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Opie Gets Ugly
Movie watchers are going to think large chunks of Ron Howard's Angels and Demons are actual human history, and the trailer has no disclaimer about how this scientist-murdering-church narrative is pure fantasy.
NYT Publishes Misleading Article About 'Pragmatic Views' of 'Law Profe
If you had read a newspaper article about Colonel Harlan Sanders which left the impression that he really held that rank in the military without mentioning that it was strictly an honorary title from the state of Kentucky, wouldn't you consider the story to be misleading? Well, that is pretty much what Jodi Kantor did in her New York Times story about "law professor" Barack Obama starting with…
CBS News Exec Kaplan: Republicans Have to Admit Obama's First 100 Days
Today's Washington Post Web site carries the Associated Press story "Who's Watching News Scorecards on Obama?" Written by David Bauder, the piece begins by reporting:As President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms.…
Scarborough: Today's GOP is Not Too Conservative It's Too Radical
In the wake of back to back disappointments the past two elections, as well as Arlen Specter's recent defection to the Democrat Party, liberal media members -- and even some not-so liberal media members -- have been blaming the GOP's supposed demise on Republicans being too conservative.On Sunday's "Meet the Press," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough took issue with this popular yet obviously debatable…
Ingraham and Morano Expose Gore's Global Warming Profit Motive
For several years NewsBusters has been informing readers of Nobel Laureate Al Gore's profit motive as it pertains to his advancement of global warming hysteria. This included the presentation of a video of the former Vice President disclosing in March 2008 what investments he's personally made in companies that will benefit from any legislation designed to curb carbon dioxide emissions.This…
Ed Schultz Guest Sen. Stabenow Touts Need for '9/12 Commission
It's official -- Bush and Cheney are as evil as al Qaeda. Or so Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat, wants you to believe.Chrysler just declared bankruptcy and GM may follow suit, Michigan's jobless rate remains worst in the nation, and its residents flee their state in droves.What better time to create what Stabenow calls a "9/12 commission," modeled after the 9/11 commission that…
Race Relations Amazement: Obamas 'Walked the Streets -- and No One Sho
Melissa Harris Lacewell penned "Why blacks are more optimistic about race" for Friday's Philadelphia Inquirer. As might be expected, the associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University and author of the breathlessly anticipated "Sister Citizen: A Text for Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn't Enough," is very, very happy with Barack…
April Auto Sales: AP Finally Notices That Ford Is Winning Share From G
Friday, after the April vehicle sales figures rolled in, Associated Press reporters Kimberly S. Johnson and Dan Strumpf, in the opening sentence of a report carried at USA Today, showed that they finally noticed two things, one of which yours truly caught three months ago (NewsBusters; BizzyBlog), and the other which first became clear last month (NewsBusters; BizzyBlog). The former point is that…
Kos Kids Complain About Not Being Able to Get Their MSNBC
I want my, I want my MSNBC!So screamed Daily Kos readers Saturday in a post destined to fill your Sunday morning with a much-needed chuckle:In the past few weeks, it has come to my personal attention that one cable or satellite company after another has been quietly moving MSNBC away from the news channel section of their lineup and into the premium section, or into the stratosphere of three and…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: swine flu.So far, there's been one American death associated with this strain -- by someone who came here from Mexico -- and we're closing schools, wearing masks, and acting like this is the bubonic plague. Now we're hearing that this apparently isn't even that powerful an influenza.Has this been WAY overhyped beyond the real risks, or is…
AP's Kemp Obit Follows Recent Pattern: Find Something (Anything) Negat
The Associated Press's obituary on Jack Kemp continued two troubling trends found in recent AP death notices.In July of last year, covering Tony Snow's passing (saved here; covered at NewsBusters here), AP reporters found seemingly everything negative they could think of to write about the former White House press secretary and 2008 Media Research Center Buckley Award winner (examples -- "good…
AP's Sidoti Pushes Inevitability of Gay Marriage, 'Ever More' Difficul
AP reporter Liz Sidoti – who writes as if every article is an opinionated "news analysis" – touted on Saturday how softening opposition to "gay marriage" is an opportunity for Democrats. That’s true, but Sidoti went further, pushing the theory that a liberal win is inevitable, and maybe even that moderate Barack Obama will change his stance: "This is not a sea change. This is a tide that is…