The Bogus 'Food Stamp Challenge' Spreads; Gullible Media and The Left

Tom Blumer
It has been over three weeks since the fundamental claim of the "Food Stamp Challenge" was debunked, first by Mona Charen in her syndicated column, then in more detail by yours truly (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog). Yet the "Food Stamp Challenge" has spread. As noted in this NPR report from April 23, it all started in Oregon. That state's governor, Ted Kulongoski, joined in and put on quite a…
 

Is U.N. Using Media to Spin CO2 Emissions of Developing Nations

Noel Sheppard
A truly extraordinary media event occurred Wednesday. One news outlet reported: “Developing nations that are fast industrializing, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol.”Practically at the same time, another reported: “Yet [China’s] coal habit means it will soon overtake the…
 

No Sherlock: NPR Anchor Asks If Viet Cong Spy at Time Magazine Cost Am

Tim Graham
 

NPR Promotes Government-Subsidized Yoga for Combat Vets

Tim Graham
 

NPR's Narrow Range of Warming Opinion: From Feinstein To Boxer

Tim Graham
 

On NPR, Bush Vietnam Visit Evokes Talk of 'Weak Christian Aggressors

Tim Graham
President Bush traveling to Vietnam was guaranteed to bring out the Iraq-Vietnam comparisons, especially on National Public Radio. On Wednesday's "Morning Edition," co-host Steve Inskeep interviewed liberal author David Halberstam, who reported on Vietnam for the New York Times. Halberstam warned that we needed to withdraw from Iraq because it wasn't worth the death of "some kid in the Ohio…
 

Western Reporter Says He Saw Hezbollah Unearth Bodies for the Camera

Tom Blumer
 

NPR Thrice Promoted Salon.com’s Rehash of Abu Ghraib

Tim Graham
National Public Radio provided publicity to the leftist website Salon.com on three shows Thursday for their release of previously unseen (if not notably different) pictures of American abuses at Abu Ghraib. Nowhere in their three dollops of publicity did NPR label Salon as liberal or left-wing, or explain that they oppose President Bush and the war in Iraq.