Dopey Fox News Headline: 'Jesus' Resurrection Foretold
You have to wonder sometimes what the headline writers at the news network Web sites are thinking. Take in this gem from FoxNews.com today:Um, yeah, the "notion of [a] suffering" Messiah comes from Hebrew prophecy itself (see Isaiah 53), according to historic Christian teaching, which holds that Jesus Christ fulfilled the numerous prophecies about the Messiah from the Old Testament, starting from…
Is Wikipedia Promoting Global Warming Hysteria
Two weeks ago, a parent-teacher council blamed the online research source Wikipedia for falling test scores in Scotland.On Tuesday, Canadian columnist Lawrence Solomon blamed Wikipedia for helping to spread global warming hysteria around the world.The connection? Oftentimes "inaccurate or deliberately misleading information" published by Wikipedia being taken as fact by unsuspecting readers.In…
CNN.com Can't Find Anglican Opposed to Female Bishops
Covering the recent decision by a synod of bishops in the Anglican Church to permit the ordination of female bishops, CNN.com repeatedly alluded to "traditionalist" opposition to women holding episcopal office, but failed to find one such spokesman for traditionalists to defend the theology behind the position. (h/t Damian G. of Conservathink)Indeed, the one traditionalist cited in the article…
Might Sutherland's Conspiracy Theory Revive 'Operation Chaos
Is a second phase of Rush Limbaugh's highly-successful "Operation Chaos" in the works?According to the conservative talk show host, such is possible, and if it ends up coming to pass, will have deliciously been set in motion as a result of a conspiracy theory espoused Monday by the Obama-loving actor Donald Sutherland.For those that missed it, Kiefer's dad published a blog at the Huffington Post…
Obama Still Using Variation on Presidential Seal
Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for Obama's campaign, said Monday that the altered seal would not be used again. She said it was only intended for that event, in which Obama held a round-table discussion with Democratic governors. -- AP story, June 23, 2008 [emphasis added]Hat tip teoman.Add Obama's pledge to drop the faux presidential seal to his list of "inoperative" statements. The image shown here…
Time Mag Latches Onto 'Controversial Relic' to Question Christian Orth
Here we go again. Another relic pops up of questionable authenticity that one or two experts is saying casts doubts on the unique claims of Christian orthodoxy. So of course Time.com put the story of the so-called "Gabriel's Revelation" tablet in its July 7 top stories lineup (see screencap at right), with the teaser headline, "Was Jesus' Resurrection a Sequel?" The story by David Van Biema and…
MSM Yawn at 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed from Iraq
Reuters has the story, as does the New York Times and the Associated Press (see below fold) but this is not exactly burning up the cable news networks today:BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government has removed 550 tonnes of natural uranium left over from Saddam Hussein's era and sold it to a Canadian company, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.The uranium, called yellowcake, had been stored in…
ABC Pimps New Gas Price Bias: Prices at Pump Drive Woman to Prostituti
Ho no, here we go again. Gas price hysteria from the MSM. "Here's a troubling look at what some people are doing for gas. A 34-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested for prostitution after she was allegedly trading sex for $100 gas cards."So began a video story at ABCNews.com, which made today's top headlines roundup with the teaser headline: "Sign of the Times: Sex for Gas." While the short video…
Netroots Celebrate Helms's Death With Vulgar Attacks
NewsBusters readers are likely aware of my frequent appeal for civility in our comments sections due to my unwavering belief that despite political differences, when the sun sets, we're all Americans.Such reverence should be crucial on the day someone that has tirelessly served this nation for thirty years passes away.Apparently devoid of such human decency, the folks in the Netroots, within…
Obama Flip-flops Lead Kos to Hold Back Campaign Contribution
The media might not be overly concerned with presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama's incessant campaign flip-flops, but the leader of the Netroots, Daily Kos proprietor Markos Moulitsas, is so disturbed by the junior senator's recent changes of heart that he has decided to hold back his financial contribution (file photo).As NewsBusters has been reporting the past few weeks, this…
Inconvenient Truth for MSM: Black Ministers March Against Planned Pare
Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership. The Democratic Party is also staunchly supported in primary battles and in fundraising drives by hard-core pro-choice liberals -- we're…
Newsweek CW Praises Obama, Clinton 'Unity' Rally, Ignores Obama Flip-f
Newsweek's Conventional Wisdom for its July 7 dead tree edition gives an approving up arrow for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), noting that he is "[s]urging in national polls" before adding the cautionary note to "beware looking like just another politician." But the real CW in DC this past week, which saw the Supreme Court affirm the individual's right to keep and bear arms, is that Obama has flip-…
