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American Academy of Pediatrics: Media Portrayal of Sex ‘Unhealthy
Calling media portrayals of sex "unhealthy," the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines calling on all media outlets to present human sexuality in a healthy, scientifically accurate manner.At the same time, the group pomoted the use of contraceptives among teenagers and denigrated abstinence-only education. "There is a major disconnect between what mainstream media portray…
NYT Calls New Yorkers 'Appalling' for Opposing Ground Zero Mosque
The New York Times Friday called many of its readers "appalling" for their opposition to the Ground Zero mosque.As NewsBusters reported moments ago, the Times released a new poll Friday finding that 67 percent of New York City residents are against the proposed location for the Islamic center.At the same time, the Gray Lady, clearly not concerned about offending its dwindling number of patrons,…
David Brooks Writes Alternate History in Which Obama Cuts Taxes, Vetoe
This is a sad time to be David Brooks, the New York Times house conservative. The souring economy (along with other poor administration decisions) has caused a big drop in the popularity of his beloved Barack Obama with his party facing electoral disaster at the polls this November. So what to do? Why, engage in fantasy by writing an alternate history in which an all-wise Obama cuts taxes and…
67% of NYC Residents Oppose Ground Zero Mosque According to NYT Poll
A new poll released by the New York Times Friday is sure to rock the liberal media's world: "Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan."Another finding likely to particularly upset the shills at MSNBC: One-fifth of New Yorkers acknowledged animosity toward…
Journalism Institute Honors Dan Rather; He Calls for 'Trust-Busting' O
The Poynter Institute welcomed disgraced former CBS anchor Dan Rather to share his thoughts on his long career and on the media in general this week. In an interview with Poynter's Mallary Tenore, he complained "So often, particularly covering politics, enterprises that describe themselves as journalistic enterprises, and journalists who describe themselves as journalists, in fact just become…
Newsweek Insults Barack Obama As an ‘Anchor Baby
In a list of famous Americans with a parent (or both) born in another country, the un-bylined last page “Back Story” of this week’s Newsweek listed “BARACK OBAMA (Kenyan Father)” on the page headlined: “What’s So Scary About an ‘Anchor Baby’?” The brief text below the headline, and on top of the diaper, made clear the magazine’s attempt to undermine those suggesting citizenship should no longer…
The Heavy-Handed Message of 'Machete
Illegal immigrants depicted as the victims of laws that 'don't offer justice.'
9.5% Unemployment and Chris Matthews Doesn't Get Why People Miss Bush
Despite unemployment at 9.5 percent and millions of people having lost their jobs since Barack Obama was elected, Chris Matthews just doesn't understand why anyone would miss George W. Bush.Without naming this week's PPP poll finding Ohioans would vote for Bush over Obama by the tally of 50 to 42 percent if a presidential election was held today, Matthews in the first segment of "Hardball" asked…
CNN Continues One-Sided Reporting on 'Islamophobia' in America
On Thursday's American Morning, CNN's Deborah Feyerick continued her network's promotion of the charge that "Islamophobia" is growing in the U.S. All but one of Feyerick's sound bites during her one-sided report were from those who agree with this charge, with the sole exception being used an example of someone using "Islam...[as] a political wedge issue."Anchor Kiran Chetry and substitute anchor…
Bad News Out of GM Is Not News at AP
The news out of Government/General Motors during the past couple of days hasn't been particularly good. First, August sales results were disappointing. Second, it become known today that GM will attempt to go public on November 18, a later than originally hoped post-election date chosen to hopefully allow for another reported quarterly profit to boost investors' appetite for its shares. As so…
Feingold On His Tough Re-Election Race: I Blame George Bush
A recurring rubric at James Taranto's Best of the Web Today column at the Wall Street Journal online is "We Blame George W. Bush," for tongue-in-cheek blaming of the former prez for things palpably beyond his purview. Let's add another item to the list. Dem senator Russ Feingold has blamed his tough re-election race on, yes, W.Let's think about that. If Bush were such a bad president. If…
Matthews to Dem Candidate: I Hope Your Party Gets Organized and Wins T
It's no secret that Chris Matthews once flirted with the idea of running for Senate in Pennsylvania, but since he didn't throw his hat into that race, the Hardball host, on Thursday night, did everything he could to help Joe Sestak beat Republican Pat Toomey, as he urged: "I hope your party gets organized up there, because the Democratic Party of Ed Rendell and you and all those other guys ought…