Is Google's Earth Day Logo Advancing Global Warming Alarmism
April 22nd, 2007 12:25 PM
I noticed it earlier this morning, and was reminded by NewsBusters member Conservative in the Arts that Internet search behemoth Google was featuring an interesting logo to commemorate Earth Day: Looks like a melting iceberg, doesn’t it? Is the company making a bold statement about its view of anthropogenic global warming?
Activist Suggests 'Reference' Checks For Gun Sales; Couric Fails to Sc
April 20th, 2007 6:20 PM
On her "Couric & Co." blog today, the CBS "Evening News" anchor posted a 10-question interview with gun control activist Paul Helmke. Couric's questions largely lobbed softballs for the Brady Campaign's Helmke to hit out of the park. But beyond that, she let slip a suggestion a keener ear might have caught and followed up on.Helmke suggested he'd prefer a law making law-abiding citizens have…
CBS Suggests More Gun Control Could Impede Terrorism
April 18th, 2007 1:32 AM
In an April 17 article at CBSNews.com, investigative reporter Armen Keteyian tracked down the origin of the guns used by Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung-Hui. While Keteyian failed to consider what part restrictive anti-concealed carry policies on the Virginia Tech campus may have played in ensuring Cho faced no opposition from armed civilians, he found a former ATF agent to criticize…
CBS's Cohen Sees 'Irony' in Gun Control Measures Not Working
April 17th, 2007 5:15 PM
Perhaps a sign of how blind the liberally-biased media are to arguments from gun rights advocates, CBS's Andrew Cohen wrote in his Washington Post "Bench Conference" blog that "There Is Irony in the Tragedy at Virginia Tech."I learned from CBS News' Armen Keteyian that school administrators and
college officials at Virginia Tech had in fact implemented reasonable
security measures (against the…
ABC 'Blotter' Blog Gives Early Platform to Gun Control Group
April 16th, 2007 5:06 PM
Update added at bottom of post.In a 2:30 p.m. posting, well before details about the weapons used in the tragic Virginia Tech shootings were available, ABC News's Brian Ross devoted a "Blotter" blog entry to a gun control advocate's talking points. Ross didn't make room for any gun rights advocates or find a critic to suggest the Brady Center was callously capitalizing on a tragedy to further…
CBS Plagiarist Producer Was Slated to Teach Online Writing Course
April 13th, 2007 11:36 AM
Yesterday I noted that the New York Sun reported Melissa McNamara to be the producer CBS fired for plagiarizing the Wall Street Journal in a script she wrote for Katie Couric's April 4 "Notebook" vlog. For its part, CBS News refused to publicly release the name of the fired producer. As of publication of this blog post, CBS's ombudsblog "Public Eye" has not addressed the Sun's reporting. Now…
