ABC Bashes Bottled Water Companies, Ignores the One RFK Jr. Owns
July 10th, 2007 12:47 PM
As the Business and Media Institute reported, ABC’s “World News” on Sunday castigated people for drinking bottled water.Yet, it seems the folks at ABC weren’t aware that environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., actually owns a – wait for it! – bottled water company (h/t to NBers lumberjack and dscott).As BMI’s Jeff Poor reported Monday:“With every sip are you actually hurting the…
Chastity Pollutes? NY Times Website Hosts Idea That Social Conservatis
July 9th, 2007 1:34 PM
On Sunday, New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt reviewed the new book "More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics" by Steven Landsburg, a regular contributor to the liberal site Slate.com. Leonhardt panned the book as too cute and too far afield from the "dismal science" of economics, but the Times book editors gave the Landsburg thesis an excerpt on the Times…
Comparing Economies: Two Respected Measures Put Bush 43's at or Near t
July 5th, 2007 12:03 PM
Today's release of the Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing Activity Report, which measures business conditions in the 86% of the economy other than manufacturing, came in with a reading of 60.7, after recording a 59.7 last month.
As has been customary, the report whipped the pants off of "expectations." This Thomson Financial article at Forbes predicted a decline to 58.1 instead…
Fourth Finds Times in Melancholy Mood: America Falls Short in World's
July 4th, 2007 7:27 AM
I was confident the New York Times would find a way to pour cold water on the Fourth of July. Still, turning to it this morning, I was curious to see just what kind of wet [with that cold water]blanket the Times would throw on our national holiday. And the Grey Lady didn't disappoint, with a sour, melancholy editorial viewing America through the eyes of other countries -- and naturally finding…
The Media's Distortion of the Supreme Court Racial Diversity Ruling
July 3rd, 2007 1:08 PM
The following was submitted by Jason Aslinger, a private practice attorney in Greenville, Ohio. Portions in bold below are the added emphasized of NB managing editor Ken Shepherd. It's a long post but it's worth the read:In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision regarding racial
integration in public schools, the media have gone out of their way to
obscure the facts for the purpose of…
Al Gore's Hysterical NYT Op-ed: 'Our Home -- Earth -- Is In Danger
July 2nd, 2007 8:45 AM
As I begin my much-needed vacation, I awoke this morning to frantic e-mail messages from concerned readers all including the same link to the same New York Times op-ed submission from the Global Warmingist-in-Chief himself, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore.As a kayak and a beautiful lake beckon, it is impossible to really do this piece the injustice it so badly deserves. However, needless to say, the…
Bias in Coverage of Immigration-Bill Failure Extends to Protecting Ted
June 29th, 2007 1:01 PM
One doesn't have to look very far to see opinionated assertions in the supposedly objective Old Media coverage of yesterday's immigration-bill failure in the Senate.
Here's part of what an unbylined AP report said almost immediately after it was clear that the bill would not get the 60 votes needed for cloture: "The carefully crafted compromise was left for dead after a similar vote three weeks…
Inane Headlines on Supreme Court School Ruling
June 28th, 2007 2:32 PM
As a follow-up to my previous post, I thought I'd take a look at the inane headlines for coverage of the 5-4 ruling today that restricts school districts from using race to manage school populations. Time and the Los Angeles Times are real howlers:High Court rejects public school diversity plan (AP via Chicago Sun-Times)Supreme Court rejects public school diversity plans (USA Today)Supreme Court…
