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In Report on November Deficit, AP's Crutsinger Miscasts Post-9/11 Econ
Uncle Sam's Monthly Treasury Statement for November came out yesterday. The results: Tax collections through two months of the fiscal year are up 4.4% over fiscal 2010; spending is down 5.5%, but only because about $31 billion in checks which would ordinarily have gone out on October 1 (a Saturday) were sent on September 30; and the deficit of $235 billion is $55 billion less than last year.…
December 13th, 2011 8:53 AM
NYTimes Inflates Gingrich's Israel Support to 'Damaging,' Distracting
New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel, covering the Gingrich campaign, inflated conventional pro-Israel, anti-"peace process" opinions delivered by Newt Gingrich into a diplomatic drama about Gingrich scrapping the two-state solution worthy of "damage control," in Saturday’s “Gingrich Suggests a Reversal of Mideast Policy.”
December 13th, 2011 7:52 AM
Clooney Loves Leftist CBS: Plans New Smothers Brothers Movie
George Clooney just can't get over the glory days when CBS was a powerful disseminator of left-wing propaganda. First, he fictionalized the glories of stone-faced anchorman Edward R. Murrow fighting the red-baiters. Next up is glorifying the Smothers Brothers and their CBS comedy hour and how they "spoke truth to power" with communist musicians like Pete Seeger singing "Waist Deep in the Big…
December 13th, 2011 7:16 AM
Time Magazine Pictures Rupert Murdoch As An Arab Dictator
In the December 19 edition of Time magazine, humor columnist Joel Stein pleased the liberals in his "Year of the Meltdown" review of 2011 by comparing Fox News-owning mogul Rupert Murdoch to murderous despots: "Throughout the year, leaders who for decades had ruthlessly wielded absolute power melted down: Zine al Abedine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gaddafi, Rupert Murdoch."
Since it wasn'…
December 13th, 2011 6:43 AM
Post Spins History to Attack Business
Reparations story calls slavery a crime and fails to remind readers that it really wasnt.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
Why Not Global Warming
Plenty of experts have said theres no evidence global warming caused Katrina, but the media continue to ask the same question.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
A Flood of Incomplete Insurance Coverage
As the media point out that hurricane victims insurance coverage is lacking, news coverage also lacks some key points.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
Lou Dobbs Lobbies for Unions to Bring Home the Bacon
CNN bashes big business with union spokesman, ignoring the truth about wages and workers in the Katrina reconstruction.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
A Tough Pill to Swallow
Post spins new drug study to criticize drugmakers even though thats not what the researcher said.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
NBC Adds to Storm of Climate Change Stories
Network emphasized controversial new study without even a discouraging word.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM
U.S. vs. Oil Refiners: Are Profits Justified
Washington Post pits motorists against profit-guzzler oil companies.
December 12th, 2011 10:57 PM