AP Does a Reuters: Saint Obama in a Halo
My colleague Warner Todd Huston was first to report the wire service Reuters publishing a picture of a saintly Barack Obama surrounded by a halo.Now, the Associated Press has gotten into the act (h/t NBer Roger the Shrubber):
MSM Yawn at 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed from Iraq
Reuters has the story, as does the New York Times and the Associated Press (see below fold) but this is not exactly burning up the cable news networks today:BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government has removed 550 tonnes of natural uranium left over from Saddam Hussein's era and sold it to a Canadian company, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.The uranium, called yellowcake, had been stored in…
Media Darling Warren Buffett Decries Obama’s Windfall Profits Tax
In the past when Warren Buffett has spoken out the "super rich" needing to pay a higher tax rate, the media have hung on his every word. But, now that he has spoken out against a windfall profits tax on oil, will they notice? Buffett said he disapproved of the windfall profits taxes in an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick on "Power Lunch" on June 25. "I think it is very hard to have windfall…
Reuters: Accuses US of Being Against the Rule of Law
It looks like Reuters is trying to say that the United States stands against the rule of law with their latest piece on a recent ruling from the so-called World Court -- the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ wants the U.S. to vacate the death penalty sentences of several Mexican nationals that sit on death row in prisons in several states and Reuters is shaking its finger at the nasty…
CBS Blames Corn Prices on Floods, but Ignores Ethanol Mandates
U.S. corn futures topped out at record highs on June 11 on the news that the impact of flooding in the Midwest would hurt this year's corn crop, but the June 11 "CBS Evening News" left out one significant detail in its reporting about the crisis. "[A]gricultural disaster aid has been requested for Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan," CBS correspondent Cynthia Bowers said on the June 11 "…
Israel 'Threatens Iran,' Says BBC, But What About Iran’s Threats
Exactly who “threatens” whom? One of Friday’s headlines on the BBC’s Web site proposes “Israeli minister threatens Iran,” relating how Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz says an attack will be inevitable unless Iran ends its nuclear experiments: “If Iran continues with its programme for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective."Earlier this week,…
CNBC Analyst Blames Israeli Minister’s Comments for Oil Price Spike
Today's dramatic $6-a-barrel spike in oil has been blamed on a couple of factors - a forecast by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) claiming oil would hit $150 a barrel by July and a weakening dollar off news unemployment increased half a percent for the month of May. But CNBC contributor John Kilduff, who is also the vice president of risk management for MF Global (NYSE:MF), told viewers on the June 6…
Reuters Gives Us Another Christ-like Obama Photo
Take a gander at this one... Reuters gives us another Obama photo in a seeming Christ-like pose, halo surrounding him. They just can't resist it, can they? No, they aren't in the tank, eh?
Weekend Captionfest
Sen. Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign event at the University of Miami, Florida May 21, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Actress Dern: 'Loved' Making Katherine Harris Look 'Clueless' in HBO F
It's not often that a denizen of Hollywood is so crass as to admit that they enjoyed using their film work as a bludgeon with which to beat up a living person, but Reuters is reporting that the folks that made the upcoming HBO film "Recount" -- and actress Laura Dern in particular -- really relished making at least one person look like an idiot. Apparently Dern really enjoyed skewering Katherine…
Reuters: Dem Presidential Campaign Leads U.N. to Investigate Racism in
Imagine for a moment the race card had been used during the Republican presidential nomination process, and the United Nations was sending an envoy to investigate racism in America. Do you think the media would report it?Probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week until every person in the country had heard about it, right?Well, the U.N. announced on Friday that it is sending its "Special…
Nonsense 'Survey' Says Americans 'Struggling in Life
How about I ask you if you "feel" like you make enough money each year? Let's say you make $48,000 a year, OK? (That's the median household income in the US) You'll likely tell me, then that you "feel" you need more. Now, from this, can I conclude that you are "struggling in life" as a citizen of the USA? Not if you use actual data instead of "feelings" to determine what "struggling" means and…
