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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Brzezinski: Democrat's Affair 'Not Pressing,' No Objection to Vitter Coverage |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:57 pm |
| Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Religion, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salinas, Morning Joe, Msnbc |
| Liberals can rest easier knowing that despite her outspoken views on newsworthiness and ethics, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski can still be counted on to go to bat for the Democrats. The reporter and "Morning Joe" regular showed off her famous sense of journalistic integrity while filling in for host Joe Scarborough on Monday morning. In the |
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| Slate Trawls Facebook to Find Anti-Giuliani Scoop From Ex-Mayor's Daughter |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:56 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Media Bias Debate, Barack Obama, Lucy Morrow Caldwell, Rudy Giuliani, Online Media, Facebook, Slate, Journalistic Issues |
| Slate magazine found out that Rudy Giuliani's daughter Caroline has a crush on Obama. Well, maybe not a crush, but she had joined a pro-Obama Facebook group and describes herself as "liberal" (but then that's also how many Republican voters would describe Caroline's father). The article, complete with evidentiary screen grab, was written |
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| After Debate, CBS's Hannah Storm Focuses On Hit Piece Against Mrs. Giuliani |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:31 pm |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Abortion, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Double Standards, Media Bias Debate, Religion, Hannah Storm, Jim Vandehei, Judith Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Cbs, The Early Show, Vanity Fair |
| held a debate on Sunday, but CBS's Hannah Storm seemed more interested in Rudy Giuliani's personal life and then Mitt Romney's crankiness. On the August 6 edition of "The Early Show," at 7:19 AM, Storm kicked off the segment noting there was a Republican debate the previous day but, "they did not talk about an issue |
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| Palm Beach Post: Using Global Warming Activist's Press Release as News Story |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 2:39 am |
| Tags: Environment, Global Warming, Media Bias Debate, Palm Beach Post, Journalistic Issues |
| was orchestrating the whole media blitz," he said, "apparently by helping its various state affiliates to customize press releases for their local markets and then distributing them to local reporters, who 'reported' their claims uncritically." The Post, he said, apparently "talked to no one at all, outside of the group releasing the 'study'." |
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| Jesse Jackson's Anti-Gun Claims Unchallenged by the AP |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 10:15 am |
| Tags: Guns, Media Bias Debate, Jesse Jackson, Chicago, Journalistic Issues |
| Once again the Associated Press give us more of its prosaic brand of "unfair and unbalanced" news with a Jesse Jackson anti-gun story that doesn't offer a single word to counter his propaganda, their report doesn't present even a hint that there is any "side" but the anti-gun position. We aren't shocked at this, of course, but it needs to be |
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| Brzezinski Reverses on Villaraigosa Story: 'That Story's Important' |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 12:42 pm |
| Tags: Animal Rights, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Dc Madam, Double Standards, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, Media Bias Debate, Political Scandals, Sexuality, Antonio Villaraigosa, David Vitter, Joe Scarborough, John Ridley, Mika Brzezinski, Mirthala Salina, Morning Joe |
| of the other stories that we debate over - whether we should cover or not. That story's important. Geist: "Like..like what?" Brzezinski: "Uh, well for example, in this case, this is a mayor who had an affair with a news anchor. Several people were suspended at the TV station. And there's some conflict of interest questions. And I |
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| Not Much Analysis in This Analysis' |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 1:40 pm |
| Tags: Media Bias Debate, Cable News, Mcclatchy Newspapers, New Media, News Corp, Talk Radio, Wall Street Journal |
| I see it is not that the new media promotes openness about one's ideological leanings, but that the old media continues to deny the existence of such. This analysis, written by Steven Thomma for McClatchy Newspapers, is less of an honest look at the current media landscape than it is a yearning of the days of yore. The clue is in the third |
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| Chicago Tribune Puts New Spin On Bridge Collapse As Anti-immigrant, Anti-Muslim |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 12:54 pm |
