Newspapers Redefine Success

Let's face the facts; newspapers are in trouble. Every morning, for a dwindling group of Americans, a newspaper blows its dying breath in their face. You and I know what the problem is, but when it comes to listening to the vast majority of traditional Americans, journalists are as deaf as politicians. So rather than following my previous advice, ("Why don't you get rid of the bias, the America-…
Mithridate Ombud
 

Supremes Say Equal Means Equal

Court decision rejecting race-based diversity plans restores the Constitutional principle of equal protection of the laws.
Jan LaRue, Esq.
 

Washington Post Trades on Kids' Fears to Sell Pro-Immigration Views

Story emphasizes emotion and downplays or ignores the central issues of lawbreaking and border security.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Global Warming Update: First Snow in Johannesburg and Pretoria Since

As the worm has clearly turned on all this global warming hooey, it seems appropriate to begin recording COLD events across the planet not just to highlight the foolishness, but also to infuriate those still buying into the junk science.With that in mind, it snowed in parts of South Africa Tuesday that haven’t seen the frosty white stuff in many decades.Thanks, global warming!As deliciously (and…
Noel Sheppard
 

On NPR, a Cautious NYT Optimist and a WashPost Pessimist on Iraq: 'Hol

Tim Graham
 

CBS Blitzes NFL in Favor of Disabled Players

Dan Gainor
 

CBS: NFL 'Putting Profits Ahead of Players

Report blames player ailments on league neglect without examining circumstances surrounding some complaints.
Jeff Poor
 

Conn. Papers Refer to Veto of Pro-Illegal Bill as 'Dissolving College

Pam Meister
 

'The Daily Show’ Ridicules Bush-Supporting Vietnam Veteran

“The Daily Show” often pokes fun at President Bush and his closest advisors and Cabinet members, but isn’t it a little low, even for “The Daily Show,” to mock a Vietnam veteran because he supports the President?On June 25, the Comedy Central show did exactly that, airing a pre-recorded and what appears to be a heavily edited interview with Bill Thomas, a Vietnam veteran who won four Bronze Stars…
Melissa Lopez
 

Chris Matthews Continues Coulter Pile-On

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Media's Gushing for Moore Enough to Make You 'Sicko

Julia A. Seymour
 

'Nightly News' Mows Over Hedge Fund Firms

Billion-dollar returns just aren’t good enough for NBC. On June 26, the “Nightly News” attacked wealthy hedge fund managers for making high-risk investments and for trying to do business with the “vulnerable” upper-middle class.Reporter Carl Quintanilla mentioned rich investors who want to become “hedge fund rich,” but then focused his segment negatively on such investment firms.“[T]he people who…
Julia A. Seymour
 

Big Tent Theory: Alter Defends Obama Outreach to Controversial Black A

Understanding fellow, that Jonathan Alter . . . On this afternoon's "Tucker Carlson" on MSNBC, the eponymous host mentioned that Barack Obama had travelled to NYC to seek the support of Charles Barron of Brooklyn. Carlson knows Barron well, the NYC Councilman being a frequent guest on Tucker's show. Carlson described Barron as a "pretty straightforward racist, pretty straightforward black…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Tangling with Coulter, Matthews Compares Conservatives to 'Deliverance

Matthew Sheffield