Regional Media
Ohio's Governor Speaks at CAIR Banquet; Ohio’s Press Snoozes
June 19th, 2007 10:11 AM
Ohio's press must have been forced into rationing newsprint and bandwidth during the past couple of days.
I can't otherwise explain how the Toledo Blade, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton Daily News (news; blogs), and especially the Columbus Dispatch, have thus far carried no coverage of this Ted Strickland appearance on Sunday:
Monday, June 18, 2007
OHIO GOVERNOR SPEAKS AT…
Dave Barry: A Dangerous Man at Marquette
June 16th, 2007 10:10 AM
Fred Thompson's latest ABC column comments on a situation that would be funny if it weren't so sad:
..... One of the strangest examples (of "political correctness has crept into the halls of academia") comes from Marquette University in Wisconsin -- where a Dave Barry quip was banned. Last fall, Ph.D. student Stuart Ditsler printed out a short blurb from one of Barry's humor columns and stuck…
Food Stamp Follies Mostly Continue, As Does Old Media's Gullible Cover
June 8th, 2007 8:02 AM
Give Food Stamp Challenge organizers in Michigan and New Haven, Connecticut some credit.
We'll probably never know whether they figured it out on their own, or perhaps read of other organizers' errors when they were pointed out by syndicated columnist Mona Charen and by yours truly (at NewsBusters here and here; at BizzyBlog here and here). But unlike their comrades in most other cities and…
Canadian Journalists Criticized Michael Moore's Portrayal of Canada's
May 21st, 2007 5:03 PM
Canadians are mad as heck, and this time, they’re not going to take it. Michael Moore went too far to be ignored, which meant that a Canuck really gave him “what for” in the form of a polite but pointed recap of a heated press conference on Saturday for the premiere of “Sicko,” Moore’s one-sided US health-care hit job, which debuted at Cannes Film Festival . May 20, Toronto Star entertainment…
Tufts Not Fan of Free Speech, Calls Facts about Islam 'Harassment' and
May 14th, 2007 4:36 AM
The Volokh Conspiracy reported that yet another college has cracked down on a conservative student paper. The Primary Source, published a fake ad called “Islam-- Arabic Translation: Submission.” It satirized the events of an upcoming Islamic Awareness Week which quoted verses from the Koran and included unpleasant but true statements about Islam and ended with the statement, "If you are a…
WashPost Biz Page Runs Cartoon Pushing Gas Gouging Meme
May 13th, 2007 5:10 PM
A cartoon in the May 13 "Sunday Briefing" on page F2 of the Washington Post furthered a left-wing talking point against "Big Oil" that a comprehensive study by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) debunked last year: that oil companies artificially manipulate gas prices by squeezing supply.A cartoon from the Newark Star-Ledger's Drew Sheneman depicts a man fueling his car asking a cigar-smoking "…
Two Food Stamp Follies: Oregon Governor's Publicity Stunt, and the Rep
April 28th, 2007 6:33 PM
Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski got lots of attention earlier this week as he tried to show us how allegedly inadequate the Food Stamp program is (bold is mine):
Ore. gov. starts week on food stamps
By Julia Silverman, Associated Press Writer | April 25, 2007
SALEM, Ore. --If Gov. Ted Kulongoski seems a little sluggish this week, he's got an excuse: he couldn't afford coffee.
In fact, the…
Media Ignore Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Death Threats, But Focus on Al Sharpton
April 23rd, 2007 7:39 PM
UPDATE I and II AT BOTTOM OF POST:Two figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Al Sharpton, were recently targeted with a death threat, but the media treated them very differently. An article by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that when the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown booked Hirsi Ali to speak, along with other Islamic leaders, a Johnstown Imam “tried to block" her from speaking and thinks…
