Minneapolis ABC Station Denies Pro-Iraq War Ad, Loves Anti-Iraq War Ne
February 22nd, 2006 10:21 AM
When Progress for America tried to air a commercial with Minnesota veterans defending U.S. war policy in Iraq, they soon found their money was no good at KSTP - Channel 5. What was the offending remark in the ad that caused this censorship? The message contains the idea "That the media only reports the bad news" and "you would never know it from the news reports, but the enemy in Iraq is al…
Rush Is Right
February 20th, 2006 1:58 PM
Staff Writer Ted Vaden of the News & Observer hits Rush Limbaugh for reading a "satirical" article about the Dick Cheney shooting. The crux of the argument is that everyone should have known that the article was satirical. Have a look at the article in question for yourself. Do you see "Satire" at the top? Is there a disclosure to note that fake news follows? Limbaugh read about half the…
Limbaugh Error Worthy of an AP Story
February 17th, 2006 10:56 PM
The Associated Press issued a somewhat peculiar story this afternoon. The story? Rush Limbaugh made an error. Yup. Rush apparently mistook the fact that Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a white man and not black, as he had announced on the air. According to the story, Limbaugh received e-mails from listeners correcting him. "Uh, Sherrod Brown's a white guy? Then I'm confusing him with somebody. OK, I…
Thomas Claims She Was Never Accused of Being Unfair
February 16th, 2006 2:45 PM
The White House press corps is completely fair to Republicans and not only that Helen Thomas was "never, never" accused of being biased while she was a reporter.That at least seems to be the view from the fishbowl of the veteran reporter-turned-columnist who sounded off in a highly contentious interview yesterday with radio host Hugh Hewitt. (Transcript and audio available at Radio Blogger.)"I…
