Major Media Outlets Ignore Report on Energy

Members of the mainstream media -- people who call themselves "journalists" -- seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 -- this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and...

Amazon Defense Coalition’s PR Firm Questions Integrity of 60...

In my article I write about Hinton Communications previously slamming 60 Minutes for a report that unfairly characterized one of its clients.  Hinton Communications, now the pr firm for the Amazon Defense Coalition (ADC), uses the same news organization to aggressivly...

Amazon Defense Coalition's PR Firm Questions 60 Minutes Report

In a well-crafted statement, a Hinton Communications press release reads as follows:“The 60 Minutes segment was flat wrong in many respects. In typical fashion, 60 Minutes glossed over or failed to report facts that complicated its simplistic format — facts that would...

Newsweek Misleads Readers on Chevron Ecuador and HIV/AIDS Award

Chevron and other “big oil” companies have been routinely criticized by politicians, commentators, and the media as greedy and heartless for making obscenely large profits. Apparently Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff now has a problem with Chevron contributing millions of...

WH Press Pool's Challenges in Covering President Obama in Iraq

When President Obama made his unannounced detour to Iraq, the White House press pool was momentarily left in the dark and clueless as their on-board map was left blank.  CBS News Producer, Jeff Goldman was one...

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...

The Palin VP Paradox: A Pawn In a Geopolitical Game? - GET POLITICAL w/ VIC L...

• Still no convincing reason why McCain picked someone so untested• Did he choose her it because he felt he had to?Could John McCain's odd GOP convention adventure of the past week be subtitled, "The politics of induced schizophrenia?"He headed to the twin cities after a...

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...

News & Health Fear Mongers Threatened by the American Dream

If nation's were living organisms (and they are), the news media would constitute the histamines of those poor afflicted bodies they "serve". Histamines, which cause no end of aggravating irritation by...

Don Imus, Duke Lacrosse, Life and Sports: What the Hell Is Going On Here?!

The NHL is in the midst of winnin’ time. The NBA nears winnin’ time. The MLB schedule is budding. Yet, because of Don Imus’ statements, because of the Duke Lacrosse team, most of the sports world remains in the permafrost of a silent spring.At first glance, one...

Wii Have a Problem, Houston: Citizen Journalism and Beyond

We Media holds its 2007 conference in Miami Feb. 7-9. and its blog is already busy with baffling brainbusters. Travis Smith asks a very interesting question in a posting to the We Media conference Blog: is it...

Is Newsprint Dead?

The article I wrote below, first appeared over at  Newsvine.  After reading the story The Newspaper Dead Pool Growing on NowPublic, I thought I would repost it here.  I’m old world. I love ink on...

How a Blogger Put Himself in the Middle Of Mark Foley Story

NowPublic editor Victoria Revay was one of the first journalists to make connection with William Kerr. He began to pour his soul out to her in a series of emails and IM  chats. Here is his story as told by...

An indication that something is rotten in Ohio

Without a count, there is no vote. Without a vote, there is no voice. Anybody in the corporate media ready to give a damn yet?

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