Mainstream Media
Is it me, or is the continued media harassment of the Palin clan beginning to seem like a more general warning: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as the press is reporting. … Palin said some media outlets also are erroneously reporting that her 18-year-old daughter, Bristol,…
Dan Yorke took the opportunity of the seasonal downtime on his radio show to turn back to an op-ed by Tim Giago published in the Providence Journal a couple of weeks ago: About 14 years ago I attended a convention of the National Newspaper Association in New York. The publishers of all of the major…
In response to assertions by commenters under Justin’s post “All The Difference from D to R” that no bias exists in the press, below are two studies conducted just before the election which demonstrate otherwise. An MSNBC article of October 31 cites the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Comments made by sources, voters, reporters…
Michelle Malkin marks an early example of the can’t-make-this-stuff-up media bias that conservatives will no doubt make a regular pastime of spotting over the next few years: Sighed smitten reporter Eli Zaslow, “The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weightlifting sessions each week, and a body toned by regular treadmill runs and basketball…
I may be reading too much into this, but it strikes me as odd that some versions of this AP report of good news in Iraq contain Obama’s name, but none (that I’ve found) contain Bush’s: Attacks fell in November to their lowest monthly level since the Iraq war began in 2003, a top U.S.…
In an exclusive at Not For Nothing, Ian Donnis has learned not only the identity of the editorial writer laid off at the Providence Journal – David A. Mittell, Jr. – but that the ProJo refused to print his last column, which was critical of how newspapers have been operated in recent years. At what…
Yeah, I get that the top-of-page story on today’s Rhode Island section is more of a departing profile than report on the state’s conservation efforts — even if the title is “Federal conservationist gives Rhode Island Top Marks” — but a word about the costs of some of what Roylene Rides at the Door applauds…
Here’s a jarring line from a story about the ongoing battle between reporters and the corrupt in Russia (emphasis added): “Beketov has lost a leg and is still in a coma, but that is not all — threatening calls were also made to the hospital where he was taken,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Violence against…
One consideration that brings some of the darker visions for an Obama presidency a few steps closer to the light of plausibility is the astonishing complicity of the media. Victor Davis Hanson states it well: In the 3rd book of his history, Thucydides has some insightful thoughts about destroying institutions in times of zealotry—and then…
Granted, Bob Kerr is a columnist, but it would be difficult to concoct a more striking example of the mentality behind the media’s liberal bias. Indeed, it’s difficult to believe that he’s not a right-winger and parodist. His basic premise is that the Era of Mean is over. Liberals have borne victory better than blustering…