AP Ignores Muslim Convert Status, Taliban Links of Convicted Terrorist
Former Navy signalman Hassan Abu-Jihaad was convicted today on charges "of leaking information about the movements and vulnerabilities of ships in his battle group to suspected terrorism supporters" in spring 2001, months before 9/11. These secrets were sent via e-mail to a pro-Taliban Web site. But in reporting the story, MSNBC.com ran an Associated Press story that failed to note Abu-Jihaad is…
Kos Sees Dark Conspiracy In Barack Obama Photos
Markos "Kos" Moulitsas has bought into the latest loopy conspiracy theory spinning around the left-wing Web.: that the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately darkened a photo of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to make him appear darker in skin tone than he actually is. But as Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs points out Markos and other ...morons are hyperventilating over videos they are…
Danes, CNN On the Run, Cuz Granny's Got a Gun
In rural parts of the country, it happens from time to time; a person appears uninvited on someone's property, and the landowner tells them that "elsewhere" is a better place to be. Typically these confrontations are benign in nature, even when on occasion either the property owner or the trespasser turns out to be armed. Such was the case in Texas this past weekend when a Danish reporter…
CBS/AP Fail to Call FARC Narco-terrorists Terrorists
Leftist Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez is threatening neighboring Colombia with war after that country successfully killed via airstrike FARC terrorists in a camp in Ecuador. Yet in reporting the story, CBSNews.com and the AP downplayed the terroristic nature of the leftist rebel movement.The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has been on a Comprehensive List of Terrorists and Groups…
Almost 70% Believe Traditional Media Out of Touch With Their News Need
The news just keeps getting worse for old-fashioned media outlets that disseminate news: more and more people are turning away from them and relying instead on the Internet for information.Such was the conclusion of a new We Media/Zogby Interactive poll released Wednesday.As reported by Reuters (emphasis added throughout):
'Not Easy Being Green,' Seattle P-I Blogger Complains
"It's not easy being green" isn't just the lament of Kermit the Frog, it's the dilemma of carbon-crunching greeniacs everywhere.At least that's the sanctimonious cri de coeur of Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger Curt Milton:What's your carbon footprint? How much carbon does your lifestyle emit every year? Can you reduce your carbon footprint?Thanks to Al Gore (and a lot of other forward-thinking…
'60 Minutes' at It Again with Rove/Siegelman Story
Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft shares the news of another possible election year meltdown at CBS News. "60 Minutes" recently aired the claim that former Alabama governor Don Siegelman went to jail not for corruption, but because he belong to the wrong political party, and that the investigations that landed him in jail for bribery were politically motivated. One of the most explosive claims made was…
Heaven Knows Martin Bashir Doesn't Get Christianity
"Bishop: 'Heaven Not Our Final Destination,'" read the teaser headline on ABCNews.com (pictured at right). "Hmm, what's this?" I thought, so I clicked on the link to find a story by ABC's Martin Bashir teasing a February 26 "Nightline" story about N.T. Wright, an Anglican bishop and theologian. [It should be noted that Bashir referred to Wright by his middle name Thomas Wright rather than N.T.…
Newsweek Photo Bias: McCain vs. Barack Obama
Yesterday I blogged about photo selection bias on Newsweek.com's front page. The subjects in comparison were Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and newly-minted Cuban dictator Raul Castro. McCain makes another unflattering photographic appearance on the Newsweek home page today, but it's Barack Obama who gets the comparatively better image. The Democratic nomination frontrunner is shown in a Getty Images…
Newsweek.com Photo Bias: Raul Castro vs. John McCain
Below the page break I've included screen grabs taken around 3:50 p.m. today for top stories at Newsweek.com, one having to do with John McCain and how his denial of an affair with Vicki Iseman "invited a game of catch me if you can," the second about the rise of a Raul Castro, a dictator who "promises change." The latter, flashing a peace sign, looks somewhat avuncular. McCain, however appears…
A McCain Coincidence? NYT Stock Nosedived Thursday and Friday
During the four weeks preceding February 20, New York Times Company stock had been staging a nice comeback. Lord only knows that the company's long-suffering shareholders, who before then had seen the share price drop more than 70% since June 2002, a point in time that roughly coincides with the onset of the Old Gray Lady's seemingly intractable case of Bush Derangement Syndrome, welcomed any…
