“Silent Spring,” the book still lauded by the left as the Bible of all things environmental, turns 50 Sept. 27, 2012. The book, written by marine biologist Rachel Carson, has been lauded by the media despite setting in motion a ban of DDT that…
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Few in journalism are viewed with as much veneration and respect as media veteran Bill Moyers.
NBC anchor Brian Williams once said that “Bill Moyers has been and remains an essential voice in our national conversation … the living…
In light of the Chicago school teacher strike, I would like to quote a few paragraphs from a Wall Street Journal article from February of 2007. Five years ago.
“Who, on average, is better paid – public school teachers or architects? How…
Despite the media’s best efforts to hype organic food and convince the public that it was better for people, some remained skeptical.The media spent years promoting organic foods from The Washington Post’s absurd claim in July 2006 that organic…
The national unemployment rate is currently higher than when President Barack Obama took office, but he and many others have been making the case at this week’s Democratic convention that he should get four more years as president.But the…
Liberals claim to support transparency in government, but as President Obama has proven time and again, that isn’t the case once conservatives start finding shady things with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.New York Times…
George Soros’s $25 billion Fund Management Group bought 7.9 percent of Manchester United’s Class A shares. The English soccer club went public in August, according to many news reports Aug. 21.But from Reuters, to Associated Press (AP), to…
Although things are relatively quiet in Zuccotti Park these days, the anti-capitalist fervor of Occupy Wall Street hit the silver screen in a big way in 2012.USA Today noticed this trend on Aug. 16, saying “in movie theaters, the voices of…
Obama’s executive branch is by-passing Congress again.
According to reports from the Farm Bureau, virtually all waters of the United States could soon fall under regulatory control of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if that…
Journalists have been stressing that Romney can’t connect to the common man since his first appearance in the 2012 presidential campaign. Now they have a new target: his wife Ann’s horses. Some she used for therapy for her multiple sclerosis, and…
With a fragile economy during a heated election cycle, the news media should be focused on economic data. But when it comes to the growth of the U.S. economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the three broadcasts networks were…
In a CBS interview this past week, the president remarkably asserted that, in his first term, he has gotten all the policy right. His only mistake was not telling a good enough story to the American people.
He may not have told them well,…
What do New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, gay marriage and Barack Obama have in common? The media spent years laying the groundwork for their popularity. As Mitt Romney studies hard for a vice presidential pick, smart analysts are probably…
The president’s Ohio bus tour slogan was “Betting on America.”
Imagine if the Romney campaign had shown the poor judgment to snare this slogan. The media would have had a field day with Wall Street’s wagering, turning the economy into a…
ABC’s Jim Avila has halted his crusade against “pink slime,” after costing 1,500 jobs. Now he’s moved on to the chicken industry with the same kind of scary tone to his story. This one is warning of another health crisis that apparently puts all…
President Obama announced his plan to hike taxes on people making more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000 by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. But that wasn’t the way the three broadcast networks framed the story on July…
Look behind the bylines for The New York Times front page story about how some large corporations donated to tax-exempt groups and there’s another name – George Soros. The liberal investor is one of the richest people in the world and has given…
When is comes to the liberal news media virtually any unusual weather event gets connected to climate change or global warming: heat wave or hurricane, drought or blizzard. So it was no surprise when the media quickly connected the recent…
“The path we are on will lead to the extinction of almost half the species on earth. We may be one of them.” claimed David Fenton, CEO of a top left-wing public relations firm.
Fenton made his hyperbolic claim in an open letter to…
The June jobs report was “very disappointing” for the Obama administration and to people looking for work, according to CNBC’s John Harwood. The 80,000 job gains was 20,000 short of expectations, and the unemployment rate was unchanged.Moody’…