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ABC Fails to Note Bush-Bashing “Constitutional Scholar” Writes for
Without identifying David Cole as the “legal affairs correspondent” for the far-left magazine The Nation, Friday’s World News Tonight on ABC featured his denigration of the probe into who leaked the secret eavesdropping story to the New York Times and his expert declaration that “the President of the United States violated a clear criminal prohibition on warrantless wiretapping.” Reporter Pierre…
ABC's Bogus "Pope Joan" Story Also Hocked Debunked "Rule of Thumb" Myt
The bogus story of "Pope Joan" was not the only fiction that ABC and Diane Sawyer tried to hustle on the American public in last night's Primetime (Thursday December 29, 2005). In trying to convey the environment of ninth-century Europe, host Diane Sawyer and a guest, Donna Cross (author of Pope Joan), promulgated the debunked feminist myth that the phrase "rule of thumb" originated from a…
Red Shirt Repents
The Chairman Mao book requesting student speaks out to the public through the duped newspaper that is valiantly protecting his fragile identity. "The fact is that my being panicked about this hole (sic) event led me to unfortunately prop up my story (i.e., fabricate it), for that I have to apologize to you and to my professors. I have spoken to my family about the whole issue and the fact is that…
CNN's Miles O'Brien Jokes: Invade Nebraska
Closing out a slow news week on CNN’s American Morning today, anchor Miles O’Brien couldn’t resist taking a potshot at the Iraq war. O’Brien was discussing singer Willie Nelson’s brand of alternative fuel, "BioWillie," with co-host Carol Costello shortly before 6:30 am. Costello noted that Nelson views his product as an anti-war statement, "He says, why not grow--grow our own fuel, instead of…
Bias by Omission: The Top 8 Media Mulligans of
"Mulligan - A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee." - The American Heritage DictionaryA Mulligan is where you act like what just happened didn't really happen even though everyone really knows what really happened. The following, in my opinion, are the 8 worst…