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Is Live Earth’s Fizzle Beginning of the End of Global Warming Alarmi
July 9th, 2007 11:03 AM
The reviews are in for Saturday’s international effort to save the planet from global warming, and the news isn’t good for folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore and his band of not so merry sycophants.From boring acts, to poor attendance, and folks actually leaving early out of sheer frustration, the concerts appear to have failed miserably.Is this a sign that Al Gore is as poor an event planner as…
Media Promote Al Qaeda Propaganda, Spinning Fake Beheading Story
June 30th, 2007 12:09 PM
Remember when you were a kid and got caught telling a lie, but your excuse was that a pal "made you do it" and it was so hard to tell the truth anyway because of this reason or that? It didn't matter to your parents then, did it? Well, here we have Reuters revealing that they fell for a false story about 20 beheaded Iraqis that was planted by insurgents, but do they just admit it and take…
Tom Cruise Banned From Filming at German Military Sites Due to Sciento
June 26th, 2007 10:17 AM
By now you should know the drill concerning potables, combustibles, and sharp objects…American heartthrob Tom Cruise has been prevented from filming scenes to a new movie about the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at German military sites due to the actor’s connection with Scientology.I kid you not.As reported by Reuters Monday (emphasis added throughout):
Yahoo Rigged Bush Headline While Reuters Set Up Kyoto Strawman
June 8th, 2007 9:47 PM
More headline editorializing, this time on Yahoo. A June 5 Reuters article titled, “Bush bashes Putin on democracy on eve of G8 summit” sounds like Bush attacked Russian president Vladimir Putin, but the body of the article clearly did not support that view.
The headline told a very different story than the article. Editors not reporters are generally responsible for headlines, and they can…
Bush Derangement Syndrome at LA Times: G-8’s Kyoto Failures All Bush
June 6th, 2007 3:37 PM
As people who are following the G-8 summit in Germany are well aware, it is highly doubtful that any meaningful accord will be reached at this meeting concerning CO2 emissions. In fact, reports out of Europe and Asia for many weeks leading up to this event have made this eventuality quite clear.Yet, this didn’t prevent the Los Angeles Times’ Ron Brownstein for blaming the lack of such an…
Reuters: ‘Global Warming May Be Good For Greenland
June 5th, 2007 12:39 PM
For the second time in four days – oddly occurring coincident with a G-8 summit being held in Germany to address climate change – a major news organization has published an article extolling the benefits of global warming.In fact, Reuters not only followed the Associated Press’ lead as reported by NewsBusters Monday, but did them one better.In a piece entitled “Global Warming May Be Good For…
Old Media Roadmap: Stories on the Environment Can Reveal Truth about t
May 27th, 2007 11:46 AM
Readers rarely get the truth about the US economy's performance from Old Media business reporters without having to sift through a litany of "yeah, buts" and "what ifs" designed to water down anything that might make the Bush economy appear successful. But if you look hard enough, you sometimes stumble across stories in other areas that indicate how things really are.
Stories on the environment…