Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Honor Killing Omitted in Weinstein Movie at Iranian-American Group's Insistence

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:43 pm

  Tags: Censorship, Corporate Liberalism, Culture Society, Double Standards, Iran, Harvey Weinstein, Entertainment Media, Crossing Over, Guardian

  According to London's Guardian and a press release issued by the National Iranian American Council, the NIAC forced significant changes in the upcoming movie Crossing Over. The movie's plot featured an Iranian family, and all scenes relating to an honor killing and the phrase family honor were removed after ongoing conversations

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• For NYT Co., Helping Lefties Goes Beyond Slanted Reporting

  Published: September 28, 2007, 3:28 pm

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Environment, Democracy Now, Ny Times, The New York Times, Journalistic Issues

  When it comes to advancing a liberal agenda, New York Times Co. employees not only give at the office through the paper's slanted reporting, but also through the New York Times Company Foundation, which matches donations by NYT Co. employees -- including many made to leftist environmental and "journalism" groups. The company website

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• David Brock's Journey From Right-wing Hit Man' to Media Matters Propagandist

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:32 am

  Tags: 2006 Congressional, 2008 Congressional, 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conspiracy Theories, Corporate Liberalism, Covert Liberal Activists, Free Speech, Media Bias Debate, Moveon Org, Netroots, Bill Clinton, David Brock, Hillary Clinton, Media Business

  places--marked my break with liberalism. I began to see an incipient conservatism as challenging a tired, lockstep liberal orthodoxy, and, like many of my generation, I moved further to the right in the 1980s. Interesting. So, 24 years ago, Brock wrote a piece that his peers didn't like, and he switched political leaning. Flash forward to 1997,

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• Google Bans Anti-MoveOn.org Ads

  Published: October 11, 2007, 10:29 am

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, Moveon Org, Online Media, District Of Columbia, Google, Regional Media, Blogs

  In retrospect it seems less and less surprising that Google ever agreed to the Communist Chinese government's demands on censorship (see here and here). It seems the Internet giant and Democratic campaign contribution engine is banning anti-MoveOn.org ads (h/t Malkin): WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Internet giant Google has banned advertisements

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• NBC's 'Bionic Woman' Singles Out Hillary for Praise

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:37 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Celebrities, Corporate Liberalism, Entertainment Media, Hollywood, Jaime Sommers, Michelle Ryan, Bionic Woman, Nbc

  In between cyborg fights, NBC's new sci-fi show Bionic Woman flattered Hillary Clinton with an awkward and artificial reference to her prowess at getting to the bottom of an injustice. In the October 10 episode Sisterhood, the latest Bionic Woman, Jaime Sommers, portrayed by Michelle Ryan, discovered there is a constant video feed in

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• A Hillary Clinton-Big Pharma Connection the Media Won't Attack?

  Published: November 2, 2007, 10:16 am

  Tags: Business Coverage, Corporate Liberalism, Economy, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Timothy Carney, District Of Columbia

  Author and political reporter Timothy Carney has an interesting item this morning in the Washington Examiner about how Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) practically gets campaign contribution kickbacks from her support for subsidies to the drug industry for the so-called emergency contraceptive pill Plan B. Emphasis mine. (h/t James Joyner): Sen.

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• Bernie Goldberg: Members of MSM 'Don't Care' About Liberal Bias

  Published: November 2, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: 2008 Congressional, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, Bernard Goldberg, Bill O Amp 039 Reilly, Broadcast Television, O Amp 039 Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel

  The networks and the newspapers that compose the "mainstream media" "don't care" if they're biased towards liberals according to former CBS reporter and best selling author Bernard Goldberg. Appearing on the November 1 edition of "The O'Reilly Factor," Goldberg responded to the recent Harvard study, cited by

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• Bill O'Reilly Weighs In on Potential Rosie/MSNBC Deal

