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Conservative Blogs Gained Readers as Lib Ones Stagnated in
A frequent lament I've heard in conservative circles is that we're not as good at using the Internet to promote our message as the Left is. Of course, that fear may be a bit overblown to begin. After all, 2007 saw some marked success in conservative blogs growing in readership while liberal ones stagnated according to Simon Owens of Bloggasm:It has long been understood that the largest liberal…
ABC's Roberts: 'Fundamentalist Christians' Gave Huckabee the Win
"Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts used the label "fundamentalist Christians" to describe the Iowa supporters of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. During an interview on Friday's program, she also noted that America "saw, there, in your offices in Iowa, right before the caucuses, people praying there in your, in your office." The ABC journalist also grilled the '08 contender,…
Will Old Media Learn a Lesson from Lancet? Doubtful
NationalJournal.com has news (HT Instapundit) about the reality of the October 2006 Lancet report on civilian deaths in Iraq -- a report that was breathlessly and gullibly cited at the time by Old Media outlets and reporters (including David Brown here at the Washington Post). Here is background for those unfamiliar with the original story: Published by The Lancet, a venerable British medical…
Judge Torpedoes Navy with Sonar Reg, Seattle P-I Doesn't Note Clinton
It's bound to be overlooked by the media at-large in large part due to the Iowa caucuses, but a court ruling that burdens the U.S. Navy with yet another environmentally-driven restriction was handed down from a federal district court judge yesterday. That judge, the Hon. Florence-Marie Cooper, is a Clinton appointee, a fact unreported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Robert McClure (emphasis…
Shazam: Smith 'Pyles' On
Of all the ways Harry Smith could have opened this morning's historic Early Show, he chose to do so by waving today's Boston Herald with its one-word front page "Shazam!" above a photo of Mike Huckabee. Smith described Barack Obama simply as the "big winner" on the Democratic side.View video here [with apologies for low audio level].
It's Official; Anthropogenic Global Warming May Cause Headaches
Now that global warmingists are getting governments like the UK and the US to ban incandescent lightbulbs, we're hearing some inconvenient accusations about the bulbs. This time, a January 3 article in the UK's Telegraph said the bulbs may cause migraines (h/t NB reader Linda). The UK's Migraine Action Association reported that some of its members say the bulbs trigger the headaches. As a result…
Sex on a Plane: MTV Runs Ad Showering Airline Passengers with Condoms
San Francisco Planned Parenthood chapter uses gay character to pitch the pill, the patch and latex.
Reuters: 'Simon Rosenthal Center'? Um, Did They Mean 'Wiesenthal
Just a short note to show how unschooled the editors and writers at Reuters are. In a piece on an ad taken out by "a Jewish human rights group," Reuters called the Simon Wiesenthal Center the Simon ROSENTHAL Center! Nice going, Reuters! I suggest you go check it quick because they will be sure to catch the mistake soon... Jewish group asks U.N. for suicide bombings session LOS ANGELES (Reuters…