Spot the Bias in NY Times Global Warming Story
Can you spot the bias? From the New York Times, a March 8 report by John M. Broder, "At House E.P.A. Hearing, Both Sides Claim Science":
March 10th, 2011 6:12 PM
Progressive Indoctrination Camps (Part I
Why should liberals want to change the public educational system when it is turning out the product they have been striving for years to produce?
Check out these real news headlines from the past several weeks and months about the state of public education across the country:
March 10th, 2011 5:55 PM
'On Faith' Reprints Testimony of Sheriff Critical of Muslim Radicaliza
One popular feature of "On Faith," the online religion news feature of the Washington Post and Newsweek, is the "Guest Voices" column. They are typically short blog posts written by non-staff writers about an item in the news with a religious angle.
But apparently "On Faith" editors today were so interested in casting aspersions on today's Islamic radicalization hearings that they hastily…
March 10th, 2011 5:39 PM

David Brooks: 'New York Times Readers More Liberal Than the Journalist
David Brooks on Thursday said New York Times readers are more liberal than the journalists that write there.
During his videotaped interview with Time magazine, Brooks also explained how he tries to get this left-leaning crowd to read his articles (video follows with transcript and commentary):
March 10th, 2011 5:31 PM

CBS Proclaims 'War in Wisconsin;' Did Gov. Walker 'Trick' Democrats Wi
At the top of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge declared: "War in Wisconsin. Democrats cry foul as Republicans break a three-week deadlock over the budget battle with a surprise late-night vote." Minutes later, he remarked that the "long standoff over a plan to roll back union rights for state workers is suddenly just about over."
In the report that followed, correspondent…
March 10th, 2011 5:25 PM

Andrea Mitchell's Revelation to GOP Congressman: 'You and I Are Both W
MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Thursday brought the specter of bigotry into Representative Peter King's hearings on the threat of radical Islam in America. While interviewing Congressman Dan Lungren of California she awkwardly hinted, "Well, you know, you and I are both white."
The irritated Republican wondered, "What does that mean?" Mitchell lectured, "I'm just asking, get in their heads…
March 10th, 2011 5:01 PM

NYT: U.S. 'Prepared' for $3.57 Gas, But Under Bush $2.55 Was 'Recessio
Higher gas prices? No worries, say Jad Mouawad and Nick Bunkley in Wednesday’s New York Times off-lead story, “Rising Gas Cost Finds The Nation Better Prepared – Lessons Learned In ‘08 – Less Dependence on Oil – Spike Unlikely to Derail Recovery.” Yet while $3.57 a gallon for gas isn’t worrisome for the economy in 2011, $2.55 a gallon was very much so in 2005, during the Bush years.
The…
March 10th, 2011 3:47 PM
David Brooks Slams Newt Gingrich: 'I Wouldn't Let Him Run a 7-Eleven L
New York Times columnist David Brooks Thursday took quite a swing at former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
During a videotaped interview with Time magazine, Brooks said, "I wouldn't let that guy run a 7-Eleven let alone a country" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
March 10th, 2011 3:22 PM

CNN's Kosik: Jobless Claims Jump 'Really Just Shows That People Still
Hope springs eternal at CNN, at least some of the time. Sure, the massively expensive Obama stimulus was a miserable flop. And extending unemployment benefits worked to extend periods of unemployment, as numerous studies have shown. Government jobs programs have failed for decades.
No matter. According to business correspondent Alison Kosik on CNN Newsroom today, a jump in jobless claims…
March 10th, 2011 3:07 PM

Donny Deutsch Rips Wisconsin GOP as 'Fascist Regime'; Decries 'Totalit
Former CNBC anchor Donny Deutsch went ballistic Thursday on "Morning Joe" over the situation in Wisconsin. Deutsch called the Republican majority in the state capital "a fascist regime" after they rushed a vote Wednesday night to curb most collective bargaining for public sector workers.
"This is a governor that would not sit down at the table with these people, the Democrats, they walked…
March 10th, 2011 3:06 PM

NPR Correspondent Dons Headscarf in Sting to Expose Border Guard Bias
An NPR correspondent recently went incognito for a sting operation aimed at exposing U.S. border agents who target Muslims for "interrogation" at the Canadian border.
Employing the same tactics used by James O'Keefe to bring down top NPR executives, counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston draped herself in a headscarf, drove to the northern border, and recorded her encounter with a…
March 10th, 2011 2:20 PM
More Front-Page NY Times Sniping at Gov. Chris Christie 'Misstatements
On the front page of Thursday's New York Times, reporter Richard Perez-Pena again goes after Republican Gov. Chris Christie, making waves for his town hall appearances going after teachers unions and public pension plans, “Christie’s Talk Is Blunt, but Not Always Straight.”
The Times has escalated its anti-Christie sniping, and some of Perez-Pena’s “inaccuracies” are pretty pro forma and nit…
March 10th, 2011 1:45 PM