USA Today Retracts NSA Article About Phone Records From BellSouth and
Remember that USA Today article from May 11 alleging that “[t]he National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth?” Well, the USA Today just issued a retraction: “Based on its reporting after the May 11 article, USA TODAY has now concluded that while the NSA has built a massive…
Latest USA Today Global Warming Scare Tactic
The higher CO2 levels that inherently come with global warming are actually a good thing if you're starving in a third world country. Plants breathe CO2, and higher levels means faster plant growth and higher crop yields. But that isn't the story you want to paint if you're a big media operation like USA Today. Instead, you want to frame it like this: Study: Global warming boosts poison…
USA Today Poll Omits Major Point: NSA Didn’t Listen to Calls
Did USA Today skew their poll results of the NSA phone collection scandal? It sure looks that way. As Brent Baker has already reported, On May 12, ABC News and The Washington Post conducted a poll to find out whether Americans support the NSA’s collection of phone call records. They asked this question: "It's been reported that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone call…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Calls Out USA Today For Thursday
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan) wrote an op-ed in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times that should be must reading for all Americans, especially those that believe the leaking of national security information is actually a good thing if it helps your party regain power. In it, Hoekstra practically attacked USA Today for its recent front-page article concerning the…
