http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/media/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:35:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415077/posts If this isn't proof of media bias, I don't know what is. Here we have the equivalent of finding out the moon landing was faked and I don't see any reports of this being a story of interest. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415077/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415010/posts On this glorious brisk Christmas morning, Loud Lion so graciously pounded this installment of the (quasi-)Weekly Roar. (He kind of had to; we’re at the sitting at the same table right across from each other.) What I want this Holiday Season‘Tis the season to make lists, lists of the best, lists of the worst, lists of lists. Speaking of which, I happen to be reading my local newspaper, the New York Daily News, and they had a list of the years worst parents, and in this list was the liberals’ newest and favorite punching bag, Sarah Palin. Now, how did... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415010/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:36:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414952/posts First it was Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat suggesting that firearms ownership should be regulated like driving and car ownership, and now the newspaper’s editorial page has blamed the “Second Amendment crowd” for “some responsibility” in the shooting of two Pierce County sheriffs’ deputies. The editorial also mentions the slaying of four Lakewood police officers, a vicious crime perpetrated by a career thug who got leniency from a governor and at least one Pierce County judge. There is nothing in the Times editorial about how two dead gunmen – David Crable and Maurice Clemmons – were able to skate through... Seattle Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414952/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:19:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414778/posts She kept it secret for seven months and now she's finally speaking out. On Thursday, Governor Sarah Palin sat down to answer questions about the new addition to her family. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414778/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414287/posts The Left, since the release of Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue, and its million plus sales in a matter of weeks, have been wandering the streets in a benighted stupor, tugging at their unkempt hair, and shrieking at whomever will listen with their question of “why”? “Why is she popular, why is she on television, why is she on magazine covers, why, why, why?” “This is Sarah Palin, not Barack Obama, why?” Despite the equitably challenged mainstream media’s shilling Barack Obama like snake-oil out the back of a mountebank’s wagon, and the very same media’s non-stop offensive on Sarah Palin,... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414287/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411993/posts Citadel Broadcasting Corp., the nation's third-largest radio broadcasting company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday in an effort to restructure its hefty debt load as it continues to face declining advertising revenue. Citadel owns and operates 224 radio stations, including KABC-AM in Los Angeles, WLS-AM in Chicago, WABC-AM and WPLJ-FM in New York and KGO-AM in San Francisco. Citadel's WABC is home to several syndicated hosts, including Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Joe Scarborough and Mark Levin. My Way http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411993/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:07:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411847/posts Vatican City, Dec 19, 2009 / 12:23 pm (CNA).- The Vatican made a declaration on the protection of the figure of the Pope on Saturday morning.  The statement seeks to establish and safeguard the name, image and any symbols of the Pope as being expressly for official use of the Holy See unless otherwise authorized.The statement cited a "great increase of affection and esteem for the person of the Holy Father" in recent years as contributing to a desire to use the Pontiff's name for all manner of educational and cultural institutions, civic groups and foundations. Due to this demand,... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411847/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411734/posts DECEMBER 20, 2009 Citadel Broadcasting to File for Bankruptcy BY MIKE SPECTOR AND SARAH MCBRIDE Citadel Broadcasting Corp., the third-largest radio broadcaster in the U.S., plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter. Citadel is expected to file in a deal supported by many lenders collectively owed $2 billion, known as a "prearranged" deal in bankruptcy parlance. Wall St. Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411734/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410319/posts The American Mainstream media and Washington D.C. are dominated today by a Leftist, Secular and Godless mindset. That isn't any secret. Not even the unregenerate (unbelievers) will disagree with that. As Lucifer (Satan) controls more and more of the Media today - with these Godless surrogates and talking heads - his agenda is moving along quite rapidly and increasing exponentially. Never in the history of this nation has the Main Stream Liberal Media pushed and supported a President’s leftist agenda as this one we have today. Today Lucifer’s American Leftist Media is ram-rodding, bulldozing, redefining and cultivating the U.S. ground... The Ignorant Fishermen Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410319/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409956/posts Click link to see the graphic. The text states: "The last 10 years have been the warmest decade on record." Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409956/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:16:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408769/posts Snake Oil (third item) Things are politically charged even among snakes. The U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers is "suspicious" over the sudden, much publicized appearance of a 12-foot Burmese python near Tampa, Fla., just as "python ban" legislation goes for a full vote before the U.S. Senate. The group believes the snake was deliberately let loose by animal rights advocates to sway public opinion - and are offering a fat reward for information about the release, which they say is illegal. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408769/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:16:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407023/posts The Media's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2009 From jobs 'saved or created,' to stimulus saving the economy, to 'deficit neutral' health care reform; here are ten biggest stories the media got wrong this year. By Julia A. Seymour Business & Media Institute 12/9/2009 12:18:20 PM Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2009 list: 10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian Shakedown of U.S. oil company 9. Media Fail to Scrutinize Obama’s Job Claims 8. Government Stimulus is the Answer to Our... Business and Media Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407023/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:39:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406678/posts White House press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the Obama Administration’s continued efforts to blame the previous Bush Administration for current domestic and foreign policy problems. “If we say it’s Bush’s fault, if the media report it’s Bush’s fault, and if the public believes it’s Bush’s fault, then who’s to say it isn’t Bush’s fault?” Gibbs reasoned. “After all, as Dr. Phil tells us, ‘there is no reality—only perception.’” Of course, TV’s pop psychologist “Dr. Phil” isn’t the most famous advocate of the idea that perception is the reality. That title would have to go to chief Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels,... