CNN’s Cafferty Promotes NYT Story on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
November 30th, 2007 9:18 PM
Two days after the CNN/YouTube Republican debate, where the news network failed to mention a questioner’s affiliation with Hillary Clinton’s homosexual steering committee, "The Situation Room’s" Jack Cafferty, in his "Cafferty File" segment, asked whether "it is time for the U.S. to rethink ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ when it comes to gays in the military," and featured statistics from the New York…
'Titanic' Bias? NYT Implies U.S. Economy Sinking Into Recession
November 27th, 2007 2:32 PM
As the 2008 election approaches, the New York Times uses the image of a sinking red "RECE$$ION" to communicate a fear that is so far only a phantom menace. Peter Goodman's Sunday Week in Review cover story, "Trying to Guess What Happens Next," displayed plenty of pessimism about the U.S. economy after years of foreign-financed easy money. But the accompanying graphic communicated even more…
Gingrich Discusses Global Warming with NYT’s Revkin
November 27th, 2007 10:12 AM
In April, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich rocked the conservative world by stating in a highly publicized Capitol Hill debate with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) that he believed global warming was real. Since then, Gingrich has published a new book on the subject entitled "A Contract with the Earth." A few weeks ago, the former Speaker sat down with New York Times environment reporter…
America Ranked Number One in Global Competitiveness, Media Mum
November 26th, 2007 12:28 PM
So, did you hear the United States was recently ranked by an independent, international economic think-tank as number one in global competitiveness? You didn't? Well, how could you, for according to LexisNexis, not one major American press outlet aside from Investor's Business Daily thought the announcement was important enough to share with the citizenry. I guess this would go too contrary…
NYT Headline: ‘As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts
November 25th, 2007 11:03 AM
Would you have ever imagined the New York Times, less than a year before the presidential elections, not only admitting that things are getting better in Iraq, but also suggesting Democrats – including those campaigning for president – were wrong about the surge? On the front page of its popular Sunday edition, no less?Well, there it was this morning, in big, bold letters: “As Democrats See…
Former NYT Bureau Chief: I Won't Pay Taxes If U.S. Battles Iran
November 23rd, 2007 10:10 AM
Considering how many hyperventilating media leftists broke their promises to leave the country if George W. Bush won reelection in 2004, I'm not exactly holding out hope we'll see the IRS arrest former New York Times bigwig Chris Hedges (file photo at right) anytime soon.Hedges, if you recall, was the paper's former Middle Eastern bureau chief who became more famous (infamous rather) for his…
St. Patrick's, Catholics Getting Raw Deal In 'Sweatshop' Claim
November 23rd, 2007 12:20 AM
The New York Times reports that the man behind the claim that crosses and crucifixes are made under "horrific sweatshop conditions" in China admits that his information is "sketchy" and "anecdotal." Charles Kernaghan is the head of the National Labor Committee (NLC), a well-known organization that has challenged the working conditions under which companies like GAP have manufactured their clothes…
Krugman Shows Why Liberals Think Economy Is Lousy
November 21st, 2007 5:40 PM
For years one of the great unanswered questions along Main and Wall streets has been why, in the midst of 24 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted growth, polls have regularly found Americans sour about the economy. On Tuesday, a battle between the New York Times liberal economics columnist Paul Krugman and WOR radio's Steve Malzberg offered a clue. In fact, after 16 minutes of sparring on…
NYT Hopes For SCOTUS Gun Grab
November 21st, 2007 10:03 AM
The "paper of record" once again makes like a broken record with another prosaic call to take away guns from the average American. The New York Times again displays its complete disregard of the Constitution in an editorial titled, "The Court and the Second Amendment", claiming our founding law is out of date and doesn't "confront modern-day reality." In another editorial filled with extreme…
'Morning Joe': Yeah-Butting The Good News From Iraq
November 21st, 2007 8:22 AM
David Shuster and Mika Brzezinski demonstrated on today's "Morning Joe" that there's no good-news Iraqi lemon they can't press into bad-news lemonade. View video here.Thanksgiving is a time for reconciliation, so let's show some sympathy for our liberal media friends. It's been a tough 24 hours for them. Yesterday, articles appeared in the New York Times and LA Times reporting the dramatically…
Tom DeLay Wants to ‘Slap’ NYT’s Paul Krugman
November 20th, 2007 8:06 PM
Don't you love it when you find out that leading political figures in America think just like you? Before you answer, consider a recent comment made by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay about the New York Times "economic" columnist Paul Krugman.Due to language that might offend some, the actual quote comes after the break. However, let's just say that as reported by the Washington Examiner'…