Thoughts on Pravda, Izvestia and President Obama

Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate...

Ties to KGB-Friendly Think Tank Should Disqualify Panetta for CIA

Members of the mainstream news media seem to have no interest in Leon Panetta’s past open involvement with the Institute for Policy Studies, an anti-CIA think tank closely linked to the former Soviet Union’s...

Is News Media to Blame for Making Economic Crisis Worse?

Is the news media to blame for making economic crisis worse?  According to new poll results released by the Opinion Research Corporation today, they are.An overwhelming 77 percent of Americans believe that...

Impact of Hurricane Gustav Might Last Four Years

I’ll wager dimes to donuts that the same people who criticized my recent tongue-in-cheek post post, I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28, are now hoping — but not necessarily praying to God about it since they are atheists — that Hurricane Gustav hits New...

Did MSM Catch Obama Playing Volleyball…Nude?

Barack Obama’s photo op tour across the Middle East and Europe has generated a great deal of news media attention for the presumptive Democrat Party presidential nominee. One article, however, caused me to buy...

The Pin is B(ar)ack on Obama’s Chest

Despite telling ABC News in October he had wasn’t going to wear an American flag pin on his chest, it appears the pin is back on the chest of Barack Obama, according to Hot Air, American Thinker and others in the blogosphere.In case you don’t recall his exact...

Michael Lacey 'N-Word' Speech Video Online

This evening, I learned about an incident involving Michael Lacey, executive editor of the Village Voice, and his recent use of the “N” word during a Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet in Phoenix.In researching the incident further, I learned that...

Media Coverage of War Casualties Skews to Left

I find it odd how members of the mainstream news media choose to report on matters such as the combat death toll among members of the U.S. military. Instead of focusing on the fact that the number of deaths during the so-called Global War on Terror has been extremely low when...

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