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406678/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:40:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406318/posts The mainstream media and blogs cannot get enough of the controversy surrounding golfer Tiger Woods. Wherever one turns, whatever channel one watches, whatever newspaper’s website or blog one visits, there are Woods and his mistresses again. And I’m not just talking about the American media, it’s even all about Woods where I live, in the Netherlands. It’s like Groundhog Day gone wild – without Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell and the groundhog, but with playmates, porn stars, prostitutes and a world famous athlete. Meanwhile, here I am like Murray, so sick of the repetition that I’m wanting to drop a toaster... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406318/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403924/posts Wednesday December 9, 2009 Moral and Mental Pollution from the Media "Harden Hearts and Darken Minds": Pope Benedict By Hilary White, Rome correspondentROME, December 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While the world's leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to talk about the problem of "climate change," Pope Benedict XVI has addressed the problem of moral pollution through the media. Speaking on Monday at an annual ceremony near Rome's Spanish Steps for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, the pope said that pollution of society's moral environment is as dangerous to the human person as pollution of the natural environment. The pontiff... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403924/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:33:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404129/posts Update: A CNN spokesperson responds, "You would think anyone commenting on the finances or marketing budget of CNN would have at least an elementary understanding of our business. CNN is enjoying its 6th straight year of profit growth and is, again, on track to deliver record earnings in 2009. As for being #1: CNN continues to have a larger audience on TV and the Web combined than Fox News or any other network." Earlier: Greta Van Susteren eviscerated CNN on her Fox News-hosted blog, beginning: "Have you seen CNN's new ad campaign? It must be costing a fortune. Why are... Business Insider.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404129/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403937/posts I would like to know is who thought this was a good idea? In this year’s NYT’s Annual Holiday Gift Guide there is a section devoted to “Of Color | Stylish Gifts.” From the intro to the section. Somali fashion, do-it-yourself henna kits, children’s books that draw inspiration from the lives of Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor: it’s not hard to find gifts created for and by people of color this holiday season. Here are some possibilities. I had to read that twice. Because really New York Times? NYTPicker, who was the first to note the addition thinks there’s no... Mediaite via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403937/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:48:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403261/posts Although The Times was among the first to report on the e-mail, in a front-page article late last month, and has continued to write about the issue almost daily in the paper or on its Web site, readers have raised a variety of complaints: Some say Andrew Revkin, the veteran environmental reporter who is covering what skeptics have dubbed “Climategate,” has a conflict of interest because he wrote or is mentioned in some of the e-mail messages that the University of East Anglia says were stolen. Others wondered why The Times did not make the e-mail available on its Web... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403261/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402934/posts "Al Gore says the debate about global warming is over. But he won't debate anyone about it," Mr. Stossel observes. "And for the record, I'd debate Al Gore anytime." The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402934/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402808/posts How the Globalists, Scientists and the Media Were Caught Green-handed. If you heard about Climategate in the past two or three weeks, you are in luck. Climategate, which is in part named after Watergate...due to the level of fraud and lying is according to many scientists the biggest scandal that ever overshadowed the scientific community. It all starts with the leaked e-mails and documents -more than 60 MB- from the University of East Anglia´s Climate Research Unit. Why all the hype? Well, the documents revealed among other things that the programmers at the Unit were purposely manufacturing the data they... Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402808/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402192/posts A tale of destroyed documents, fraud, conspiracy and the misuse of millions of government dollars would seem to have all the juicy ingredients of a scandal that journalists would kill to cover. However, the mainstream media apparently doesn't think that Climategate is news. ABC News hasn't deemed the story newsworthy. Neither has CBS nor NBC. If Americans only got their news from the networks, they would not know about the global-warming fraud or would merely think there was a simple misunderstanding about what scientists meant in some vague e-mails Never mind that two major universities have at least temporarily removed... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402192/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401871/posts What do you have to say about that birth certificate now, Bill O'Reilly and company? Sarah Palin, last year's vice presidential candidate and the best-selling author in the world right now, affirms that questions about Barack Obama's eligibility for office are legitimate. This is no longer the "fringe" issue as most of the media would like to portray it. Radio talk-show host Rusty Humphreys asked the former Alaska governor: "Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?" She responded: "I think the public rightfully is still making it an issue. I don't have a problem with that.... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401871/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:34:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401586/posts Concerned that “casual” and “irregular” so-called journalists are “confusing” the American people. Senators Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced legislation that attempts to “draw the line between legitimate and illegitimate purveyors of news.” The legislation, Senate Bill 448, would define a legitimate journalist as a person working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, a recognized publisher or broadcaster of news. Those falling outside this definition would be denied the privileges granted to established news media under freedom of the press. “The American people need to be protected from being misled by unauthorized sources,” Feinstein... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401586/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401260/posts For allegedly cheating on his blond-haired, blue-eyed wife, Tiger's pursuit of Nicklaus is going to resemble Aaron's pursuit of Ruth. Tiger's galleries will be peppered with angry detractors who believe Tiger's infidelity makes him unworthy of holding golf's most prestigious record. There will be a contentious racial division as Tiger chases Nicklaus, because a portion of the attack on Woods will have bigoted overtones and because many black supporters of Woods will view the entire attack on Woods as racist. McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401260/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:47:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400882/posts Alexandria, VA – For the fourteenth straight day, the three broadcast networks have failed to report on the great and growing ClimateGate scandal on their weekday morning or evening news programs. How to explain this? Perhaps it is that ABC, NBC and CBS have not yet heard of the story, despite two weeks of non-stop reporting on and discussion of ClimateGate in a whole host of media outlets. Media Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400882/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:41:12 GMT