http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/medialies/ en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:39:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103881/posts Frank Rich of the NYTimes. Why is this man lying? Reading the New York Times and expecting the truth is like going to a brothel and expecting to find true love.  Reading NYTimes columnist Frank Rich and expecting anything other than dishonest, partisan hyperventilating is even dumber. But when it comes to a serious issue like allegations of death threats against Sen. Obama, I'd like to think that Rich or his NYTimes editors might have some sense of journalistic responsibility.That's how much of a Pollyanna I am.In his column today, Rich writes about fears of assassination attempts against Sen. Obama and the decision of... Michael Graham http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103881/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103767/posts It is very sad the number of people on this forum who fell for the lies of the liberal media and consider it as the golden truth. They believe their biased polls, they believe all the fabricated doom and gloom scenarios that the media unleash each minute, they now believe the lies that McCain is fighting with Palin over the style of campaigning, they believe that is all over and we cannot win. Yet those are the same people who make fun for what they like to call “sheeple” and say that they are controlled by the media but in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103767/posts#comment Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103069/posts The media is obviously partisan towards the left. Analysis proves it, it's obvious to the observer, and surveys show that most Americans know it to be true.The degree to which the MSM has gone openly, nakedly pro-Obama is, however, truly striking. They are now more obviously in the tank than ever before in modern memory. The most recent example is exceptionally disgusting, even for them.The findings of the Palin "Troopergate" probe allowed the press to feel as though they should use the opportunity to come out with headlines like . . .and Unlawfully? UNLAWFULLY?Check out this analysis by Bill Dyer.... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103069/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098058/posts A CNN article on Sarah Palin’s criticism of Barack Obama’s relationship to unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers actually cites National Review as one of the publications supposedly debunking Palin’s point. How CNN can cite National Review this way is a mystery to me. Maybe we’ll have to set up an NR "truth squad." I was very briefly on CNN immediately after the McCain campaign called for me to be given access to UIC library. A CNN reporter interviewed me, and almost every question was an attempt to challenge the significance of the Obama-Ayers link. I answered every query in detail. When... The Corner @ National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098058/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098017/posts The Statement: Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday, October 4, that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is "someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." Get the facts! The Facts: In making the charge at a fund-raising event in Englewood, Colorado, and a rally in Carson, California, Palin was referring at least in part to William Ayers, a 1960s radical. In both appearances, Palin cited a front-page article in Saturday's New York Times detailing the working relationship between Obama and Ayers.SNIPCNN's review of... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098017/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 16:29:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097786/posts CNN made a special late night call to Paul Schneider at home and asked if the Ayers controversey is a legitimate issue. Schneider kept saying it was "nothing new" (not answering the question) and then quickly mentioned that Ayers does "live in Barack Obama's neighborhood". After that it was all about political charges becoming more severe closer to an election. They thanked Schneider for taking their call. I swear you could hear the fear in Schneider's voice. Of course he knew he wasn't answering the question, and that the controversy over Ayers has nothing to do with just living in... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097786/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:51:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097389/posts I would urge someone close to members of the editorial board of the Boston Globe to let them know that the world is not flat, the moon is not made of green cheese, and Elvis is, indeed, dead. I say this because obviously the Boston Globe is way behind the times in discovering facts that debunk rumors and it’s clear they have no capacity to do any research. I mean, they must not be paying attention to reality because in today’s editorial, the Globe again raises the thoroughly debunked claim that Sarah Palin charged rape victims for their rape kits... MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097389/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:44:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096635/posts "Citizen journalism" apparently just failed its first significant test. A CNN iReport poster reported this morning that Steve Jobs had been rushed to the ER after a severe heart attack. Fortunately, it appears the story was false. We contacted an Apple spokeswoman, who categorically denied it. CNN's iReport kept the report up until at least 10:15 AM, about 20 minutes after we published Apple's denial. The story has since been removed. CNN's iReport, Original Story Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER just a few hours ago after suffering a major heart attack. I have an insider who tells me... www.alleyinsider.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096635/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:41:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096750/posts "I like being able to answer these tough questions without the filter, even, of the mainstream media kind of telling viewers what they've just heard."Gov. Sarah Palin at last night's vice presidential debate.Who can blame her? The mainstream media, liberal pop culture and weak-kneed Republicans have been ripping her to shreds over her interviews with ABC News' Charles Gibson and CBS News' Katie Couric--two heavily edited interviews--while ignoring her other interviews.CNN's Jonathan Mann kicks off the Palin-bashing this morning with an article entitled, Has Sarah Palin Become a Problem?.In the article Mann writes: By CNN's count, Biden has done nearly... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096750/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096811/posts I did a Google search and this link reaffirms my tought after seeing this last night. The split in a hand vote posed by O'Brien was nearly identical at quick glance. If anything, it may have favored one candidate or the other by no more than two hands. O'Brien said something like, "Well, it's certainly clear by the show of hands in this room that Joe Biden won tonight's debate." The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096811/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096983/posts CNN reports that it's "misleading" to say that Barack Obama pledged to meet with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "While Obama has said he wouldn't rule out meeting with any foreign leader, he never specifically said he'd meet with the Iranian president. Weekly standard.