http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bias/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:58:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050832/posts I don't know which troubles me more: the liberal media's fawning over Barack Obama or the great number of people who are buying into his mystique so uncritically. But what bothers me more than either of these is the arrogance of the liberal press, which sadly is typical of so many liberals. The media's deification of Obama is largely responsible for the perception that Obama is superhuman. Their coverage of his European tour -- the most breathtakingly presumptuous junket we've witnessed in American politics in ages -- is but the latest example. How anyone can fall for the media's Obama... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050832/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:58:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051242/posts If a reporter wanted to test the enthusiasm of College Republicans at a campus for John McCain, one might think that they would look up the officers of the chapter and arrange a few interviews. CNN apparently found that a little too difficult at USC yesterday, so they just stopped the first person who claimed to be a Republican. Andrew Malcolm reports on the aftermath: The president of the College Republicans at the University of Southern California is charging that CNN used a “fake College Republican” in its broadcast report today, claiming there was a lack of enthusiasm for the... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051242/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:17:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050813/posts The leftward tilt of journalists is not a figment of your imagination, no matter what the political hacks at Media Matters for America say. And now there is yet more proof that media employees are putting their money where their mouths are. Employees of the "Big Media" have contributed 100 times more money to Democrats ($315,533) than to Republicans ($3,150) in the current election cycle, according to William Tate (writing in Investor's Business Daily today). I'm not sure that I agree with Tate's methodology, though, because he excludes contributions made to two GOP contenders who dropped out of the race... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050813/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:25:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050497/posts Broder got himself a pretty new dress and some open-toed shoes. He did a fresh comb-over and breathlessly went to work on today's column, "Obama's Tour De Force." Warning: It ain't pretty. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050497/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:33:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050447/posts If you want an efficient, capsule summary of why you haven't read anything in newspapers or seen anything on major network news about how John Edwards ran from National Enquirer reporters in a hotel parking garage, about how he hid in a bathroom for 15 minutes, and about how he was holed up overnight with his alleged mistress and love child — an awesome, amazing story — parse these three revealing sentences from Washington Post "gossip" columnist Roxanne Roberts, in response to one of many persistent questions about the scandal in an online chat yesterday: The Enquirer is not going... The Gawker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050447/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:47:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050390/posts Crushing scientific dissent By Christopher CookI have a dualistic and conflicted view of science and scientists. One the one hand, I respect greatly the rigor and honesty with which most scientists conduct themselves. I respect the field's idealized desire for the truth, no matter where it leads.On the other hand, I realize that while there is an idealized desire for truth, the unfortunate fact is that science, like every other human field of endeavor, is run by humans. And scientists, like all humans, run the gamut: Some are honest. Some are honest but lazy. Some are honest but do the... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050390/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:44:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049020/posts When Hillary dropped out under a wave of hostile coverage, she left John McCain the only person standing between Barack Obama and a history-making presidency. With Obama rocking waves of positive coverage overseas, the media tide is out for the Republican nominee, and the Times surely isn't going to give McCain any breaks now. The same New York Times that endorsed McCain (albeit in hold-your-nose fashion) during the Republican primaries now refuses to run an op-ed by him that: laid out recent successes in Iraq; said Obama was wrong in opposing the surge; and accused the Democrat of having "learned... Times Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049020/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:03:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048741/posts The belief that reporters are trying to help Barack Obama win the fall campaign has grown by five percentage points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help Obama with their coverage, up from 44% a month ago. Just 14% believe most reporters will try to help John McCain win, little changed from 13% a month ago. Just one voter in four (24%) believes that most reporters will try to offer unbiased coverage. A plurality of Democrats—37%-- say most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048741/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048268/posts Will Katie Couric be as tough with Barack Obama as North Korean television is with Kim Jong Il? The last time Couric (and the other anchors to, for that matter) interviewed Obama the liberal Democrat had no more to fear from her and them than the communist dictator ever has from his state media. Pressed at the TV critics session with the networks in Beverly Hills on Friday as to whether ABC, CBS and NBC sending their anchors along with Barack Obama on his overseas trip is “justified or reflect media infatuation with the presumptive Democratic nominee,” the AP's Lynn... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048268/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:21:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046998/posts Barack Obama is going on a five nation middle east tour accompanied by all three network news anchors, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Kouric. This is effectively an around the clock campaign commercial designed to play him in the best light to all of America on the 6:00 o'clock news. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? ME http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046998/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:24:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045818/posts A New York Times article reveals that late night comics are having a hard time making jokes about Sen. Barack Obama. From the article: What’s so funny about Barack Obama? Apparently not very much, at least not yet. On Monday, The New Yorker magazine tried dipping its toe into broad satire involving Senator Obama with a cover image depicting the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his wife, Michelle, as fist-bumping, flag-burning, bin Laden-loving terrorists in the Oval Office. The response from both Democrats and Republicans was explosive. Comedy has been no easier for the phalanx of late-night television hosts who... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045818/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:11:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045610/posts A recent mission to Iraq headed by top archaeologists ... found that, contrary to received wisdom, southern Iraq's most important historic sites ... had neither been seriously damaged nor looted after the American invasion. This, according to a report by staff writer Martin Bailey in the July issue of the Art Newspaper. The article has caused confusion, not to say consternation, among archaeologists and has been largely ignored by the mainstream press. Not surprising perhaps, since reports by experts blaming the U.S. for the postinvasion destruction of Iraq's heritage have been regular fixtures of the news. Up to now ...... WSJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045610/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045582/posts The conventional wisdom is that Hollywood has never before been so gaga over any candidate as she is now for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. In addition to raking in Oprah-level campaign cash, Mr. Obama is making Sen. John McCain, despite the Republican's comedic turns on "Saturday Night Live" and in "The Wedding Crashers," look like an out-of-it grandfather. While it is true that the ratio of Obama-to-McCain bumper stickers in West L.A. is about 250-to-1, there are untold closet Republicans in the entertainment industry who dare not advertise their beliefs in movie studio parking lots. (Unfortunately, car keying is a... