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Drug Company Profits Are Good for Your Health
The media prescribe a constant stream of pharmaceutical company rhetoric leaving out the high costs of miracle drugs.
Mixed-Up in the Morning: Matthews Discusses 'Ann Edwards' Dust-up
Update (Ken Shepherd | 09:16 EDT): Matthews appeared with Joe Scarborough a few minutes ago on MSNBC to discuss the matter. Expect more coverage in a followup post on NewsBusters shortly.Chris Matthews should keep his evening job. Appearing on this morning's "Today," the Hardball host was manifestly bleary and off his game.Matthews was in, at 7:12 am EDT, to discuss with "Today" co-host…
See Some Evil, Hear Some Evil
Nets cover Capitol Hill NFL violence hearings, turn a blind eye to TV violence hearings.
Morality Isn't That 'Complex
CNN headline obscures Ohio policeman's responsibility for double murder.
AP Uses Democrat Talking Points in Fred Thompson Hit Piece
As Democrats complain about conservative dominance on the radio, the hypocrisy is made crystal clear when America's leading wire service copies talking points directly from one of Howard Dean’s e-mail messages for a hit piece on looming Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson.Such was identified by Steve Hill of Target Rich Environment who brilliantly outlined the similarities between an…
WashPost Series Presents Cheney As Villain, The Advocate of U.S. 'Crue
As Scott Whitlock noticed today, the networks are loading up the Darth Cheney segments again, based on this week’s "Angler" series in The Washington Post. The most obnoxious installment so far of the four-part series was Monday’s front-pager, which carried the big headline "The Unseen Path to Cruelty." Beneath those words was a picture of a Gitmo guard tower at sunset that associated Cheney with…
Nets Embrace 'Respected' Lugar on Iraq as 'Tipping Point' and 'Turning
The network anchors have found their new favorite Republican: Senator Richard Lugar, whose call for a change in policy direction on Iraq led the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts on Tuesday. Referring to Lugar's remarks Monday night on the Senate floor which were later echoed by Republican Senator George Voinovich, ABC anchor Charles Gibson engaged in some hyperbole as he teased: “Tonight, a…
On Rosie's Website Her Child Dressed in Bullet Bandolier, Camo Clothin
Why would Rosie O'Donnell, a woman known for her wild-eyed rants against firearms, the war on terror, and the military, dress her child in a camo shirt, camo bandana and a bandolier of bullets and then post that picture on her own website? I certainly can't answer that stunner and neither can the denizens of her nutroots website who seem shocked and utterly unable to assist me in finding out…