The Battle for Obama's Space

Barack Obama's campaign has gotten itself into a bit of trouble over a Myspace profile. Not just any Myspace profile, however:For the past two and a half years, the page has been run by an Obama supporter from Los Angeles named Joe Anthony. At first, that arrangement was fine with the Obama team, which worked with Anthony on the content and even had the password to make changes themselves.But as…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Glenn Beck’s ‘Climate of Fear’ Attacks Global Warming Alarmists

If you missed it last night, Glenn Beck’s skeptical program about anthropogenic global warming, “Exposed: The Climate of Fear,” aired on CNN Headline News. In it, Beck skewered many of the misnomers advanced by global warming alarmists, especially soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore (full transcript available here).   Video (3:05): Real (2.28 MB) or Windows (1.90 MB), plus MP3 (2.83 MB). One…
Noel Sheppard
 

Finnish Police Will Question Blogger Under 'Incitement Against Groups

 Over the past few days, Gates of Vienna discussed a very troubling story about Finnish blogger Mikko Ellila, “who has been summoned by the police for a hearing next week, all because of the content of his blog posts.” Mikko posts in Finnish but contacted several people in English about this, such as the Australian blogger Prodos, who owns the site that hosts the potentially criminal blog.  Mikko…
Lynn Davidson
 

The Truth Hurts Mainstream Media

The liberal leadership of the leftist media, Columbia Journalism Review, cries because of the column they landed on in some Army person's Powerpoint slide deck. The context, that this is just someone's Powerpoint, is conveniently left out of CJR's complaint. It looks like it's official: the United States Army thinks that American reporters are a threat to national security... Make no mistake,…
Mithridate Ombud
 

A Crowd That Likes Bush? NYT Is Stunned

Clay Waters
 

CBS Praises Wonder Drug, Leaves Out Who Makes It

Julia A. Seymour
 

Virgin Airlines Pockets 'Loose Change' After Talk Show, Blog Buzz

Yesterday, NewsBusters executive editor Matthew Sheffield passed along how bloggers had picked up on Virgin Airlines screening the 9/11 conspiracy documentary "Loose Change" as an in-flight movie selection.Ace notes the development here. Ericka Andersen of Human Events and Bryan of Hot Air also covered the story.Thanks to radio host Andrew Wilkow's Sirius radio program, Virgin has decided to…
Ken Shepherd
 

ABC and CBS Give No Credit to Novartis

Evening broadcasts praise 'promising' drug for osteoporosis without naming the manufacturer.
Julia A. Seymour
 

GMA’s Sawyer to McGreevey Wife: Doesn’t Anyone Feel Sorry for Him

Scott Whitlock
 

CBS Producer Praises Speech Attacking 'Fear'-based 'American Foreign P

Ken Shepherd
 

ABC's '20/20' Getting Cold Feet About Hot Sex in DC

Tim Graham
 

Power of Media: Many Potential Padilla Jurors Unsure Who Caused

Oftentimes, a journalist will defend his/her industry with the claim that people are not influenced by the media. This is true for some things--things that a person has direct knowledge about--but not for other things such as the national economy, events in other countries, and many others. On these issues, a person trusts the media they follow. You think what your media diet is in other words.…
Matthew Sheffield
 

LAT Warns of Disaster Following Forced Withdrawal

Matthew Sheffield
 

Media Finally Realize Higher Gas Prices Aren’t President Bush’s Fa

For several years as oil and gas prices have exploded, a frequent media commentary has been to blame the problem on President Bush. Either he didn’t do enough to stop a hurricane from hitting New Orleans, or it’s due to the war in Iraq, or he should talk to Iran, or it’s due to Cheney’s having run Halliburton – whatever the specious connection, the White House has been routinely at fault.Yet,…
Noel Sheppard