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Four Years of Media Fairy Tales about the Economy
Journalists pushed fable of recession throughout job-heavy economic recovery.
Keith Olbermann Coined General ‘Betray Us’ Not MoveOn
While right-thinking people across the fruited plain cast their anger at MoveOn for its disgraceful ad placed in Monday's New York Times, "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann should be sharing the dishonor. As adroitly identified at Olbermann Watch Wednesday: "Long before the moveon [sic] ‘Betray Us' advertisement, back on August 16th, the infamous, deplorable Keith Olbermann began his ‘newscast' in…
Laura Ingraham's New Book Dishes on CBS News, MSNBC
In the 1990s, Laura Ingraham was an exception to the rule, a conservative allowed into the rarefied air of network news. She was a Sunday night commentator on CBS Evening News -- matched on the left by Sen. Bill Bradley -- and then a host of a live morning show on MSNBC. In her brand spanking new book Power to the People, just out yesterday, Laura dishes on what it was like in the lion's den:…
Obama's Latest Gaffe: Ethnic Cleansing 'Positive Thing
Iraqi ethnic cleansing, a "positive thing"? That's what Barack Obama seemed to say on this morning's "Today." The Dem presidential contender spoke with substitute co-anchor David Gregory on the heels of Meredith Vieira's ill-tempered interview of Condoleezza Rice.View video here.
Record High Antarctic Ice Levels Ignored by Media
NewsBusters reported Sunday that the media's fascination with record low ice in the Arctic ignored history while relying on satellite data that's only been around since 1979. At the same time, the press have totally boycotted news from the Southern Hemisphere where ice and snow levels are currently at their highest since data have been collected. Pretty convenient wouldn't you agree?…
International Org: Biofuels Cause Higher Food Prices and Destroy Natur
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) might not be familiar to many, but its reports and analyses are used by nations across the globe to set policy. Unfortunately, American media only cover papers and announcements from this organization when its findings support a liberal agenda. For instance, when the OECD presented its new paper, "Biofuels: Is the Curse Worse…