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Can We Atone for Our Energy Sins
Media fawn over celebrities' 'carbon offsets' and fail to examine cost of carbon-trading programs.
Jane Smiley: ‘Ann Coulter Wants to Incite Explosions, Murders, and H
The vitriol emanating from the Left towards conservatives in this country is exploding like dotcom stock in the first quarter of 2000. Now, with the conviction of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter" Libby, it seems a metaphysical certitude that Republicans are in position to be whipped and bludgeoned by members of the media 24 hours a day, sevens day a week until the 2008 elections.…
Vieira: 'Beginning of the End' for VP Cheney
Meredith Vieira was in a light-hearted mood at the top of this morning's "Today," joshing with substitute co-host Ann Curry about the estrogen on the set and kiddingly offering to leave her husband for the winner of the Mega Millions lottery. But we shouldn't have let the idle chatter fool us. When it came to discussing the repercussions of the Libby conviction, Meredith's leopard-skin blouse…
British Documentary: Global Warming 'Biggest Scam of Modern Times
A British television station is set to do something that no American network (including Fox News) has ever done--air a lengthy documentary arguing that global warming is not caused by humans.The Washington Times has the story:With a packet of claims that are almost certain to defy conventional
wisdom, a television documentary to be aired in Britain this week
condemns man-made global warming as a…
Bias Without Borders: AP and Taiwanese Elections
A reader with a Taiwanese IP address writes us with a tip about bias from the AP regarding a particular candidate in the presidential election on the island nation, Annette Lu:The opening paragraph of this news article uses the phrase "whom China has called 'insane' and the 'scum of the nation'". What does Lu have anything to do with PRC (mainland China) and deserve to be called insane and scum…
Madonna's Dilemma: Survey Shows America in Cultural, Spiritual Confusi
Some 74 percent of Americans believe our nation has suffered a moral decline during the past twenty years, and 64 percent believe the media are a major factor in that decline.
Nets Frame Libby Verdict Around Vile Scheming, Never Mention Armitage
The broadcast network evening newscast coverage Tuesday night, of the guilty verdicts for perjury and lying found against Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, painted the case through the prism of administration opponents who presumed a nefarious scheme led by Vice President Cheney against the heroic Joe Wilson. Though the legal status of Valerie Plame remains in dispute, ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas and CBS's…
Libby Verdict: Armitage-less Evening News Report Points Finger at Bush
Avuncular he might be, but Bob Schieffer can sling Dem spin like a Shrum.Appearing on the CBS Evening News to comment on the Libby verdict, not only did Katie Couric's predecessor in the anchor chair paint things in
the grimmest possible terms for Vice-President Cheney, he took things an unsolicited
step further. Katie Couric asked Schieffer "how badly does this reflect on Mr. Cheney in your…