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It didn't take Velma, Shaggy or Scooby to uncover this mystery. In a June 21 study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers from Yale University "discovered" that food products with characters on them affect children's taste preferences, which may explain why food companies have been advertising with cartoons since at least the 1960's. CNN.com and USA Today used the study to…

Liberals in the media frequently paint conservatives and Tea Party activists as pushing the GOP too far to the right to be electable in general elections. But the same complaint isn't repeated on an endless loop when it comes to leftist activists challenging more centrist Democratic incumbents in primary contests. In fact, in some of those occasions, the media find a way to cast aspersions on…

Is ABC News trying to position itself as the go to place for gay rights advocacy amongst the broadcast network websites?Ten days after featuring a video of a gay prom king and queen, the website prominently displayed a gay-themed McDonald's ad.The video first appeared Monday with the title "McDonald's Ad You Won't See in the U.S: A fast-food commercial with a gay-friendly story is only airing in…

The BP oil spill - millions of gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, coastal businesses from Houston to Tampa shuttered, the potential for higher energy costs across the country and untold ecological damage. But according to Mother Jones magazine's David Corn, there is a silver-lining in all of this - that is, if you're a Democrat.  MSNBC's June 21 "Countdown with Keith Olbermann"…

Liberal magazine reporter explains portraying GOP as pro-BP will score Dems electoral points

Where does a 1990s rap star fall on your list of immigration law experts? For the media the answer is: pretty high. Rapper "Chuck D," whose real name is Charles Ridenhour, has released a new single criticizing Arizona's controversial immigration law, which he says "brings racial profiling to a new low." In the song, "Tear Down That Wall," Chuck D compares Border Patrol agents to the Gestapo and…

Just two months ago, CNN president of U.S. operations Jonathan Klein was declaring "Our mission, our mandate, is to deliver the best journalism in the world....No bias, no agenda." At the same time, CNN was putting together "Gary and Tony Have a Baby," a thoroughly biased ode to the gay agenda. At the top left of the front page of the Style section on Tuesday, Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales…

Yesterday, Joe Scarborough and Jack Welch ribbed Mika Brzezinski for her reading of White House talking points on the oil spill.  But after bloggers including this one reported Mika's admission that she was "working with the White House" on the matter, Scarborough has this morning gone all Sir Galahad.  The Morning Joe host said he wasn't going to "call them names," but then proceeded to…

CNN has announced that it will cease using all content from the Associated Press effective June 30, and from all appearances will take a run at becoming a credible wire service competitor. Although it would be easy to dismiss this as the blind leaving the blind, this development seems like it has the potential to alter the news landscape and temper some of the worst excesses of press bias and…

Over the past couple of years, former Hearst columnist Helen Thomas had adopted a recurring habit of employing moral equivalency between al-Qaeda terrorists and the actions of the American military as, on at least three occasions, she referred to "so-called terrorists" or "so-called terrorism."In February 2009, after she used the term "so-called terrorists" in a White House briefing, she was…

Adler misconstrues AP report in attack on grassroots conservatives

Chuck D calls immigration law 'racist,' Gov. Brewer 'a Hitler,' but his previous song about state showed images of assassination.

Residents of Fremont, Nebraska, on Monday voted in favor of a measure that makes it illegal to harbor, hire, or rent property to an illegal immigrant.The Associated Press reported moments ago:The special election in Fremont on Monday was the latest proposal in a series of immigration regulations taken up by communities around the country. About 57 percent of voters supported the measure, which is…