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BBC: Anti-Gay Attitudes to Blame for High African HIV Rate
The BBC is reporting on the findings of a Lancet Medical Journal report regarding high HIV rates among gay men in some African countries. The conclusions? Blame anti-gay attitudes. HIV rates among gay men in some African countries are 10 times higher than among the general male population, says research in medical journal the Lancet.The report said prejudice towards gay people was leading to…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Rasmussen's 2012 presidential preview --Obama 45% Romney 45% Obama 48% Palin 42% Thoughts?
Paper Reports on Itself
I think this is an example of the distraction that the Internet and the New Media have driven the Old Media to, but it seems that the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia was so amazed that someone finally paid attention to its work that it had to write a whole story about itself to brag about how many webpage hits it got on a recent story by staffer Lily Gordon.
The L-E was all excited that it…
Couric: Like Cronkite, I Get 'Grief From Both Sides Of Aisle
Katie Couric provided some comic relief on this morning's Early Show, preaching the importance of objectivity in reporting. As evidence of her impartiality, the CBS Evening News anchor cited the fact that, as did Cronkite, she has gotten "grief from both sides of the aisle."Now I suppose some of the more radical elements of the Red Army Faction might have found something to quibble with in…
Just How Much Do Washington Post Readers (and Editors) Hate Dick Chene
Is there any doubt The Washington Post is a liberal paper? Three weeks back, the Post announced a contest asking readers to write an amusing first paragraph of Dick Cheney’s memoirs, since he was signed by the conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster. (This game wasn't played with Bill or Hillary Clinton.) On Sunday, the Post published 28 phony introductions: "we challenged readers to propose…
Walter Cronkite Review: 'Gawd Almighty,' Shout 'the Truths' of Liberal
In 2006 the MRC put together a compilation outlining how, since his retirement in 1981 after nineteen years as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite had made clear his liberal views on a range of issues. For the full collection of Cronkite's liberal pronouncements, and denunciations of conservatives, since the late 1980s check the MRC's “Walter Cronkite: Liberal Media Icon.” Categories…
AP Report on 'Card Check' Status Laden With Biased-Charged Words and A
No one can finish Saturday's report by Sam Hananel of the Associated Press without knowing the side of the political aisle on which he resides (surprise -- not -- it's decidedly on the left), and that he is more sympathetic to the interests of organized labor than he is to those of management at non-union firms.Additionally, no one can doubt that Hananel, and perhaps his editor(s), have little…
Nets Plug Kennedy's 'Dramatic' and 'Emotional Pitch for Health Care Re
Newsweek engaged itself deeper in the battle for nationalized health care by turning over its cover story -- “We're Almost There” -- to Senator Ted Kennedy for his lengthy personal recitation of “the cause of my life.” ABC and NBC on Sunday night dutifully championed his cause as World News anchor Dan Harris highlighted how “Kennedy is using his own battle against brain cancer to make an…
Palin's Hairdresser Claims NYT Lied About Gov's Hair Thinning
On July 12, the New York Times claimed Sarah Palin's hair was thinning, and used it as evidence that the Alaska governor was not handling the stress of office well:Friends worried that she appeared anxious and underweight. Her hair had thinned to the point where she needed emergency help from her hairdresser and close friend, Jessica Steele. Now, Steele is striking back via Twitter: "I have never…
Voight: Press ‘Covering For’ ‘Cunning’ Obama, ‘Lied’ About
On Monday’s Hannity show on FNC, actor Jon Voight accused the press of "protecting" and "covering for" President Obama by not giving enough coverage to dissatisfaction with the President’s economic policies, including the anti-tax TEA party protests:But the press, the press brought him in, and now they want to make sure that nobody topples the throne, it seems. So they don't report anything that…
Janeane Garofalo: There Is Almost No Liberal News Outlet in America
UPDATE AT END OF POST: More tweets about Garofalo's meltdown at Latitude festival. I've often wondered what the color of the sky is in Janeane Garofalo's world, and after hearing her interview on BBC Radio Saturday, I'm convinced this woman lives on another planet.After all, in her view: "[T]he media in the States is much more to the right. I mean there is almost no liberal outlet for news…
Biased Much? AP Sanford Headline Straight From the Snarkiest of Blogs
You don't have to be one of South Carolina Mark Sanford's few remaining supporters or sympathizers (and I am neither) to recognize the following AP headline as ridiculously, sarcastically biased:While this headline might make be good water cooler and late-night comedy fodder (perhaps that was the point?), it's more than a little unprofessional, and beyond that more than likely inaccurate.