That doesn't necessarily mean that it is new. It seems every time someone from the mainstream media reads a church newsletter (they don't tend to actually attend the service) and finds a reference to something they didn't know *boom* it's news. Today's illustrative case is this piece by ABC News' Bill Redeker. The evangelical movement […]
This story has been updated Bill Allison over at the Sunlight Foundation makes the case that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is guilty only of the "appearance of" conflict of interest in her dealings on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies sub-committee. (via Instapundit) The most charitable thing one can say about Byrne is […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for exposing Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham as a thoroughly corrupt politician. In fact, if there's a sure way of winning a Pulitzer, it's discovering and documenting corruption by a national politician. It appears as though a Pulitzer Prize may be waiting for any news organization […]
Back when The New York Times was offloading some of its far-flung newspapers years ago, the Santa Barbara News-Press was one of those put on the chopping block. Make no mistake, the Times pays well, and people at the News-Press were worried that their new owner wouldn't be so generous -- both with pay and […]
In the post below I note that the three Christians murdered in Turkey were tortured before their deaths. When the American media reports developments in the case, that fact is never mentioned. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Eleven suspects in the slayings of three Christians at a publishing house in eastern Turkey were charged with murder […]
It's predictable, but the media is now reporting that the Virginia Tech mass murderer was picked on in school. Long before he boiled over, Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui was pushed around and laughed at as a schoolboy in suburban Washington because of his shyness and the strange, mumbly way he talked, former classmates say. […]
There shouldn't have been any doubt about where the major media is camped on the abortion issue, but for doubters Brent Baker over at Newsbusters has transcripts of the NBC and ABC reports on the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion. Remember that a solid majority of the American public favors a […]
In the mid-1990s, Democrat Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said this about partial-birth abortion: "I think this is just too close to infanticide. A child has been born and it has exited the uterus. What on Earth is this procedure?" Yesterday, the Supreme Court finally upheld a ban on this gruesom procedure. Democrat presidential hopefuls decried […]
Earlier this week the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. The judges had the following little bit to say about Tucker's columns: Awarded to Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community. OK, let's […]
Following on last week's questionable call by the National Association of Black Journalists to insert itself into the Don Imus controversy, the Asian American Journalists Association decides to make jerks of themselves. As coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting continues to unfold, AAJA urges all media to avoid using racial identifiers unless there is a […]