A dispatch today from the Associated Press on Inspector David Kay's report on Iraq's lack of WMD's (for a more complete picture of Kay's work, check out this report) contains the following dishonest quote from Vice President Dick Cheney (the quote is dishonest, not the VP): Cheney warned in March 2003, three days before the […]
The stereotype about numbers being to journalists like kryptonite to Superman is often true. It starts early. Case in point is this article from the Daily Illini. Ignore the predictable left-wing, anti-gun bias and focus on this paragraph: A study done by the Violence Policy Center found that one in every five law enforcement officers […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune publishes one whopper of a correction in its Opinion section -- and it involves a blogger. In a Jan. 15. follow-up to his Jan. 12 column, "More deceptions to justify war actions," James O. Goldsborough stated that Fox News was the source of a bogus 1945 Reuters news dispatch that may […]
Once upon a time I really wanted to win a Pulitzer Prize, because for journalists those things are a big deal. Then the New York Times' Maureen Dowd won one. Now, I'm not willing to undergo the brain damage caused by repeatedly bashing my head into the asphalt that would be required to compete for […]
Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz has done some research on journalists' contributions to political candidates. More than 100 journalists and executives at major media companies, from NBC's top executive to a Fox News anchor to reporters or editors for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, CBS and ABC, have […]
When the latest Times story regarding the recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering came across the wires earlier this evening I had to shake my head in disgust. The version I was looking at is known as the "Times Express" version -- an early, shorter version of a longer story that would move in full […]
On Wednesday evening, one of the building maintenance guys at my place of employ, The San Diego Union-Tribune was taking a good, old-fashioned hand saw to a wall in the newsroom that leads to a room that allegedly contains "Air Handling Equipment." How do I know this? Well, that's what it says on the nearby […]
It seems as though there was some misrepresentation in CBS News' "60 Minutes" feature on former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. The Wall Street Journal's John Fund also has some analysis of Paul O'Neill and his "issues."
While I was sick, CBS has denied last week's New York Times report that it paid Michael Jackson $1 million, through Enron-style accounting, for his "60 Minutes" interview. I mentioned the story earlier here.
The New York Times is reporting that CBS is using some Enron-style accounting to pay Michael Jackson $1 million for last Sunday's "60 Minutes" interview. Since such a payment flies in the face of journalistic ethics, CBS managed to get its entertainment division to write the check, according to the Times. Another black eye for […]