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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 01:43:48 PM
After Enron's former chairman Ken Lay died on July 5 of a heart problem, the mainstream media were quick to point out how President George W. Bush affectionately once called the convicted criminal "Kenny Boy." Friday, July 21, 2006 09:57:23 AM
The tenth anniversary of the destruction of TWA Flight 800 shows that government and media cover-ups do succeed. The prevailing myth is that the fuel-tank somehow exploded, causing the plane to crash. Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:37:44 AM
On June 9 in Gaza, eight people were killed on a beach, and the initial claims were that Israeli rockets caused the deaths. The symbol in this case was a 10-year-old grieving girl, rushing up to her dead father. Israel, like the U.S., is willing to take responsibility if its citizens or troops commit atrocities. Facing inevitable criticism in this case, Israel said that it was possible that Israeli forces were responsible. But the Israelis investigated and determined that in this case, based on timing and the nature of the shrapnel found in the bodies, they did not die from an Israeli missile. They believe that what exploded were buried military ordnance. Friday, June 30, 2006 11:46:43 AM
It's hard to believe, but a new film has been produced about life before and after Castro that ends Hollywood's long-time love affair with the Cuban dictator. Tuesday, June 06, 2006 09:26:25 AM
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's fundraising for Hillary Clinton was treated as a man-bites-dog shocking news story. Keith Olbermann's little-watched MSNBC program went crazy with the news. Friday, June 02, 2006 10:59:22 AM
As critical elections approach in November, liberals in the media who are determined to make President Bush and the Republicans pay are trying a new approach. They are accusing Bush of merely pretending to be a moderate. According to this latest theory, Bush is masking the truth that he is a hard-line Republican extremist. It's too bad the media don't have any evidence for this charge. Thursday, April 06, 2006 09:23:46 AM
Ever since Hamas won the most seats in the January Palestinian elections, the world and the media have struggled to deal with this development. Hamas has primarily been a terrorist organization, openly committed to the destruction of Israel, though it has also been engaged in providing social services to some of its constituents. Should they be isolated, or given a chance to prove themselves as representatives of their people who are willing to live in peace with Israel? Wednesday, March 29, 2006 09:08:57 AM
The ratings for this month's Academy Awards were the lowest since 2003, and down eight percent from last year. Many attribute that to the fact that the movies up for the top awards were not very popular at the box office. Friday, March 24, 2006 09:26:20 AM
Polls are among the most telling expressions of bias in the media. They are very often agenda-driven, used to make a political point, or to pile on a favorite target. Thursday, March 16, 2006 05:26:13 PM
As the first anniversary of the global warming treaty, also known as the Kyoto Protocol, has come and gone, a steady stream of stories from the mainstream media continues to reinforce the notion that global warming is indeed a real phenomenon that is significantly caused by human activity and exacerbated by U.S. refusal to sign on to Kyoto. Saturday, March 11, 2006 06:32:13 PM
Watching Senator Hillary Clinton play to the media, in the controversy over an Arab company managing U.S. ports, provided another important lesson in how our reporters operate by a double standard. Wednesday, March 01, 2006 07:59:14 AM
The question of "Where are the WMD?" has been offered by critics of the Bush Administration in order to mock the rationale for the invasion of Iraq. The question is presented because of the failure to find the weapons of mass destruction that Saddam was said to possess or was pursuing. But it's still a legitimate question. And some new answers are beginning to emerge—although generally not in the major media. Sunday, February 26, 2006 03:55:36 PM
While some commentators took former President Jimmy Carter to task for his misleading and political comments at the Coretta Scott King funeral about wiretapping, his ridiculous claims about the victims of Hurricane Katrina went largely unchallenged. Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:56:54 AM
The "Condi for President" movement is gathering steam. The recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) featured an "Americans for Dr. Rice" booth, and 47 percent of the public in a new Fox News poll says Rice would make a good president. Friday, February 10, 2006 12:05:41 PM
