I Guess Energy Prices DIDN'T Decline Yesterday
In a stunning example of how the mainstream press manipulates public opinion, as well as a clear explanation as to why the majority of the American people believes that the economy is doing poorly despite mountains of statistical evidence to the contrary, the press today decided to largely ignore one of the biggest one-day declines in energy prices in many months. As I reported here yesterday,…
That's "MISTER" bin Laden to You
As Clay Waters points out in his previous posting, a New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau sheds some interesting light on warnings issued by the State Department to the Clinton administration back in 1996 concerning Osama bin Laden's move from the Sudan to Afghanistan:In what would prove a prescient warning, the State Department intelligence analysts said in a top-secret assessment on Mr.…
Two 9-11 Scoops by the Times -- Will the Networks Take Note
Two generally anti-Bush intelligence reporters, Eric Lichtblau and Philip Shenon, have important scoops in Wednesday's paper about anti-terrorist inaction on Clinton's watch. But will network news notice? First up is Lichtblau's "State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996," buried on A12: "State Department analysts warned the Clinton administration in July 1996 that Osama bin Laden's…
NY Times Notes Bias...In Other Publications
Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Corner points out an interesting line in an article in the New York Times regarding Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. "The newspapers circulating in Ethiopia's capital have plenty of room for improvement. Typographical errors occur too frequently. Bias creeps into print regularly."It's nice to see the NY Times recognize bias, even if in someone else's paper.
NY Times Admits It Altered Franken Quote
Yesterday I noted that the New York Times had "cleaned up" an Al Franken quote in a story on the Air America funding scandal. The Times has issued a correction, acknowledging that, and supplying the complete and correct quote.
An article yesterday about state and city investigations of a loan made by a Bronx social service agency to the liberal radio network Air America quoted incorrectly from…
