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NYT all the news unfit to print

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:44:42 GMT

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On its editorial page today The New York Times published a complete lie about Governor Sarah Palin from Alaska:
"Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits"

The editorial attacks Sarah Palin for a complete fabrication (while it props up Joe Biden):

This is completely false.

** There is not one single record of the Wasilla police department charging any rape victim for an examination.

Not one.

The Finance Department searched all financial records on our system for fiscal year 2000, 2001 and 2002. There are no records of billings to or collections from rape victims or their insurance companies in our system.

Bob Owens discovered this and also reported that these rumors began at an obscure liberal blog written by a man in LA after Sarah Palin was chosen as the Republican VP candidate.

By the way... Joe Biden met with the Georgian leader today without the press and guess what?
-Not a peep from the liberal media.

Tags: nytimes, news, media, msm, bias, politics

ABC's creative editing

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:59:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Without any major mistakes by Palin the media is reduced to using creative editing to try and make her look bad. It's like they have gone to the Michael Moore school of reporting.

Clip Source: elections.foxnews.com

Millions of TV viewers who watched ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin Thursday night never saw her take issue with a key question in which she was asked if she believes that the U.S. military effort in Iraq is “a task that is from God.”

The exchange between Palin and ABC’s Charlie Gibson, in which she questioned the accuracy of the quote attributed to her, was edited out of the television broadcast

Gibson asked Palin: “You said recently in your old church, ‘Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.’ Are we fighting a Holy War?”

Palin’s response, which appears in the transcript but was edited out of the televised version

“You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.”

“It’s exact words,” Gibson said.

The edited televised version included a partial clip of that quote, but not the whole thing.

A promo posted on Yahoo! News Friday continued to misrepresent the exchange

Tags: abc, msm, media, bias, palin, gibson, politics

Mark Penn: The media has lost credibility

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:47:13 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

Howard Wolfson argued that you all unintentionally paved the way for Palin

the media may now be treating Sarah Palin with kid gloves. Do you agree with that?

Mark Penn: Well, no, I think the people themselves saw unfair media coverage of Senator Clinton.

I think that when you see them going through every single expense report that Governor Palin ever filed, if they don't do that for all four of the candidates, they're on very dangerous ground.

I think the media so far has been the biggest loser in this race.

all of the media is now being viewed as partisan in one way or another. And that is an unfortunate development.

So you think the media is being uniquely tough on Palin now?

I think that the media is doing the kinds of stories on Palin that they're not doing on the other candidates.

that's going to subject them to people concluding that they're giving her a tougher time.

This is an election in which the voters are going to decide for themselves. The media has lost credibility with them.

Tags: media, msm, bias, sexism, mccain, obama, palin, clinton, politics

CNN's Roberts: How shoud WE respond to rep attacks on dems?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:54:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They aren't even pretending to be unbiased anymore.

Clip Source: minx.cc

CNN's John Roberts Asks Paul Begala: How Should "We" Respond to Republican Attacks on Democrats?

"We"?

Two possibilities:

1) John Roberts is asking what he, as a Democrat, must do to win.

2) John Roberts is actually just soliciting the media's marching orders from the DNC right on television now, without the discretion and pretense of doing it via email or at a bar.

Most likely possibility? Both, of course.

Tags: cnn, media, msm, bias, politics

Obama campaign expects media to bring down Palin for them

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:23:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I don't think it is from a lack of trying.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

By every indication, Mr. Obama’s aides underestimated the impact that Mr. McCain’s choice of Ms. Palin would have on the race. Mr. Obama and his campaign have seemed flummoxed in trying to figure out how to deal with her. His aides said they were looking to the news media to debunk the image of her as a blue-collar reformer, even as they argued that her power to help Mr. McCain was overstated.

Tags: obama, palin, media, msm, bias, politics

The liberal media spin zone

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:21:25 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

Headlines Offer an Alternate Liberal Reality

Agence France-Presse (AFP) took the plunge in reporting with this

Bush: 8,000 US troops to leave Iraq

Good news to most Americans

MSNBC continued their strong tradition of liberal bias

Bush to keep troop levels in Iraq for '08

But our friends at MSNBC weren’t content to stop there

Troops won't return on Bush's watch

The Times Online took it a step further

President Bush to maintain US troops in Iraq until almost last day in office

The AP’s headline refused to allow even a hint of good feelings about a troop drawdown

Bush keeping Iraq troop levels mostly steady

The BBC followed closely to the AP format:

Bush to announce troop reshuffle

The Washington Post continued the trend:

Bush to Keep Iraq Troop Levels Steady Until After He Leaves Office

I suspect that the bias won’t stop here. One could only be partially surprised if they were to wake up tomorrow morning to

Bush to Personally Allow the Death of US Troops Until February

Seriously, would anyone be shocked?

