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ABCs Kofman Blows Past Skeptical Scientists in Hurricane Season Story
Reporter left out detractors of global warming link, misrepresented another scientists views.
CNNs Serwer Dismisses Study Finding No Price Gouging
CNNs Andy Serwer dismisses study, saying it boggles the mind
Pulitzer Prize Winner Punked
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tom Hallman apparently has a hard time nailing down the truth. In a profile of math guru Mark Provo, Hallman took vast liberties with the truth without actually picking up a phone to verify any of it. The subject of the story has listed about 30 facts that are not actually factual. Hallman paints wild pictures of non-existent hills, phantom hotel rooms, even the…
At Least They're Consistent
Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, following are some of the Chicken Little writings of the New York Times and Time Magazine over the years. Time, Sept. 10, 1923: "The discoveries of changes in the sun's heat and the southward advance of glaciers in recent years have given rise to conjecture of the possible advent of a new ice age." NYT, Sept. 18, 1924: "MacMillan Reports Signs of New…
Meet Charlie Gibson, ABC's New Anchorman
ABC News has officially picked Good Morning America co-host Charles Gibson to shore up World News Tonight. Is that good news for conservatives? Well, when he hosted the 2004 town-hall style debate between President Bush and John Kerry, Gibson chose a balanced set of questions that equally represented liberal and conservative concerns. Good for him -- that’s a balancing act that previous town…
CBS’s Borger Spins Democrat Jefferson’s Corruption Into Bad News f
Gloria Borger concluded her Monday CBS Evening News story on the FBI’s weekend confiscation of cash from a freezer in Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson’s home by declaring a pox on both parties: “At a time when 77 percent of the American public believes that all members of Congress take bribes, Congressman Jefferson's troubles help no one in either party.” Unlike ABC anchor…