B-I-A-S: Media Largely Ignore Spelling Bee Champ's Homeschooled Status
June 1st, 2007 12:35 PM
(14:50 EDT) Video of Tim Russert misspelling "Iraq" at bottom of post.When California homeschooler Evan O’Dorney, 13, won the National
Spelling Bee on Thursday night, the nation’s press reacted with a yawn.Instead
of focusing on the winner, The New York Times ran a story about an
immigrant from India who lost in the second round of the competition.
That boy, Kunal Sah, 12, who is living in Utah…
C-SPAN Featured Film about Leftist and PC Indoctrination in US Higher
May 19th, 2007 6:55 AM
The “Weekly Standard” profiled libertarian-leaning conservative and political commentator turned documentarian Evan Coyne Maloney, whose new documentary about the leftist ideological indoctrination and pervasive political correctness in the US higher education system is called “Indoctrinate U”. Saturday May 19, CSPAN ran a segment about his film on the network’s “Washington Journal”, but CSPAN…
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…
Former Clinton Adviser Stephanopoulos Shills for Hillary as He Grills
May 6th, 2007 1:28 PM
Former Clinton adviser and current “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos mercilessly grilled Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards Sunday on a number of issues, including his numerous flip-flops when he was a U.S. senator.At first glance, one would think that Stephanopoulos must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed, or, given that there was a Republican presidential debate…
Journalism Dept. Attacks Bill O'Reilly, Compares Him to Nazi Sympathiz
May 2nd, 2007 4:43 PM
Many conservatives don't like Bill O'Reilly. He's an advocate for gun control, amnesty for illegal immigrants, believes in global warming, etc. Still, you have to respect the fact that an entire journalism department just created a "study" which accuses him of being the most vile type of propagandist, going so far as to compare him to a Nazi sympathizer.You'd think that the Indiana University…
Toledo Blade Columnist: 'Special Squads of Police' Should Disarm Ameri
April 27th, 2007 11:21 AM
Since the VT shootings in Blacksburg, Virginia, we have seen all manner of wild-eyed, anti-gunners come out of the woodwork to cynically use this crime as a chance to beat their gun grabbing drums. But, proposing that we send government Stormtroopers to smash down the doors of every home with a gun in it to confiscate their Constitutionally legal firearms is a step I haven't seen in a purportedly…