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045582/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044963/posts WHY, INDEED? "French media loses big court case proving Palestinian propaganda false, New York Times ignores shocking story... Why?" Because it opens the door to suggestions that this wasn't an aberration, but the norm in Mideast coverage? # # # Also see related videos at YouTube: "Green Helmet Guy" in Qana (Aug 2006) Dead Children Used as Props in Lebanon (Aug 2006) Pallywood (Mar 2006) Instapundit.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044963/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044728/posts When it comes to the elections, there's no doubt that Obama has it easier than McCain with the media. How much easier does Obama have it? Read this "Geeks On Caffeine" cartoon and see for yourself! Note: The author requests that you visit the web site and refrain from pasting the cartoon within the thread. Thanks! Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044728/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044325/posts Strange thing. Google has buried the disputed Birth Certificate images. They are NOT in Google's image results when searching "Obama Birth Certificate" or "Barack Obama Certificate" or "Obama Certificate of Live Birth". They have lots of general pictures of Obama and pictures of generic BCs or joke ones, but not the ones being disputed. I've gone over 20 pages deep, 400 images, and NOT found any of the disputed images or the various post KOS posting created variations. That is very suspicious... someone is hiding something. Even More Strange: I searched through 980 images out of over 18,700 of a... Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044325/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:08:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044415/posts Recovering a true copy of Obama’s birth certificate IS important to the general public, because he is being interviewed by us for the most important job in the world, the President of the United States. Unfortunately major networks or newspapers are not covering this story, because if they can keep you from learning new information about Obama, the better chance their candidate will win. This type of media, elitist attitude assumes that the average American fed their propaganda, spoon by spoon, are more or less too dumb to see the clear bias in their reporting. Ha! Welcome to the internet,... Political Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044415/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:16:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044170/posts We do know that Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch is already on the Obama bandwagon, having declared the candidate a “rock star” and a winner with a good university record. Murdoch’s New York Post endorsed Obama in the Democratic primaries, after Murdoch, who had been supporting Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, figured she was a loser. Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044170/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:30:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041944/posts The relationship between the mainstream media and the Republican candidate is especially complicated this year. John McCain had managed to stay on the media’s decent side ever since he ran against George W. Bush in the Republican primaries eight years ago. He has frequently found himself on the left edge of the Republican Party, and has been frequenting talk shows throughout Bush’s entire presidency. But now he’s running against a colossus, perhaps the most blatantly media-favored presidential candidate in America’s history. And soon, the media will move from a position of adoration for Barack Obama and general neglect of McCain... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2041944/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:57:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041398/posts [note: due to AP/AFP misunderstanding Fair Use, you must follow the link to read the story - there is no excerpt, I had to check the box in order to post] The premise of this "news story" (really editorial thinly disguised as such) is that McCain is in trouble. He has less money, less organization, less votes in the polls, an unpopular incumbent and less hair (OK I made the last one up). Oh, and this year the Democrats should practically win without holding an election, after all it's basically their turn. We may not be able to quote the... AFP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041398/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:01:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039024/posts Why are some people gay? Most researchers who study sexual orientation think that both genetic and environmental factors play a role, but the relative contributions of each remain unclear. A new study of Swedish twins reinforces earlier findings that environmental influences--including the environment in the womb--may play a greater role than genes. Scientists studying complex human behaviors often turn to twin studies. Researchers look at both identical and fraternal twins to see how often they share a trait--a parameter called concordance. The greater the concordance among genetically identical twins compared with fraternal twins--who share only half of their genes--the more... ScienceNOW Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039024/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037473/posts Ed Morrissey describes the remnants of Sadr's army like so: The remnants of the Mahdi Army have gone underground, forming an armed network on a much smaller scale. How small? Think of the Spartans at Thermopylae, and cut that in half while removing the courage and the military skill. Couldn't have put it better myself. He is talking about the report that Sadr's army has been completely decimated and now number oh, about 150: The military wing of the Sadrist Movement, the political party loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, is “turning itself into a secret armed organization,” an Iraqi... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037473/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:18:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036474/posts I caught a bit of "The Factor" on TV. Dick Morris was talking about his new book (don't recall the title). In discussing the book, Morris mentioned the Society of Professional Journalists, which has established explicit guidelines for members - guidelines that affect the manner in which the "news" is presented to a largely unsuspecting public. For example, on this page http://spj.org/blog/blogs/diversity/archive/2008/06/23/20797.aspx the SPJ explains why one should not use the term "illegal immigrant". A sample: Both national and local media regularly refer to undocumented immigrants as illegal immigrants, or the most inflamatory phrase, illegal aliens (as if they came... the Society of Professional Journalists http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036474/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034968/posts Recent writings by The Washington Post's Dan Froomkin on the alleged role of high-level officials of the Bush administration in the development and implementation of "harsh interrogation" methods - for use on suspected terrorists - provide an object lesson in the meaning of the term "media bias," as well as a unique window into the world-view of the liberal elite Red State Blue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034968/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034963/posts For newspapers, the news has swiftly gone from bad to worse. This year is taking shape as their worst on record, with a double-digit drop in advertising revenue, raising serious questions about the survival of some papers and the solvency of their parent companies. Ad revenue, the primary source of newspaper income, began sliding two years ago, and as hiring freezes turned to buyouts and then to layoffs, the decline has only accelerated. On top of long-term changes in the industry, the weak economy is also hurting ad sales, especially in Florida and California, where the severe contraction of the... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034963/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:43:33 GMT