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Tale of a Supposed Tire Fire
Early on in the recent Israel/Lebanon war, there was a photograph published by both U.S. News and World Report and Time Magazine, which according to captions published with the picture was of a burning Israeli jet, shot down by Hezbullah missiles. The blogosphere was quick to dispute the picture in question, and the widely-circulated story was that the photograph was actually that of a tire dump…
N.Y. Times Hails Montana's Daily-Kos Democrat As A 'Prairie Pragmatist
Now that the Democrats hold the majority in the Senate, the New York Times is painting the new Senators firmly into the political middle. Reporter Timothy Egan profiled Sen.-Elect Jon Tester, one of the hard-left Daily Kos Democrats, in a story headlined "Fresh Off the Farm in Montana, a Senator-to-Be." Egan began his ode to the liberal man with a crew-cut: "When he joins the United States Senate…
A Picture and Story From Iraq the Media Will Never Share
I first received this picture in my e-mail today from our good friend Joe Myers. It contained the following caption:Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt cradles a young Iraqi girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents. The killers shot her in the head but she survived. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries often…
Lack of Height Adds to Growth of Bills
USA Today downplays how optional treatment for short children adds billions to insurance costs.
Post's Version of 'Rent' Complains about Cost
Tenants who don't want to pay are focus of story on government control of market.
International French News Channel to Launch
Unsatisfied with American domination of the international news market, a French company is getting ready to launch a cable/satellite news channel.The staff of France 24 insists they'll be different than CNNi, BBC, and others, but in one respect they're perfectly similar. Just like their American counterparts, they pretend they're objective. They also appear to have trouble perceiving reality.…
Journalists Concede Pelosi Getting a 'Honeymoon,' Promise Tough Scruti
On Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz recognized the media's soft treatment of Speaker-to-be-Nancy Pelosi. CBS's Gloria Borger, ABC's Martha Raddatz and CNN's Candy Crowley also acknowledged the “honeymoon” for Pelosi -- and all three insisted coverage of her will turn tough. After some clips of the softball questions posed to Pelosi last week by network anchors…
WashPost’s Sally Quinn: Bush ‘Relieved’ About Losing Congress
"Washington Post" reporter Sally Quinn appeared on Monday’s "American Morning," ready to psychoanalyze President Bush in the wake of last week’s midterm defeat. Quinn discussed the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the hiring of Robert Gates as a replacement, and how President Bush is secretly "relieved" over the drubbing the GOP received. Now, either Ms. Quinn has become a…
