Courtesy of Best of the Web today comes further proof that the media's fact-checking isn't about determining the truth. During Tuesday's debate, John McCain repeated an assertion he had made before: In Lebanon, I stood up to President Reagan, my hero, and said, if we send Marines in there, how can we possibly beneficially affect […]
I'm still feeling miserable, but here's today's evidence that the MSM doesn't know squat -- and is apparently proud of it. How did Newsweek convince Gov. Sarah Palin to pose with a rifle for its cover? Simple. It didn't. Instead, it used an archive (fancy speak for old) stock photo of her taken back in […]
National Review's Byron York makes a point that I've made previously and then takes it a step farther: The fact-checkers aren't neutral. It’s fair to say that John McCain has taken more heat from the fact-checkers than has Barack Obama, so much so that one prominent analyst has declared that “lies are more central” to […]
One of the things you eventually learn in your college editing class is that the photos should reflect the story and vice versa. Both should also represent reality. Unfortunately, that's something that too many journalists occasionally forget when it comes to hot-button issues. For example, long ago at Cal Poly SLO's Mustang Daily the editors […]
I've got the vice presidential debate replaying in another window on my computer as I scan through Web sites and I came across this from the New York Times live blog of the debate. One to One | 10:25 p.m. Ms. Ifill tries to break through the conventional wisdom about their biggest weaknesses. She notes […]
...or lack thereof. I found it curious over the past couple of days as the blogosphere and talk radio pointed out vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill's conflict of interest that the major sites devoted to journalism mentioned little about the controversy. Editor & Publisher relegated the issue to a brief mention on its E&P […]
Along with "military intelligence," "journalistic standards" is fast becoming an oxymoron. Today, syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin brought attention to the fact that the moderator for tomorrow night's vice presidential debate, Gwen Ifill, has a substantial financial interest in an Obama victory. In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as […]
MSNBC host Chris "Tingle Leg" Matthews was at the University of Mississippi today and interviewed his daughter on air -- without disclosing the fact. His excuse was that his daughter didnt want him to tell anyone that she was his daughter. I can understand her reticence to be associated with her embarrassment of an old […]
Sarah Palin sat down with Katie Couric today. The interview comes in two parts. Part I Watch CBS Videos Online Part II (Note that the last minute or so of this one is identical to a minute in the first one): Watch CBS Videos Online For the record: I don't think that Palin did nearly […]
The John McCain campaign has stepped up its attacks on The New York Times as nothing more than a partisan political rag. The latest salvo was fired earlier this week when campaign manager Steve Schmidt went after the Times in a conference call with the press. Let me - let me also add, on the, […]