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Global Warming Media Disaster: DiCaprio’s ‘11th Hour’ Bombs at B
More evidence that Al Gore's Live Earth flop was indeed the beginning of the end to the public's fascination with global warming: Leonardo DiCaprio's recently released film on the subject has bombed with moviegoers. As reported by Fox News's Roger Friedman Wednesday (emphasis added throughout): His environmental documentary, "The 11th Hour," has been a total bust at the box office. After 18…
Gore’s Live Earth Flop Prompts BBC to Scrap Global Warming Special
On July 12, NewsBusters asked, "Did Live Earth's Flop Reduce Media Interest in Global Warming?" Two months later, the BBC has scrapped "Planet Relief," a proposed day-long special about climate change, specifically citing the failure of Al Gore's international concerts as one of the reasons for the cancellation. How delicious. As reported by England's Times Online Wednesday (h/t NB reader…
Glaciers Media Will Never Report
As the media focus continued attention on supposedly receding glaciers in Greenland, they conveniently ignore those right here in America that are actually expanding. Adding insult to injury, as prominent California congresswomen House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) travel abroad to laughingly see evidence of global warming, they could drive north of…
Open Thread
Possible talking point: regardless of the politics involved, how do you really feel things are going in Iraq?
Stunning AP Article Sympathetic to Israel
Although it isn't a blue moon, it might as well be. In this September 3 article, the AP ditched the generally obvious anti-Israel bias and gave rare insight into what it is like to be on the receiving end of Gaza's rockets in Israel. Not only did the AP describe the difficulties and fears the Sderot townspeople endure, but the wire service even made available a photo of Israeli school children…
USA Today: Military 'Camp' Inspires 'Patriotism, Teamwork and Sacrific
USA Today lends a big assist in promulgating Chinese propaganda as the paper helps explain away the nature of the forced military training that Chinese children undergo. Calling the compulsory training a benign sounding "camp" and presenting the children's training as if it is a mere summer excursion, USA Today soft sells China's militarization of their youth in theirs titled, "Chinese kids…
CNN/Money's Laugher on Economic Policy Institute's 'Stagnant Wages' Re
Previous Post: Part 1 -- Evaluating EPI's "Stagnant Wage" Claims __________________________________________ The first sentence of CNN/Money's Labor Day report entitled "GDP Growth Not Reaching Paychecks" certainly had entertainment value (bold is mine): The economic expansion that began six years ago has failed to benefit most workers, according to a report from the nonpartisan Economic Policy…