Rezko Sentenced to 10½ Years, Media Ignore It And/Or His Ties to Obam
Depending on which news outlet you rely on for current events, you may not have heard that convicted Chicago real estate developer Tony Rezko was sentenced to 10½ years in prison Tuesday.
On top of this, unless you read the following report from Reuters, you mightn't have known just how connected he was to a junior senator from Illinois who just so happens to be the President of the United…
This Thanksgiving, Media Still Stuffed with Food Police Message
In just a few days, Americans will give thanks for their blessings and celebrate them by stuffing themselves with a bountiful feast. Despite this beloved tradition, many in the news media disapprove of overeating and continue to call for taxes on certain foods, and increased regulation.
Time magazine's website, includes an "Ideas" section with what it calls "Essential Insights. Great Debates.…
Howard Kurtz Takes Bill O'Reilly's Side in Lincoln Book Battle With Wa
A rather extraordinary thing happened Sunday.
CNN's Howard Kurtz actually took Bill O'Reilly's side in the Lincoln book dispute the Fox News host is having with Kurtz's former employer the Washington Post (video follows with transcript and commentary):
WaPo 'On Faith' Editor Quinn: I'm Not an Atheist But, Basically, God I
Marking the fifth anniversary of Washington Post's "On Faith" section with a November 17 post on the "five lessons" she's learned while serving as the online feature editor, Sally Quinn declared that she's no longer an atheist, nor an agnostic, really, because "It simply means that you don’t know" and "By that definition we are all agnostics. The pope is an agnostic."
Quinn ultimately went on…
WaPo's Henneberger Delighted That 'Princess' Pelosi 'Standing Her Grou
Washington Post staff writer Melinda Henneberger -- who has admitted to having a "longtime political crush" on the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) -- authored a puffy Style section front-pager today entitled "'Princess' Pelosi standing her ground."
"House leader responds to Cain, vows to do 'for child care what we did for health care,'" notes the print edition's subheader to the 19-paragraph…
It Seems 'Occupy D.C.' Has Worn Out Its Welcome with WaPo's Editorial
In an October 12 editorial, the Washington Post editorial board opined that "If any should go the extra mile to accommodate free expression, it's Washington, D.C.," and as such, the "End the Machine" and Occupy D.C. protests at Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square respectively should be "given their space."
A month and mile extra miles later, it appears the Occupiers are starting to wear out…
NYTimes Avoids Word 'Obama,' Buries Story on Plea to Delay Solyndra La
Energy Secretary Steven Chu is testifying today before a Congressional committee on Solyndra, the solar equipment maker favored by the Obama administration that went bankrupt after being pledged federal loan guarantees worth a half-billion dollars.
Revelations that the administration asked Solyndra to delay a layoff announcement until after the 2010 midterm elections made the front page of…
Liberal Mayors Continue to Rail Against Occupiers; Reporters Now Highl
Now that Democratic mayors have turned on the Occupy Wall Street crowd, several media outlets have adopted a more critical tone, highlighting crime and squalor at such protests. A front-page Washington Post story on Wednesday wondered, "Is this an occupation or an infestation?"
(Although the paper didn't get to the public defecation and rapes until A4.) On Tuesday's World News, reporter Dan…
WaPo in 1994: Paula Jones Suit a 'Soap Opera'; WaPo in 2011: 'Lingerin
Worrying that there are "[t]oo many lingering questions about his conduct with women," the Washington Post editorial board complained in the November 14 edition that GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain failed to satisfactorily answer reporter Maria Bartiromo's "legitimate question" at last week's CNBC debate: "Why should the American people hire a president if they feel there are character…
Which Republican Was 'Nude With a Goat
Washington Post Magazine humorist Gene Weingarten -- the same guy that used to have an important job, editor of the paper's Style section -- is bashing away at conservative Christian Republicans again. In Sunday's magazine, he promised to explain to stupid conservatives how the world worked.
"To run for the White House, you should not have to prove you think Christ is God. The whole point of…
WaPo's Miller Praises 'Frankness' of Evangelical Pastors About Sex, W
To Washington Post religion reporter Lisa Miller, evangelical ministers like Rick Warren and Tim Keller should be applauded for their "clinical frankness" about God's design for sexual pleasure within the covenant of marriage in their sermons, books, and even tweets.
Now if only they could just get over that silly biblical injunction against homosexuality, Miller lamented in her November 10 "…
NYTimes Spikes Fast & Furious Hearing in Print, Omits Eric Holder's Ad
Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder was grilled by Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Justice Department’s botched sting Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed guns to flow untracked into the U.S. and Mexico, putting thousands of illegally purchased firearms on the street, one of which led to the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in the Arizona desert.…
WaPo Style Section Devotes Nearly Four Pages of Puffery to 'Vibrant Ur
"To passerby" the Occupy D.C. protest at McPherson Square "is a jumble of tents and blue tarps," but to the Washington Post's Philip Kennicott, the Occupiers "have 'activated' the urban core," with "a living exercise in do-it-yourself (or DIY) urbanism, a trendy movement that strives to engage ordinary people in a hands-on approach to shaping and claiming public space."
And that's just the…
'On Faith' Contributor: Personhood Amendment Was Strategic Defeat for
Initiative 26 -- which would have amended the Mississippi state constitution to include unborn children as persons protected under the law -- was rejected by Magnolia State voters last night.
In response, Georgetown professor and Washington Post "On Faith" blog contributor Jacques Berlinerblau quickly hacked out a post celebrating the temporary victory over the "devastating sleeper cell of a…