Tags: media, msm, bias, iraq, military, politics, war on terror, success

Cable news coverage: Biden vs Palin

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:28:08 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

Now that the dust has settled on both parties' vice presidential picks, it's time to take a look at how the media treated Joe Biden and Sarah Palin in the crucial early hours after they were announced as running mates.

Looking at the transcripts of CNN, FNC, and MSNBC during the two "primetime" hours of the day John McCain and Barack Obama announced their running mates, a trend becomes quite clear: The media were much more likely to report negative information about the Alaskan Palin than the Delawarean Biden.

Palin News 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM 8/29/08
	CNN	Fox	MSNBC
Positive	15	15	4
Negative	27	10	20
Neutral	26	37	13
Total	68	62	37

BIDEN News 7:00pm to 9:00pm 8/23/08
	CNN	Fox	MSNBC
Positive	29	25	47
Negative	14	31	14
Neutral	65	51	61
Total	108	107	122

Tags: media, cable, bias, fox news, msnbc, cnn, politics, biden, palin

How out of touch is the mainstream media?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:25:29 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift disclosed on the McLaughlin Group

that John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for VP was greeted by “literally laughter” in “very many newsrooms.”

ELEANOR CLIFT: This is not a serious choice. It makes it look like a made for TV movie. If the media reaction is anything, it's been literally laughter in many places across news-

JOHN McLAUGHLIN, TALKING OVER CLIFT: Where is that? See that?

CLIFT: In very, very many newsrooms.

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

There have been significant changes in perception of John McCain in the two days of polling since he named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Since then, 49% of Republicans voice a Very Favorable opinion of McCain. That’s up six percentage points from 43% just before the announcement. Also, 64% of unaffiliated voters now give positive reviews to McCain, up ten points since naming his running mate.

There has been little change in perceptions of Obama since his Thursday night speech and the Palin announcement

Tags: msm, media, bias, obama, mccain, palin, election, politics

Ferraro likes McCain's choice of Palin

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:29:29 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

How does the first female VP candidate feel about the second? Geraldine Ferraro says that many women feel disaffected by the way Hillary Clinton got treated by the Democratic Party and the media — and they will appreciate an opportunity to support a historic ticket:

Sarah Palin made explicit reference to Hillary Clinton’s remark about “18 million cracks in the glass ceiling”, an overt reference to the historic opportunity for women in this campaign. Will that convince some of Hillary’s supporters to cross party lines? A large number of them already seemed open to that possibility — and Palin certainly has Ferraro intrigued.

Ferraro’s comments point up another potential land mine for Barack Obama. The media may stoke all those leftover resentments if they try to hit Palin hard in the next few weeks, which may drive off even more women than otherwise.

Tags: ferraro, mccain, palin, election, politics, sexism

The Biden media whitewash has begun

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:53:30 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

The Friday evening version of Joe Biden's Wikipedia entry remains firmly ensconced in a Firefox tab on my desktop, so it can be compared to its current form as Obama-Biden's busy bees brush it up. I'm doing comparisons as time allows, and there isn't much of it at the moment.

Amazing. Where did 2004 go?

You'll just loooooove what got deleted:

Now we get to hear Joe Biden tell us why John McCain shouldn't be president.

Joe Biden thought that John McCain would be perfectly qualified to be Veep on the Democratic ticket in 2004, and thus fit to serve as President if something should happen to John Kerry, his party's nominee.

Incidentally the two footnoted links in the 2004 picture both work (here and here).

But, "oddly enough," all that remains of the footnote relating to McCain is a headlined article at MSNBC with no text:

What are the odds that anyone in traditional media will take any interest in the ongoing whitewash? Or is it really possible that they're participating in it?

