Reuters Anti-Gun Story With Misleading Photo

Reuters highlights a great little tale filled with anti-gun bias and bad reporting, all topped with an extremely misleading photo that presents a wonderful example of biased "reporting" at its worst. The story is about a German man who was "crowded out of his home" by his gun collection but the photo is of a gun store display in America. What the two have to do with each other is anybody's guess…
Warner Todd Huston
 

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: debasing the Olympic torch:The Olympic torch has had to be extinguished three times amid protests by anti-China demonstrators in Paris.Is this getting out of hand, or an appropriate protest? Have China's actions tarnished this year's Games, and diminished your interest? Does this have the potential of becoming 1980 all over again?
NB Staff
 

AP Report on VA Waste Reflects Misplaced Priorities

The Associated Press's out-of-whack news priorities and seemingly boundless determination to distort never cease to amaze. Hope Yen's Sunday report on VA credit-card charges is yet more evidence that the wire service has lost its way. The beginning of Yen's report is so typical, and so misleading: Investigators Review VA Credit Charges WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs employees last year…
Tom Blumer
 

Global Warming Activist Pressures BBC to Significantly Alter Article

NewsBusters has just learned that a British "climate activist" was responsible for getting the BBC to radically alter its "Global Temperatures 'To Decrease'" article last Friday.As reported Sunday, the third paragraph of what previously had been a very balanced piece about how global temperatures have been declining since 1998 was totally reworded in order to make the report just another…
Noel Sheppard
 

BMI’s Gainor: ‘Maybe We’re Using Too Much Government Interventio

Nathan Burchfiel
 

LA Times Officially Retracts Outlandish Tupac Shakur Story

Ken Shepherd
 

More (Actually, 'Moore') Media Bias on Charlton Heston's Death

There are more examples of biased reporting in connection with Charlton Heston's death beyond what Tim Graham discussed earlier this morning.AP movie writer David Germain devoted the second paragraph of his story chronicling reactions to Heston's passing to, of all people, Michael Moore:Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston's death. President Bush hailed him as a "strong advocate for…
Tom Blumer
 

Nets Remember Charlton Heston as 'Polarizing' and 'Controversial

Remembering Charlton Heston, who died Saturday night in his Beverly Hills home at age 84, the ABC and CBS anchors on Sunday night tarnished the actor's political activity on behalf of conservative causes, particularly his leadership of the NRA, as “controversial” and “polarizing.” Dan Harris, anchor of ABC's World News, asserted: “As President of the National Rifle Association, he became one of…
Brent Baker
 

Shuster: Penn's Advice 'Disaster,' Firing Too Little Too Late

Update 8:20 AM: Why Hillary's Hospital Story Matters. See at foot.Joe Scarborough and David Shuster came not to praise Penn but to bury him . . .Chatting on today's Morning Joe, the host and the MSNBC political correspondent agreed that the mistake in firing the chief Clinton campaign strategist was that it didn't come nearly soon enough.JOE SCARBOROUGH: For the Clintons, not a good weekend. Mark…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Charlton Heston: 'Villain to Many,' or NRA's Moses

Tim Graham
 

Charlton Heston's 'Controversial' Life

Many journalists discount the late actor's character because they disagree with his views.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

ABC Features Teen 'Confessionals

Story explains why parents should just say no to Spring Break.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Controlling Kids with a 'Raised Eyebrow

Washington Post columnist Marguerite Kelly advises a mother to 'flee' from her husband because he spanks their son.
Robert Knight
 

Only Young People and Democrats Respond Positively to Gore's New Ad

Noel Sheppard