George Clooney has talked about returning to the days when everyone had the same "fact level." By that, he means he wants to return to the "good old days," as he sees them, when "The News" was a neat package presented from on high by Walter Cronkite, who fed us the liberal line and disguised it as the only version of the news worth hearing and objective truth. Friday, February 03, 2006 12:21:28 PM
Compelling new evidence of a Cuban Communist role in the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy has come to light, but has received little attention in the U.S. media. Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:01:35 PM
Brian Ross has had a reputation at ABC News of being a first-rate investigative reporter. But his unfair attack on Justice Antonin Scalia for attending a judicial conference has not only damaged his own reputation but backfired in a big way. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 07:00:51 PM
Chances are that you've heard the bizarre story of Farris Hassan, the 16-year-old Florida boy who went on an adventure in Iraq. But you may not have heard that his trip was motivated by a desire to get the truth about the war that the major media won't provide. Friday, January 20, 2006 12:11:28 PM
The Los Angeles Times, one of the nation's largest newspapers, is smarting from being a victim of an Internet hoax. In an apparent example of laziness, a Times reporter used a quote from a fake news release. Tuesday, January 17, 2006 02:03:02 AM
The debate over the Iraq War will continue. But at the end of 2005, we heard some rather interesting and surprising comments about the war. Monday, January 09, 2006 10:08:18 AM
Media bias took a back seat when the media were forced to report the huge and enthusiastic turnout in the Iraq elections. The people want freedom and democracy, which is what our troops are fighting and dying for. The stakes have been dramatized for all to see. Friday, January 06, 2006 12:20:54 PM
At first glance, a recent Nightline episode called "Mothers of the Fallen" seemed like another attempt by the mainstream media to convince the public that the war in Iraq was a mistake and not worth the lives of any more American soldiers. Tuesday, January 03, 2006 09:03:53 AM
While Time and Newsweek examine the supposed phenomenon of an isolated President Bush in a bubble, another Clinton scandal is waiting in the wings to be discovered by the media. This one could sink Hillary's presidential prospects. Friday, December 30, 2005 09:45:16 PM
In defending the decision to go to war in Iraq, Vice President Cheney quoted Senator John McCain as saying that it was a lie to say that President Bush lied. For those who want to understand the particulars of the debate about who lied and about what, we suggest this comprehensive article by Norman Podhoretz, the editor-at-large of Commentary magazine. It is a great antidote to much of the misinformation put forth by Democratic partisans such as Chris Matthews of MSNBC. Friday, December 16, 2005 09:34:21 AM
The Washington Post has been exposed for having spread a false story far and wide that they apparently don't want to acknowledge. The story first appeared in the Post last December, following the disastrous tsunami that struck the South Pacific, killing more than 200,000 people in 13 countries. Monday, December 12, 2005 09:28:48 AM
Have you noticed how scandals that don't involve Republicans fail to get significant attention from the media? The trial lawyers, who comprise a major special interest group backing the Democratic Party, have a scandal on their hands but the mainstream media have shown little interest in this story. Thursday, December 08, 2005 10:33:03 AM
If you come forward to make bizarre charges against the Bush Administration, you are almost guaranteed to get heavy media coverage. Cindy Sheehan, who calls Bush a terrorist, was made into a star. Wednesday, December 07, 2005 02:45:10 PM
The media have been portraying the issue of torture in simple terms—President Bush and Vice President Cheney support it, and all right-thinking people are opposed. But it's much more complicated than that. The media are either too lazy or too ideological to present the facts. Friday, December 02, 2005 11:03:11 AM
It is frustrating to have to keep correcting the media. And it is even more frustrating when national television programs deliberately distort the evidence on a matter as important as Saddam Hussein's links to Al Qaeda. It's an old controversy but some in the media still insist on getting the facts wrong. Monday, November 14, 2005 05:22:46 PM
The National Geographic Channel premiered a new documentary on the crash of TWA 800, claiming to have finally reconstructed through computer simulation what happened that night back on July 17, 1996. |