Tags: biden, obama, msm, wikipedia, whitewash, politics, election

Lou Dobbs: Media 'in the tank supporting the Obma candidacy"

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:28:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

HANK SHEINKOPF, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Good for democrats, not so good for the nation in the long term. Barack Obama is interesting, he's new, therefore he is news. OK. The fact that a black man can reach that pinnacle of success, raise the amount of money, run this kind of organization, beat Hillary Clinton is big news. At some point there has to be some fairness in the discussion. The problem here from the beginning is from day Obama showed up, I was wondering when the reporters will start chiseling his face on to Mt. Rushmore and the guy hadn't even won the nomination yet. That's the danger here, Lou. And people know it and they're not stupid. Average guy says wait a second, I want news and he isn't getting it.

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

LOU DOBBS

My colleagues in the national media are absolutely biased, in the tank supporting the Obama candidacy while claiming the mantle of objectivity.

Well, I think the way the national media in this country right is performing, is disgraceful.

"The Washington Post" has put Barack Obama on the front pages of the Washington Post three times as many times as Senator McCain.

"Time" magazine has run seven covers with Obama. McCain two.

I mean, this is not close, folks. And it is ugly. It is nasty. And I guarantee you, we are watching a shift in the way in which the media in this country, which is already reviled by the public, I believe it's going to be even worse.

When these news organizations are doing this and trying to pretend cloaking themselves in the mantle of objectivity, you know, they're silly, (trulish), absolutely in my opinion, despicable phonies.

Tags: dobbs, media, msm, bias, obama, campaign, politics

55% Say Media Bias Bigger Problem Than Campaign Cash

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:05:01 GMT

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Clip Source: beta.rasmussenreports.com

Voters overwhelmingly believe that politicians will “break the rules to help people who give them a lot of money,” but most say there’s a bigger problem in politics today—media bias.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 55% believe media bias is more of a problem than big campaign contributions. Thirty-six percent (36%) disagree and think that campaign cash is a bigger problem.

People believe media bias is a bigger problem even though 63% believe most politicians will break the rules to help campaign contributors. Just 14% believe most politicians would refrain from breaking the rules for a donor.

Sixty-six percent (66%) disagree and think that, despite the annoyance factor, it’s better to put up with an election-year barrage of advertising rather than rely on the news media.

An earlier survey found that 49% believe most reporters are trying to help Barack Obama win the election this year. Just 14% believe they’re trying to help McCain.

Tags: msm, media, bias, campaign, election, politics, money

MSM shrugs at GOP revolt over drilling

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:19:29 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

On Friday, NewsBusters wondered how much attention media would pay to the Republican revolt that occurred after Speaker Pelosi adjourned the House for a five week vacation without allowing a vote on offshore oil drilling.

It turns out that if you rely on the evening news programs of the three broadcast networks, you didn't hear about this extraordinary event at all

And, if you're one of the few people that still reads newspapers, the one thrown on your driveway Saturday morning likely also ignored this story, or buried it well off the front page.

As for newspapers, the New York Times alloted 520 words to this issue Saturday...on page A16. The Washington Post gave it 402 words...on page A3.

The results of a LexisNexis search suggest the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle all ignored this revolt.

With gas and oil prices on the minds of Americans from coast to coast, how could any press outlet not cover this story?

Tags: gop, media, msm, bias, politics, congress, oil, gas

Military Officials disute Obama's Landstuhl claims

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:09:00 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Last week after blowing off a visit to see the wounded troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the Obama campaign released this statement:

The Pentagon "viewed this as a campaign event and therefore they said he should not come." said Axelrod.

Barack Obama went to workout instead.

The Military Times reported:

All media, including local press and the more than 40 journalists accompanying the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on his eight-day international trip last week, would have been able to photograph the Illinois senator entering and leaving the hospital, said Air Force Lt. Col. John Dorrian, a U.S. European Command spokesman.

under no circumstances may a candidate receive approval to make a campaign or election-related statement or to respond to a campaign or election-related media query

the candidate may appear on camera and in photographs as an official participant and may make a statement or answer questions about the official business being conducted

Tags: obama, military, politics, election, germany

How the media feels about Obama

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:20:05 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waits to speak in Aberdeen, South Dakota May 31, 2008. Obama said on Saturday he quit his Chicago church in the aftermath of inflammatory sermons that could become a lightning rod in the November election.

Tags: obama, media, msm, bias, politics