Sacramento Bee Asks: Is Not Mentioning Race of Crime Suspects too PC
September 25th, 2007 5:28 AM
Now, here we have a very interesting debate about journalism, racism, crime and the new media on the internet. The Sacramento Bee has been forced to revisit a long standing, 15-year-old policy this week. It seems that for years the Bee has, for the most part, avoided mentioning the race of a suspected criminal in their crime coverage. They claimed that they only mentioned race when the story was…
Flashback: In 1980, Future CNN Chief Baffled by Push for Tax Cuts
September 25th, 2007 1:00 AM
Reading Bob Novak's new book about his years as a Washington reporter, I came across his recollection about how back in 1980, when marginal income tax rates stood at 70 percent, political reporters considered it bizarre that then-candidate Ronald Reagan supported the Kemp-Roth plan to reduce income taxes by 30 percent. On page 357 of 'The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington' (…
Chicago Columnist: Tobacco 'Kills' But Abortion Only 'Legal
September 24th, 2007 10:12 AM
A columnist from a Chicago suburban paper has equated smoking to abortion in order to explain away her support of an abortion mill struggling to open in Aurora, Illinois. Saying that since smoking is legal, and it “kills” people, why shouldn't abortion be legal, we find her reasoning is strained and absurd. If there’s a more ridiculous comparison out there, I'd like to see it. Following her…
Profane College Newspaper Editor Doesn't Understand Free Speech
September 22nd, 2007 4:58 PM
Here we go again with a so-called freedom of speech claim of a bunch of low-class, petulant children playing at being real "journalists" in one of our state funded Universities. This time it's the little fellas at The Rocky Mountain Collegian, the school paper of Colorado State University, who are hiding behind a real right and using it as cover to realize their 15 minutes of fame. These anti-…
Reuters Misleads About Bush Saying 'Mandela's Dead
September 21st, 2007 3:26 PM
This one takes the cake as today, Reuters is trying to manufacture a controversy. Apparently Reuters doesn't understand the concept of "context" because they're idiotically claiming that in his Thursday press conference Bush said that Nelson Mandela is dead. Calling what Bush said "an embarrassing gaffe," Reuters took Bush's words out of context to make it seem as if Bush was talking about…
Media Ignores Unconstitutionality of Giving D.C. Representation
September 19th, 2007 4:51 PM
When the left-wing media wants something, the Constitution apparently becomes irrelevant. Take the latest attempt by Congress to give congressional representation to the District of Columbia, which fell three votes short of moving to a full Senate vote Tuesday.Check the establishment media, and you'll have no trouble finding stories decrying the plight of the taxed, but unrepresented, citizens of…
Media Give Planned Parenthood Pass for Lying to City Re Abortion Clini
September 18th, 2007 11:13 AM
Hiding behind a fake company name, Planned Parenthood came into Aurora, Illinois, a suburban Chicago neighborhood, and built an abortion clinic without telling the city of Aurora that it was to be an abortion clinic. Yet, all the news about this story is centering on the pro-abortion/pro-life debate instead of Planned Parenthood's lies. This story has been going on for a few days in Aurora,…