| Tags: Media Bias Debate, Religion, George W Bush, Chicago Tribune, Minnesota, Minnesota Bridge, Government Amp Amp Press |
| so widely adopted by the media that it's easy to be numb to it, but Chicago Tribune's E.A. Torriero breathed new life into the Bush-caused-it meme in the I-35W bridge collapse story by adding a new twist. The bridge collapse, suggested Torriero, is insult added to injury for mostly Muslim Somali immigrants already angered by American foreign |
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| Obama Calls Canadian Prime Minister a 'President' - Where is Media Ridicule? |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 5:43 am |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Media Bias Debate, Barack Obama, Canada, Cnn, Journalistic Issues |
| keep moving. During the debate in response to a trade question Obama said he'd "immediately call the president of Mexico (and) the president of Canada." Of course, Canada has no "president," and this gaffe further shows Barack's unfamiliarity with foreign nations proving his unsuitability to lead our country during an era where foreign |
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| 'Please Don't Read This' Headline Leads Incomplete AP Beauchamp Story |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 2:49 pm |
| Tags: Foreign Policy, Iraq, Media Bias Debate, Middle East, Military, Michael Goldfarb, Scott Beauchamp, Associated Press, New Republic, Usa Today, Yahoo |
| "get" just how biased and antagonistic towards the war, the military, and American soldiers Old Media outlets are. In the case of Scott Beauchamp, now that their brethren at The New Republic (TNR) have been caught red-handed publishing made-up stories, John Milburn and Ellen Simon of the Associated Press appear to be doing |
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| NY Post: Comparisons to Genocidal Tyrant' Almost Killed Dow Jones Deal |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 4:35 pm |
| Tags: Media Bias Debate, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Journalistic Issues |
| wasn't strong enough to stop media mogul Rupert Murdoch from buying Dow Jones & Company. But, it came really close. "Murdoch also said the media's harsh coverage of him during negotiations with the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones, almost squashed the deal," wrote New York Post reporter Peter Lauria in the August 9 New York |
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| Reuters: Fooled by Another Fake Iraq 'Massacre' |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Media Bias Debate, War On Terrorism, Reuters, Government Amp Amp Press, Journalistic Issues |
| the danger to reporters and media folk. This is certainly a true statement, but it is no excuse for merely reporting just any old tale that is handed to them on a silver platter as they sit in the comfort and relative safety of the U.S. protected green zone. Danger in no way absolves them from printing the truth. But, then, all these tales of |
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| Vote of No Confidence: Public Says Media Are Liberal, Biased and Inaccurate |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 10:13 am |
| Tags: Media Bias Debate, Polling, History |
| do not believe the news media are fair, accurate or even moral, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The poll of 1500 Americans conducted late last month found that most of the public thinks news organizations are politically biased (55%) and often publish inaccurate stories (53%), and that roughly a third of the audience |
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| LAT: 'Suggestions by U.S. Politicians' That Pakistan Be Attacked Has No Mention of Obama |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 3:50 am |
| Tags: 2008 Presidential, Foreign Policy, Media Bias Debate, War On Terrorism, Musharraf, L Times, Journalistic Issues |
| The L.A. Times has morphed Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama's over-the-top campaign rhetoric that he would attack Pakistan into "suggestions by U.S. politicians that American forces unilaterally strike" that country. But, no where did the story mention Obama, nor that no Administration officials are advocating such a move. |
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| USA Today: Forced Military Training for Chinese Kids is 'Camp' to 'Inspire Patriotism, Teamwork and Sacrifice' |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 5:10 am |
| Tags: Chidren, Media Bias Debate, Military, China, Usa Today, Journalistic Issues |
| USA Today lends a big assist in promulgating Chinese propaganda as the paper helps explain away the nature of the forced military training that Chinese children undergo. Calling the compulsory training a benign sounding "camp" and presenting the children's training as if it is a mere Summer excursion, USA Today soft sells China's militarization of |
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