AP, Other Outlets Push 'Blue Wave' Narrative After Another Dem Loss

Tom Blumer
April 25th, 2018 7:48 PM
At the Associated Press, Politico ("the latest evidence that Republicans face a punishing midterm environment"), USA Today (where Nancy Pelosi was reportedly "thrilled"), and elsewhere, the establishment press once again attempted to create "blue wave" solace for Democrats after a House special-election loss. This time it was Arizona's 8th Congressional District, where Republican Debbie Lesko…
 

WaPo Punked by Berkeley Warmist Posing as Skeptic

Tom Blumer
October 23rd, 2011 5:09 PM
Yesterday, in what appears to have been a not particularly sweat-breaking research enterprise, blogger Don Surber at the Charleston Daily Mail demonstrated that the Richard Muller, a Berkley scientist who the Washington Post's Brad Plumer declared to be a "cliimate skeptic," has been a believer in human-caused global warming -- since the 1980s. Muller convinced Plumer that as a result of…
 

Armed Israeli Guards Thwart Pirate Attack on Cruise Ship, BBC Glosses

Ken Shepherd
April 26th, 2009 4:51 PM
On Saturday, an Italian cruise liner was attacked by Somali pirates. The would-be hijackers, however, were repelled by the ship's private armed security detail, which hails from Israel.Well, today blogger Don Surber noted how the BBC is leaving out the nationality of the security crew by inaccurately attributing the "crew" of the Melody with fending off the attack. Far from being an insignificant…
 

WaPo Stifles Yawn at News of Falling Casualty Rates in Iraq

Ken Shepherd
October 31st, 2007 1:24 PM