USA Today Calls Unborn Md. Murder Victims 'Fetuses'; Baltimore Sun Cal
The Baltimore Sun is hardly a right-wing rag, in fact its editorials and its overall news judgment, as many a Marylander registered on this site can tell you, is rabidly left-wing. But even the Sun, reporting on yesterday's heinous, grisly discovery of four murdered stillborn infants in Ocean City, Md., used the term "baby" to describe the victims. The Associated Press also used the term "baby"…
Translating the AP's Coverage of Today's Consumer Confidence Report
Here's the opening of today's Associated Press report about the July Consumer Confidence Index (bolds are mine): Consumer confidence hit a six-year high in July, a widely watched gauge of sentiment showed on Tuesday, as Americans shrugged off falling home prices to focus on a healthy jobs market, instead. The New York-based Conference Board said that its Consumer Confidence Index, rebounded to…
Follow-up: National Media Ignore Congresswoman's Walkout on General's
As noted here at NB yesterday, Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda walked out of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Friday after hearing General Jack Keane testify about the potential impact of a bill meant to micromanage troop deployment. Keane also testified about progress being made in the counteroffensive that has come to be known as "the surge." Boyda walked out because the objections…
AP Absurdly Pessimistic About ‘U.S. Toll in Iraq Lowest in 8 Months
Assume for a moment you were writing an article about how the United States had fewer troop mortalities in Iraq this July than in the last eight months. Would you do your best to present this as good news? Well, the Associated Press' Sinan Salaheddin either woke up on the wrong side of the bed Tuesday morning, or didn't fully comprehend that when it comes to military casualties, on your team…
ACORN Vote-Registration Fraud in WA: Are There 2004 Ramifications
ACORN (The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) has been busted again (video is available at the link; HT Michelle Malkin): (AP) King County prosecutors filed felony charges Thursday against seven people in what a top official described as the worst case of voter-registration fraud in state history, while the organization they worked for agreed to keep a better eye on its…
FCC Chairman Opposes Reinstitution of Fairness Doctrine
Americans interested in free speech got a boost Monday when the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin J. Martin, came out strongly against any reimplementation of the Fairness Doctrine. As reported by the Associated Press Thursday (emphasis added): Martin, in a letter written this week to Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and made public Thursday, said the agency found no compelling…
On Passing, AP Calls Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner 'Symbol' of 'Greed and
As Tim Graham notes in his report on the passing of Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner, liberal MSMers of the past loved to portray the woman as the "very model of Reagan's Decade of Greed," but Graham made me wonder how the media is reporting her passing, at least during this early morning time as the country wakes to the news. Of course, I have also observed Mr. Graham's reporting on how Tammy Faye was…
Mayor Personally Hires Illegals for Village Work, Party Affiliation no
Mayor George Darden, of Spring Valley, New York, is a Democrat who has been caught hiring illegal immigrants to work for his suburban village but you wouldn't know he is a Democrat by the coverage his story is getting. In fact, of the several stories thus far, not one even mentions his Party. But, an even bigger mystery is why this story isn't getting wider notice? On the 17th this story of a…
AP Leaves Armitage Out of Initial Story on Plame Case Dismissal
Patrick Ishmael of "NewsBuckit" has an answer for Noel's question about how the media will cover the Plame case dismissal.Ishmael found an initial reports first left out any mention of Plame name leaker Richard Armitage.*:
AP Ignores Congressman’s Bush is Hitler Remark Until He Apologizes
If you had any questions about the political leanings of the
Associated Press, they were answered Tuesday when the wire service finally
noticed nine days after the fact that a Democrat Congressman had made some
despicable comments about President Bush, Adolf Hitler, and 9/11.
Of course, the AP getting around to this issue when the
Congressman apologized for his deplorable remarks is icing on the…
Support For Hamas Declines After Gaza Takeover, Media Disgracefully Mu
The Associated Press published a report early Sunday concerning a new poll that found Hamas' popularity has declined since the terrorist group took over Gaza in June.Yet, Google News and LexisNexis searches identified not one major American media outlet thought this revelation to be newsworthy.Not one.As reported by the AP at 10:16AM EST Sunday, and published by the International Herald Tribune (…
Air Force Airman Shot By Anti-war Protestor on July 4, Media Mum
It’s approaching two weeks since an Air Force Airman was shot by an anti-war protestor in Willingboro, New Jersey.Yet, apart from an Associated Press article which conveniently ignored the apparent motives of the assailant, a New York Post op-ed by Michelle Malkin, and a mention by Glenn Beck on CNN's Headline News, not one major mainstream media outlet has reported the horrific event in print or…
