MRC Press Release Concerning Media Boycott of Al Qaeda Torture Manual
May 31st, 2007 12:46 PM
On May 24, a NewsBusters’ headline asked, “Will Media Report Al Qaeda Torture Manual With Same Zeal as Abu Ghraib?”Now, a week later, a press release from the Media Research Center answered the question:To their credit, CNN and Fox News Channel ran stories on the declassified material. Yet nine days since the material was released, neither ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times nor The Washington Post…
WashPost Pushes Feminist Complaints, Puffs Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Late
May 30th, 2007 12:02 PM
Update posted below w/link to NRO's Bench Memos.
"Over Ginsburg's Dissent, Court Limits Bias Suits," blared the May 30 front page headline by the Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Robert Barnes. While the 5-4 ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
hinged on a plain and simple application of a 1964 federal law, Barnes
front-loaded his article with the dissent of liberal…
WashPost Slams Archbishop, Distorts Catholic Teaching
May 29th, 2007 5:32 PM
It never ceases to amaze me to see how ignorant The Washington Post is about Catholic teaching---the latest example being staff writer Peter Slevin's liberally biased slam against Abp. Raymond Burke on p. A2 of the May 29 edition. The ignorance (or anti-Catholicism?) is clear in the very first sentence, which is false, in the first paragraph. "When it comes to expressing his views of church…
Sheehan's Democrat Party Exit Ignored: Are Media Antiwar or Just Anti
May 28th, 2007 1:44 PM
It’s been a full 48 hours since antiwar icon Cindy Sheehan publicly announced that she was leaving the Democrat Party due to Thursday’s bipartisan agreement on an Iraq war funding bill.Yet, Google News and LexisNexis searches have identified that not one major media outlet has covered her announcement.Not one.Given the media’s fascination with this woman since she traveled to Crawford, Texas, in…
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…
WashPost Stirred Up Green-Zone Food Crisis Using Questionable Memo
May 27th, 2007 5:16 AM
Update from Baghdad at bottom 14:17: EST:Update II 05/28 13:45 EST:May 24, the Washington Post wrote an article describing a “theater-wide delay in food shortage," “especially for (f)resh fruits and salad bar items” which quoted a “memo” reportedly issued by an official Green-Zone organization. It is identical in wording to a “memo” posted on a blog belonging to harsh anti-war critic and former…
