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Journo Review: Dissent When We Tell You
One of the worst side effects of the media's ideological diversity problem is their often flagrant double standards. Over at Slate, Ron Rosenbaum looks at how Columbia Journalism Review urges journalists to be more willing to cover unpopular views but later in the very same issue article patronizingly lectures reporters to stop letting global warming skeptics trick the public.Things are made…
Mississippi Councilman Misses Supreme Court Decision; Wants Guns Banne
How in the world such anti-gun ownership attitude even entered the State of Mississippi is beyond me. But here it is, in black and white, for you to shake your head in disbelief. In the capital of the Mississippi, a city councilman has determined the reason for violent crime is that pawn shops sell guns. He wants to try to ban gun sales in the city. Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes said…
Will Media Wonder If Edwards' Lie Cost Clinton the Nomination
UPDATE at end of post: Edwards scandal could lead to a Clinton coup! With Hillary Clinton talking about demanding a full delegate vote at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, the John Edwards sex scandal has the potential to further interfere with the unified and harmonious nomination of Barack Obama media clearly seek.After all, the case can certainly be made that if the Edwards affair…
Heilemann: McCain Plans to 'Viciously' Stir Up Racism
Conservatives are more racist than the population at large, and John McCain plans to "viciously" stir up racism to beat Barack Obama. That is John Heilemann's belief, as propounded in his New York magazine article, The Color-Coded Campaign, and spelled out in a CNN appearance today. The author even broke out the trite "Wonder Bread America" epithet to describe that portion of the country not…
NYT Columnist David Carr: 'It's News When We Say It Is
So, why did the Old Media seem to miss the John Edwards Love Affair story? Well, maybe it was because the Old Media hadn't deigned to decide for us that it was "news" until after the New Media had chewed up and spit out the story for days and days? Apparently, that is what David Carr of The New York Times thinks, anyway. In an interview with CNN he alludes to the fact that he is used to the Old…
Flashback: Excited by 'Major' Edwards Endorsement to 'Create One Ameri
Originally posted on Wednesday, May 14: Trumpeting the “major endorsement” from John Edwards for Barack Obama, the day after Obama was trounced by 40 points in West Virginia all three broadcast network evening newscasts led Wednesday night with the “dramatic” announcement of the “political prize” that gives Obama a “major boost.” Katie Couric returned at the end of the 6:30 PM EST CBS Evening…
Edwards Affair Rules the News Cycle for Three Days
After weeks of ignoring the story, networks can't stop talking about it.
ABC Disparages Pro-Life Pharmacist's Choice to Have Large Family
World News correspondent Gigi Stone slants her story against pharmacies that refuse to fill certain prescriptions on moral grounds.
George Clooney to Make Film About Bin Laden's Driver
With all the topics out there to make a movie about, would you ever want to spend money on and appear in a film focusing on Osama bin Laden's personal driver and bodyguard?If you're one of the most liberal actor/director/producers in Hollywood, and your name is George Clooney, the answer is apparently "Yes."As reported by the British Guardian Sunday (emphasis added, h/t Ace, photo courtesy Daily…
Neuharth: Olympics Beat Naziism & Communism, Now Ping-Pong
USA Today founder Al Neuharth suggested in his weekly column for the paper on Friday that, as the 1936 Olympics in Berlin preceded the rise of the German democracy and the 1980 Olympics in Moscow preceded Russia's move toward democracy, the Olympic games this year in Beijing “will bring 1.3 billion closer” to the end of communism. In the “Other Views” below Neuharth's column, Foundation for…