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096983/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096359/posts UPDATED CBS News and Knowledge Networks have conducted a nationally representative poll of 473 uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's vice presidential debate. After the first presidential debate, a similar survey showed that more uncommitted voters identified Barack Obama as the winner Final numbers from tonight's poll have yet to come in, but we do have some early results. (These numbers may change as more respondents complete the survey.) They suggest that once again more voters have responded favorably to the Democratic candidate. Forty-six percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed say Democrat Joe Biden won the debate,... CBS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096359/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 04:04:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095616/posts The headline on the Boston Globe-Democrat’s editorial page, “Wasilla Made Rape Victims Pay,” says it all. All wrong. The Globe-Democrat yesterday asserted as fact that “during her tenure as mayor of Wasilla, the town started charging rape victims or their insurers for rape kits.” But the truth is that there is no record of a rape victim ever being charged for a rape kit by Wasilla; there’s no evidence Mayor Palin knew about the policy or took any action on it either way; and no record of a victim’s insurance company being charged by the town. How does an alleged... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095616/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:43:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094191/posts "Rush Limbaugh opened his show today by piling on top of House Republican leadership for claiming that a crucial number of their members voted against the bailout package because of a partisan speech that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave before the roll call. “C’mon guys. Can ya grow up?” he said. “There were a whole lot of reasons for House Republicans to vote against this thing yesterday.” [See update II below.]" Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094191/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:29:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091652/posts Ms. Couric reminded the governor that she recently met with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who supports direct diplomacy with both countries. “Are you saying Henry Kissinger is naïve?” Ms. Couric asked. Ms. Palin replied, “I’ve never heard Henry Kissinger say, ‘Yeah, I’ll meet with these leaders without preconditions being met.’ ” One might think so after Kissinger supports McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091652/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:30:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086510/posts I just watched a CNN "comparison" of taxes. They flashed a bunch of false numbers on the screen which essentially implied that Obama would cut taxes for the middle class, raise them only on the rich. Standard stuff. But, I am not an economist. It's all I can do to balance my checkbook. Can anyone out there clarify the tax issue in a simple way? We all know that Obama will raise taxes in a big way. But is the best way to refute the two most commonly heard Obama lines? (1) I'll cut takes for 95% of all Americans... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086510/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:11:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086089/posts Howard Kurtz issues a rather amazing analysis of John McCain’s ad connecting Franklin Raines to Barack Obama. The Washington Post media analyst calls the basis of the McCain ad a “disputed premise” — despite his own newspaper’s reporting on the Raines-Obama relationship: Analysis: This John McCain ad is based on a disputed premise. There’s no dispute that Obama has no background in economics — but then, neither does McCain, which makes this an odd charge for the Arizona senator to hurl. Fannie Mae did collapse, requiring a government takeover, and Raines, its former chairman, paid $25 million in April to... hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086089/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084070/posts Seldom has there been a larger contrast between the style of a candidate and the strategy of his campaign. Barack Obama is cool, firm and permanently unruffled. It is precisely this quality of steadiness that has made him seem a credible prospective president with the thinnest of résumés. But Obama's campaign is rootless, reactive and panicky. At every stage since securing the nomination, it has seemed fearful of missteps and unsure of its own organizing principle. So it has invariably adopted the Democratic conventional wisdom of the moment. Obama's first major decision was his running mate. He could have reinforced... Wa. Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084070/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:19:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083946/posts Katie Paul at Newsweek alerted me that Newsweek printed a correction to their story claiming that Palin cut funding for teen mothers and the state WIC program. I blogged about it here and had extensive conversations with Alaska officials about the claims. Ms. Paul was also diligent to work with Alaska officials to correct the story once I made her aware of the facts. Here is the correction (at the end of page 2): Clarification (updated Sept. 11, 2008) : A number of readers have challenged the assertion in this story that Gov. Palin “cut by 20 percent the funding... WThrockmorton.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083946/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082386/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWP5ljQV79s Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082386/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:14:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081860/posts Did you know that Sarah Palin has never been to Mongolia? Yeah, and despite the fact she never claimed to have visited there, we are making a big deal about it because of the impression she left only in our fervid imaginations that she did indeed visit Mongolia. Think that was ridiculous? Well, guess what? That is exactly what CNN is doing with a manufactured scandal that Sarah Palin never visited Iraq. The problem for CNN is that Palin never claimed to have visited Iraq. Here is her answer in the recent ABC interview with Charles Gibson about her foreign... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081860/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081619/posts When Sarah Palin said U.S. soldiers were on a ‘task from God,' former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, a historian, knew exactly what she was saying. She was quoting President Abraham Lincoln. The day after a September 11 interview with Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, aired on ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson," Gingrich blasted the media for its historical ignorance. He then pointed out Gibson's interview as a specific example. ...more (w/video)... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081619/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:36:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081520/posts http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=1129I can't take it anymore, why do I watch. Matthews just blatantly lied about this part of the interview: The bias continues, here is what Chris Matthews said on Friday’s edition of Hardball: Chris Matthews: What did you make her of answer when she was asked four times by Charlie Gibson, what would you do if the government of Israel….called us up and said we are ready to hit Iran, we think we got the bead on where their nuclear facilities are, we want some help with AWACS, some intelligence, we want some radar, we want some refueling help. And... www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081520/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:33:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080528/posts GIBSON: 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: You know, I don't know if that was my exact quote. GIBSON: Exact words. ABCNEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080528/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079687/posts Despite snowballing reports and rumors, Sarah Palin's eldest son, Track, was not part of the gang of four teenagers who criminally vandalized 44 Alaska school buses in 2005, a key culprit told The News. "Track wasn't with me. