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CNN Calls Obama $150 Billion Energy Proposal 'Valuable
Government meddling with the free-market forces can have ill consequences. Just look at how government mandates for corn-based ethanol have affected the global food supply. According to CNN senior business correspondent Ali Velshi, CNN viewers rate the economy as the most important issue and named gas prices as their number one concern. "AOL Money Coach" Hilary Kramer agreed with viewers, but…
Christianity Today: ABC Spells Sloppy Reporting on Wheaton College
This is a much more serious sin than the folly I noted earlier today from ABCNews.com coverage of a Bill Clinton visit to a "Pentacostal" church.On May 1, Christianity Today's Sarah Pulliam took to her magazine's Liveblog to address ABCNews.com's numerous errors in reporting on a faculty matter at evangelical Wheaton College: ABC's report of Wheaton College professor Kent Gramm's resignation…
HuffPo Slams NBC for Not Sensationalizing Eight Belles' Derby Death
On the heels of accusations that the media exploited the death of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, now there are cries that NBC didn't spend enough time on Eight Belles' death. After her second-place finish in Saturday's Derby, the three-year-old filly snapped both ankles and was euthanized by a vet on the track. Ruth Hochberger is one of the voices criticizing NBC for their “abysmal” coverage…
The Truth In Sadr City
The AP article as headlined in the Houston Chronicle:"Militiamen ambush drives back US patrol in Sadr City"The story reports:"The U.S. Military said 28 militamen were killed as the U.S. patrol pulled back."Not exactly.Bill Roggio at The Long War Journal gives us the important details. The title of his article?"US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters during Sadr City ambush"His story reports:
Once More Unto the Breach: More Biased AP Reporting in Iraq
It seems to matter little whether the location is Gaza or Baghdad. If there is a way to spin a story, Associated Press reporters will find it.Today, American forces called in an AC-130 for support when they came under fire in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad.The Associated Press editorializes: The AC-130, a lethal tool used by the military since the Vietnam War, can slowly circle over a…
'Newsweek' Editor Declares Era of 'American Exceptionalism is Over
NBC's "Today" show invited on "Newsweek International" editor Fareed Zakaria to promote his book "The Post-American World," on Monday's show and during his segment the author depicted the United States as a nation in decline as he declared the "era" of "'American exceptionalism' is over." As examples of America's declining standing in the world the "Newsweek" editor cited such facts as China now…
Sting's Tree Saving Charity Keeps Most of the Donations
In last week's installment of "Sting's Eco-hypocrisy," we learned that the frontman for the rock band the Police, though supposedly an environmentalist, has a bigger carbon footprint than most third world nations. In Sunday's episode, we found out that Sting's charity, the Rainforest Foundation, gives only 41 percent of the money raised to the programs it supports, and, as a result, "is rated one…
In the [Gas] Tank for Obama: CNN Rips Hillary's Tax Holiday
Check out the screencap from Carol Costello's CNN Newsroom segment of this morning on Hillary's gas-tax holiday plan. Costello's message: Clinton's proposal isn't just bad economics. It's not simply Santa Claus politics. No, it could . . . put your life in danger. CAROL COSTELLO: For cash-strapped consumers, any reduction in gas prices would be like, well, like Santa coming into town early—or…
CNN’s Roberts Declares ‘Rev. Wright-Free Zone’ During Obama Inte
CNN’s John Roberts apparently took David Gergen’s advice from last week, and during his interview of Barack Obama on Monday’s "American Morning," declared out of the gate that he wasn’t going to ask the Democrat from Illinois about his former pastor. "I want to just stipulate at the beginning of this interview, we are declaring a Reverend Wright-free zone today. So, no questions about Reverend…
Rosie O'Donnell: Rev. Wright 'Made Sense to Me'; People 'Confuse Passi
Rosie O'Donnell appeared on the May 5 "Today" show in its fourth hour, claiming that many have confused her "passion for rage" much in the same way as they've misunderstood Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Indeed, claimed the former "The View" co-host, Obama's former pastor "made sense to me." [Audio available here.] O'Donnell also defended Wright's conspiracy theory view on AIDS, chalking that up to Wright…
When It Comes to Church Names, ABCNews.com Hasn't a Prayer
Former President Bill Clinton pinged ABCNews.com's Political Radar on a pulpit-pounding campaign swing through the Tarheel State just two days before the North Carolina primary. But it appears the alphabet network's Web site not only got the name of an Asheville, N.C., church wrong, but it misspelled, three times, the name of a denomination within Protestant Christianity (emphasis mine) in this…