  Published: November 7, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: 9 11, Anti Military Bias, Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, Bill O Amp 039 Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Rosie O Amp 039 Donnell, Countdown, O Amp 039 Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel, Msnbc, Nbc

  With news of a possible Rosie O'Donnell show on MSNBC, Bill O'Reilly, a frequent critic of both, predictably led the November 6 "O'Reilly Factor" with his take. O'Reilly rehashed Rosie O'Donnell's most inflammatory comments. Among them were her famous "fire can't melt steel" September 11 conspiracy theory, calling terrorists

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• Laurie David Cries: Tim Russert Won't Mention Global Warming

  Published: November 14, 2007, 10:11 am

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Environment, Global Warming, Laurie David, Tim Russert, Media Business, Huffington Post, Nbc Universal

  was nothing more than a corporate-driven shillfest designed to drum up interest in parent company General Electric's non-fossil fuel offerings. (So much for the left-wing lie about corporate "conservatism.") Tim Russert's real sin was that he didn't parrot the company line like a good liberal media hack. The arrogance is stunning.

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• Hiring of 'Screw Them' Kos Unlikely to Reverse Newsweek's Decline

  Published: November 14, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: 2008 Congressional, 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, Bill Clinton, Evan Thomas, Juanita Broadderick, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Paula Jones, Media Business, Media Scandals, Blogs, Daily Kos, Fake News, Newsweek, Washi

  It seems appropriate that the person who wrote the following will now be writing for Newsweek (HT to NB's John Stephenson, who posted on this Tuesday evening): Yes, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga ("Kos") apologized the next day; you can decide for yourself whether it suffices. Assuming he's really sorry, it's odd that, unlike on the rest the

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• MSNBC President Admits: Lineup Tilts Leftward

  Published: November 16, 2007, 12:27 pm

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, Keith Olbermann, Phil Griffin, Rosie O Amp 039 Donnell, Msnbc

  can see through as mere corporate shillery. Griffin's admission came in a recent New York Times article which instead of being concerned about journalism's institutional credibility as it has when covering Fox News, predictably celebrated the network's decision to become the network for Bush haters: Lest there be any doubt that the cable

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• Medved on 'Redacted': 'It Could Be the Worst Movie I've Ever Seen'

  Published: November 18, 2007, 7:38 pm

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Bill O Amp 039 Reilly, Brian De Palma, Mark Cuban, Michael Medved

  "It could be the worst movie I've ever seen" ... "[T]he out and out worst, most disgusting, most hateful, most incompetent, most revolting, most loathsome, most reprehensible cinematic work I have ever encountered." ... "It portrays the members of our Marine Corps in the most disgusting way imaginable." ... "This

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• Merry Christmas from The Seattle Times

  Published: December 24, 2007, 2:09 am

  Tags: Anti Religious Bias, Christianity, Corporate Liberalism, Culture Society

  On this holy Sunday, just before the celebration of the birth of the Christian Savior, The Seattle Times decided it needed something Christmas related for its Entertainment & Arts section. Not just something that reflects the values of 92% of the country, like a church service, a Christmas play, or a church choir. No, this has to be something

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• NYT Ombud: Paper Shouldn't Have Hired Kristol

  Published: January 16, 2008, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Media Bias Debate, William Kristol, New York Times

  As a conservative media critic, I often hear liberal journalists say that the reason there aren't more libertarians or conservatives in the media is simply because lefties are more interested in news writing and opinioneering than righties. They are quite quick to deny there is any kind of discrimination--despite the experiences of Susan Molinari

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• NYT Travel Writer Bias? Four Alarm Gag Alert

  Published: February 17, 2008, 11:38 am

  Tags: Corporate Liberalism, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Henry Alford, New York Times

  If you have a weak stomach, steer clear of today's New York Times, particularly their "Cruise Issue" which contains a travel article reviewing a cruise that will make you lose your lunch.The author, Henry Alford, gushes over every detail, painting it literally as "The Love Boat for Policy Wonks" in a fashion that is so

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