What Time of Year Is It? (Part
December 23rd, 2006 2:39 PM
Last year, I sensed that journalists in general prefer to call this time of the year in commerce that of "holiday shopping" instead of "Christmas shopping," but that when it came to people losing their jobs, they preferred to describe layoffs as relating to "Christmas."My instincts were proven correct, as you can see below from the results of three different sets of Google News searches in…
CNN Disguises Left-Wing Activist as Everyday Mom
December 21st, 2006 12:54 PM
On Thursday’s "American Morning," CNN correspondent Dan Lothian reported on the controversy over a new Christian video game that, according to co-host Soledad O'Brien, "critics say" encourages "hate and religious intolerance." Who are these critics? Well, if you believe CNN, they are simply parents and concerned citizens. In reality, the experts are actually committed left-wing activists. The…
MRC/NB's Graham on Cavuto About Time Mag's Skewed 'People Who Mattered
December 20th, 2006 5:02 PM
Just before 4:30pm EST today (December 20), Tim Graham, Senior Editor of NewsBusters and Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, was a guest on the Fox News Channel's Your World with Neil Cavuto. Topic: Time magazine's "People Who Mattered" in 2006 profiles in the December 25/January 1 issue. Amongst those on the list, Katie Couric and Al Gore, whom Time touted: “For His Second…
MRC Study: On Day Zarqawi Died, CNN And MSNBC Focused on The Negative
December 20th, 2006 5:01 PM
Now that times are difficult in Iraq, it’s easy for the media to claim they are simply reporting the bad news that is obvious to everyone. But how did networks such as CNN and MSNBC report more positive events? According to a new study by the MRC, overall, Fox News generated the most balanced coverage of news on the ground, while the other two cable networks consistently emphasized negative…
Why Has AP Revised November 28 'Burning Six' Story
December 19th, 2006 3:42 PM
Curt at Flopping Aces notes that the Associated Press has quietly changed the copy of their November 28 response to questions about the "burning six" story. And the Google cached version apparently has been changed, as well. The AP angrily rejected criticism of its story about six Sunni men being dragged from prayer and burned alive after CENTCOM, the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior, and bloggers…
We Print All Names (of people we don't agree with
December 19th, 2006 12:46 PM
Jeff Martin sets up his defense of, again, printing the names of lawful concealed weapons permit holders by revisiting a previous time in which he did the exact same thing. He justifies it by noting that someone who went on to win a Puleftist prize was involved. He claims: Every day, it seems, Jim or Jayne or I take a call from someone who wants something kept out of the newspaper. It's usually a…
Yeah, Right -- NY Times Staffer Blogs on Hillary's 'Surprise Visit
December 19th, 2006 6:53 AM
The New York Times ran a small blog burst on Hillary Clinton after she made a "surprise visit" to Hunter College yesterday morning. The bloggy kiss up features a soggy picture of a somber looking Mrs. Clinton who appears to be transfixed in deep thought behind a lonely podium. As if the staged picture isn’t stomach churning enough, the staff blogger breathlessly penned the following in…
Time's '15 Citizens of the Digital Democracy' Is Missing One Big Name
December 17th, 2006 12:53 PM
Why isn't Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs, who first broke the "fauxtography" scandal out of Lebanon, among Time's "digital democracy" change agents?After looking at the weak collection of candidates available to vote for as Time's Person of the Year last week (based on what they did in 2006, which wasn't much), I wrote:Perhaps YouTube, online forums, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and online…
