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Hurricane Hype Clouds Warming Debate
Despite wild weather predictions and warnings about global warming, media must watch quiet season blow by.
Silly Kids, Balanced Reporting Is For Grown-Ups
Today's KidsPost section of The Washington Post gives young readers an introduction to the anti-artistic agenda of the smoke nazis. Reporter Susan Levine gave The American Legacy Foundation plenty of ink to promote their cause in today's article "Hollywood Not Yet Kicking Butts."Basically they think any movie involving fictional characters that smoke should merit an automatic R-rating. A picture…
Unhealthy Bias in Implant Stories, Then and Now
Media return to complaints about silicone breast implants, despite FDA decision to end 14-year ban.
Preview: ABC's John Stossel Highlights Greater Conservative Charitable
ABC’s John Stossel is well known for his libertarian views and for challenging liberal conventional wisdom. On Wednesday’s Good Morning America, Stossel was at it again as he debunked the widely held perception that liberals are more generous in their charitable contributions than conservatives. As part of a 20/20 special airing Wednesday night, Stossel interviewed Syracuse University professor…
WashPost: Using 'Civil War' To Define Iraq Undercuts Public Opinion
In one of those "analysis" pieces reporters love to write, Washington Post White House reporter Peter Baker underlined on Wednesday one reason why NBC might have started using "civil war" to define Iraq: it severely undercuts the Iraq war in opinion polls.Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Bush would rather frame it in the terrorism context to preserve public…