PM
Today's (Friday, January 6, 2006) print edition of the Los Angeles Times found room in their paper for:... 2315 words and two articles on tonight's Book of Daniel TV show,... 1431 words for an article about Jon Stewart hosting the Oscars,... 182 words on Pat Robertson's Ariel Sharon remarks,... 1477 words on the effects of the decline of the popularity of tennis (on page A1, nonetheless).…
A Half Correction From the Los Angeles Times
December 25th, 2005 9:22 PM
Check out this correction from today's (Sunday December 25, 2005) Los Angeles Times (emphasis mine):Religion and government: A Dec. 18 article defending the separation of church and state stated that the Rev. Jerry Falwell claimed that Ellen DeGeneres played a role in the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina because she was the host of the Emmy Awards before both events. He made no such claim. The…
Another Media Myth Debunked: Hurricane Katrina Killed Across Class Lin
December 18th, 2005 5:20 PM
Last week, as reported by NewsBusters, Cybercast News Service published data that refuted the media myth that the government’s supposedly slow response to Hurricane Katrina had anything at all to do with race. This morning, the Los Angeles Times (hat tip to the Drudge Report) debunked the notion that class was an issue as well. With a subheading of “The well-to-do died along with the poor, an…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…a Very Good Christmas
December 2nd, 2005 1:11 AM
The media’s pessimistic holiday shopping forecasts fail to register with reality.Don't miss my latest at the Free Market Project: Contrary to the media’s pessimistic forecasts for the Christmas shopping season reported by the Free Market Project in late October, strong retail sales this Thanksgiving weekend got the annual end-of-the-year buying bonanza off to a bang. In fact, the economic data…
Media Myths: The Housing Bubble is Bursting
November 30th, 2005 9:03 PM
Don't miss my latest writing for the Free Market Project: Media claims about a “housing bubble” are nothing new. Since before the 9/11 terror attacks, the media have been calling the housing market a “bubble” while predicting an imminent, devastating decline. Not only have they been wrong in forecasting such a top, they have thoroughly mischaracterized what an investment bubble is. Now that the…
