Name That Party: 3 Dems in FBI Probe, Party Affiliation Omitted/Buried
I think it is finally getting to the point that when an Old Media story goes out over the wires without mentioning the party affiliation of troubled politicians, people naturally assume that all the criminal actions in said story are being perpetrated by Democrats. But, that assumption aside, we are still seeing reports nearly every day that omit the "Democrat" in any story involving criminal…
AP, AFP, Reuters: French Supporters of Pope 'Far-Right' or 'Right-Wing
The three largest mainstream media wire services all agreed that supporters of Pope Benedict XVI who dared to stand up to anti-Catholic leftists in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday were extremists of the right of some sort. The Associated Press used the “right-wing” label to describe the faithful Catholics. Both Reuters and the French Agence France-Presse both used the term “far-…
How Will Media Report Chavez Calling Obama 'A Poor Ignoramus
Barack Obama is hailed by sycophantic media members as one of the brightest men to ever be President, and was supposed to improve America's standing around the world.Yet, on Sunday, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez called Obama "a poor ignoramus" who "should read and study a little to understand reality." Given how impressed news members are with our new President, and how they regularly disparaged the…
AP Gives Aid and Comfort to Spitzer's Fiction-Based 'I Told You So' on
Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer clearly sees the current AIG bonus controversy as an opportunity to redeem his reputation. The Associated Press's Michael Hill provided rehabilitation assistance in his Friday report. Spitzer is best remembered for resigning as the Empire State's chief executive after being caught patronizing high-priced prostitutes over a period of several years,…
AP: 'Obama Rhetoric, Reality Clash' But It's Not Really His Fault
"PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama rhetoric, reality clash" is today's offering from Liz Sidoti, the Associated Press White House correspondent. The piece begins with a harsh assessment:Barack Obama's optimistic campaign rhetoric has crashed headlong into the stark reality of governing.In office two months, he has backpedaled on an array of issues, gingerly shifting positions as circumstances dictate…
Team Obama Pleases Pot Smokers, Gay Lobbyists, But AP Won't Call Them
Journalists -- starting with Time's Amy Sullivan, the former Tom Daschle aide -- strenously tried to suggest Barack Obama would not be a politician of the libertine left, and could even make a bold play for Bible-quoting evangelical voters. But as the Obama administration kicks into gear, it's getting obvious that the libertine-left side is winning. Reporters just won't call them that. See two…
Morning TV Misses White House's Teleprompter Flub
Update added below.Between the White House and the Associated Press, nobody can figure out what the President said and did. Nobody is really worried, though. Other than Fox and Friends, they're the only ones who've heard of the President's latest teleprompter gaffe.According to the stunningly unclear AP report:Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St.…
Name That Party: NBC Philly 'Forgets' Convicted Vincent Fumo and Assoc
Vincent Fumo's chronicle of corruption is extraordinary, even by the "standards" of Philadelphia, PA. Thus, it's a journalistic fail that in a story about the convictions of former 30-year state senator Fumo and longtime associate Ruth Arnao, NBC Philadephia (HT Michelle Malkin) did not identify his or her Democratic Party party affiliation. Here is a portion of NBC Philly's early-morning story:…
Retiring Mayor: Bloggers Biggest Danger to City; AP Ignores Dem Party
The Associated Press wire relayed a short item on Friday about how outgoing Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman (D-Salisbury, Md.) recently slammed bloggers as the greatest threat to her fair Eastern Shore city. Via the Maryland Daily Record: SALISBURY — In her final State of the City address, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as…
LA TV Station Notes ACORN Presence at School Board Meeting; Other Outl
Los Angeles's NBC television affiliate must not have gotten the memo telling them that they should not utter the name of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), lest anyone reach the "wrong" conclusions. NBC Los Angeles is the only media outlet I have found thus far to identify ACORN's presence in a story about a "disruptive display of disobedience" by members the United…
The AP Channels the Democrats in the Limbaugh-Kennedy ‘Scandal
***TWO UPDATES, including the response from AP's Ron Fournier, at the end of this post.***Friday evening the Associated Press (AP) issued an un-bylined story which was nothing more than a stenographic reprint of the latest dishonest Democratic attack on talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. The Friday story apparently reflected zero research into the charge levied by Brian Wolff, executive…
