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Post Writes in Solidarity with Striking Janitors
Story backs 1.8-million-member union against 'oil-rich city's business leaders.'
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 11 to November
This past week saw The Washington Post ask a classically liberal question: Is America more racist or sexist? Following the lead of this major paper, ABC’s Diane Sawyer asked the same question, adding a surreptitious angle. She wondered, "Is the nation, secretly, I guess, more racist or more sexist?"The "Good Morning America" host wasn’t through, however. On Tuesday, she offered the query again.…
'Moderate' Steny Hoyer? WashPost Ignored Voting Record
The man Democrats nominated for Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, has a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of eight percent (zero percent in 2004, 12 percent in 2005). If you'd rather have the liberal rating, Americans for Democratic Action gave him a 100 in 2004, and a 95 in 2005. This should mean that any objective reporter would describe him as a "liberal." But here's the Friday…
Hysterical Global Warming Hypocrisy From ABC Regarding Heat Waves and
The global warming debate got even funnier on Thursday. When we last spoke, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration had released data indicating that 2006 likely wouldn’t be the warmest year on record, and no media outlets had yet covered the story. Well, much to my surprise, ABCNews.com did report this announcement, but did so by doing their darnedest to inform readers that this…
Time Magazine Backtracks, Rumsfeld Probably Won’t Face Abuse Charges
In the past week, Time magazine has effectively demonstrated one of the methods of disseminating propaganda in this country. First, one makes a totally unsubstantiated claim about a high-ranking official that your media outlet doesn’t care for. Then, you backtrack, cover your bases, and much like Gilda Radner’s old character on “Saturday Night Live,” say, “Never mind.” The problem is that in many…
