C-SPAN Featured Film about Leftist and PC Indoctrination in US Higher
May 19th, 2007 6:55 AM
The “Weekly Standard” profiled libertarian-leaning conservative and political commentator turned documentarian Evan Coyne Maloney, whose new documentary about the leftist ideological indoctrination and pervasive political correctness in the US higher education system is called “Indoctrinate U”. Saturday May 19, CSPAN ran a segment about his film on the network’s “Washington Journal”, but CSPAN…
Female Surgeon to CBS: Brinkley Wrong on Falwell View of Women
May 17th, 2007 3:20 PM
CBS News producer/blogger Greg Kandra opened the e-mailbag today to relay to "Couric & Co." readers some negative reaction to the network's coverage of Rev. Jerry Falwell's death. In particular, Kandra quoted from a female Liberty University graduate and vascular surgeon who took issue with historian/guest pundit Douglas Brinkley's assessment of Falwell's views on women. In an appearance on…
Time's Cox Guffaws at Romney Gaffes, Ignores Obama's '10,000 People Di
May 17th, 2007 1:18 PM
Time.com Washington Editor Ana Marie Cox directed "Swampland" blog readers to a compendium of Mitt Romney gaffes in a post entitled "Gaffe-a-Minute Mitt," calling it "The missing sidebar to Karen's cover story on the Mittster." Cox was referring to Karen Tumulty's May 10 article, "What Romney Believes."The link takes the reader to a Cox-compiled "top ten" list of the former Massachusetts…
Wonkette Posts 'Comically Vandalized' Falwell Wikipedia Page
May 16th, 2007 4:27 PM
Update/Related (16:44 | May 17) P.J. Gladnick of "DUmmie FUnnies" (also an NB blogger) has a blog entry about Democratic Underground worrying about commenter bile over Falwell damaging their "cause."Update (10:14 EDT | May 17): WikipediaReview.com picked up on this post. The discussion board's slogan: "Now with 100 percent better judgment, care, and sensitivity than Wikipedia itself." Check them…
Military BansYouTube, MySpace, MTV and Other High-Trafficked Sites
May 15th, 2007 6:28 PM
Updates at bottom: I want my MTV! Somewhere a soldier or sailor in Iraq or Afghanistan is probably thinking that today. According to the AP, on May 14, the Department of Defense blocked “worldwide” the US troops who use its networks and computers from accessing 12 popular websites that include, YouTube, MTV, MySpace, Blackplanet and Photobucket. The Defense Deparmene which the DoD said“take up a…
Anti-Bush General John Batiste Dismissed from CBS News
May 11th, 2007 2:54 PM
Updates at bottom of post.The CBSNews.com blog "Public Eye" reported today that a retired general who has appeared in anti-Bush TV ads has been dismissed as a CBS News military analyst due to his political activism. Yet the CBS executive who defended the move seemed to almost blame CBS's at-home audience for the personnel decision.Maj. Gen. John Batiste (US Army, Retired) may still be quoted on…
CBS Blogger Fails (Again) to Push CBS Execs on Fired Producer's Name
May 10th, 2007 12:37 PM
CBS's "Public Eye" editor Brian Montopoli punted yet another golden opportunity to press a CBS News executive (Linda Mason pictured at right*) on why the network won't name the producer it fired in early April for plagiarizing a Wall Street Journal column. You will recall that the New York Sun reported on April 12 that Melissa McNamara, who also edited CBSNews.com's "Blogophile" blog, was fired…
