CBS PublicEye Blogger: Alfonsi Wasn't Biased Enough
January 17th, 2007 4:19 PM
She practically blamed Mel Gibson* for why diet supplements are not regulated as drugs by the FDA and attempted to scare viewers with the extreme case of a woman's nose falling off, but Sharyn Alfonsi's hit pieces on nutrition supplement makers weren't biased enough for CBS's in-house blogger-cum-media critic Brian Montopoli.: "The real problem is that any topical product such as the one…
Liberal Blogs Attack Conservative Radio Station
January 15th, 2007 2:12 AM
Those not fortunate enough to live in the San Francisco Bay Area might find it hard to believe that this liberal community sports an extremely conservative radio station. Conceivably less shocking is that in recent weeks, it has come under attack from liberal bloggers unhappy with its content.For those unfamiliar, KSFO is a Northern California broadcaster of radio programs hosted by Rush Limbaugh…
Sen. Dick Durbin Asks Daily Kos Members to Help Set the Senate’s Age
January 10th, 2007 11:16 AM
Assume for a second that a high-ranking Republican member of Congress published an article at a popular conservative website like National Review Online, Rush Limbaugh.com, or even NewsBusters asking readers for their opinions on the major issues of the day. Think this would generate some outrage from the liberal media?Well, Tuesday morning, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), the new Majority Whip,…
Coverage of Voter ID Law Court Cases Depends on Result
January 7th, 2007 10:24 AM
Last week, a Federal Appeals Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law (HT Volokh):
Appeals court upholds voter ID law
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls is not too burdensome, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Thursday in a 2-1 ruling that upholds the 2005 law.
..... The 7th U.S. Circuit Court questioned arguments that…
CNN.com Home Page Photo Gives Saddam the 'Deceased Statesman' Look
December 29th, 2006 11:10 PM
Words fail (direct image link):Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
What's Up with Google News and Centcom.mil's Access to It
December 9th, 2006 4:50 PM
ANSWER: Nothing satisfactory, as far as the company is concerned. Google has responded, but generically, and poorly. Meanwhile, press releases that verge on being pure pap are routinely displayed in Google News results.
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Background: This post is the latest relating to attempts that began here to get to the bottom of why all but a very small portion of news…
MSNBC Kicks Off Iraq Study Group Debate With Push Poll
December 6th, 2006 2:35 PM
The ink is barely dry on the Iraq Study Group's report and the mainstream media has already decided that the "bipartisan consensus" is gospel. Just in case any neanderthals who might question this august group haven't gotten the message, MSNBC has created a stunningly blatant online push poll to get them in line.
Early Christmas Presents From Daily Kos
November 27th, 2006 9:27 AM
Christmas came early to the Sheppard residence this year. A Daily Kos diarist wrote a blog post on the day before Thanksgiving about some articles I penned over the summer. This precipitated a flood of glorious tidings to my inbox from strangers across the fruited plain the entire holiday weekend. We Diss You a Merry ChristmasCertainly, one of the greatest honors bestowed upon a writer is to be…