It’s been a year since the American public first said “I do” to Barack Obama and it’s still a honeymoon period for the mainstream press. The first year of marriage might have been a bit rocky, but journalists still have that crush on Obama.…
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November 2, 2009
Almost 20 years ago, the Berlin Wall fell symbolizing the collapse of communism in Europe, but one Washington Post book reviewer put a very different spin on that historical day.
In the Nov. 1 Washington Post, Gerard DeGroot, a…
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October 30, 2009
The Obama administration continues to push its “jobs created and saved” theme, taking credit for up to a million jobs on account of its $787 billion economic stimulus package (roughly a quarter of which has been spent). But some in the media…
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October 30, 2009
CNN’s “American Morning” condemned socialism and praised capitalism on Oct. 30. No, they weren’t discussing big bailouts or entrepreneurs. They were talking about Halloween candy.
“Okay. This is the most, this is the most…
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October 29, 2009
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
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To the Editor:
You report that "Politicians Butt In at Bailed-Out GM" (Oct. 29). Most people - including opponents of bailouts - react to…
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October 29, 2009
The Obama administration is joining with some prominent members of the press to get government involved in the future of journalism. The latest effort has the FCC picking a prominent left-wing religion blogger to oversee the FCC’s investigation…
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October 28, 2009
The debate over health care legislation has raged for months. One line of attack coming from liberal politicians on the network news is that insurance companies simply make too much money.
From “The Chris Matthews Show” to network…
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October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009
Around the globe, environmental protesters tried “a synchronized burst of more than 4,300 demonstrations, from the Himalayas to the Great Barrier Reef,” according to The New York Times.
The sweeping Oct. 24 protest was to bully…
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October 28, 2009
There is now talk of a federal bailout for newspapers. The Washington Post, lobbying for such a bailout in its editorial pages, used Obama-esque language: collective responsibility. That’s the suggestion that newspaper owners are entitled to…
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October 23, 2009
Less than three months ago, Newsweek declared that the “recession is over,” on the cover of its Aug. 3 issue and the networks rushed to ask experts the same question.
Well, an ABC News/Washington Post poll found that a “broad majority”…
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October 21, 2009
Want to make a big splash to bolster your chances in a political campaign? A tried and true strategy for some attorneys general has been to champion a populist position by exploiting the legal system for publicity. Just look at the lead up to the…
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October 21, 2009
Unemployment stands just short of 10 percent and could be revised higher. No, this isn’t the unemployment rate without a stimulus package, it is the rate even after President Obama pushed through the massive $787 billion stimulus package, which…
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October 21, 2009
Ford Had a Better Idea: No Bailout Ford stunned everyone with this week's announcement of nearly $1 billion in profit for the third quarter. What's more is that…
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October 21, 2009
It’s an era of hoaxes and hucksters. Balloons shaped like 1950s UFOs dominate the skies and missing children out their parents for their stupid stunts. TV news shows are filled with made up news stories and made up quotes about Rush Limbaugh.…
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October 21, 2009
Uh-oh. According to a report in The Futurist Magazine, from 1982 to 2007, reading declined by nearly 20 percent for the total U.S. population and 30 percent for young adults aged 18-24. Presently, a huge percentage of the population – some 40…
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October 15, 2009
While many in the news media continue to inflate and exaggerate the number of uninsured Americans, National Public Radio is making a change.
NPR’s deputy senior supervising editor Joe Neel drafted an e-mail that was sent out Oct. 14 to…
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October 15, 2009
Michael Moore makes propaganda movies and many in the news media embraced his latest screed against the free markets: “Capitalism: A Love Story.” To NBC, hating capitalism makes Moore a go-to expert for Wall Street bashing.
“Today”…
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October 14, 2009
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, is a media darling now that she was the only Republican to break ranks and vote a health care reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee Oct. 13. “Good Morning America” interviewed Snowe about health care reform…
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October 14, 2009
The headline should read: “400,000 of U.S. aren’t reading this.” That’s the true story of the latest newspaper cataclysm as USA Today is about to report a loss of 398,000 readers in just one year.
It’s only the latest bad news headline…
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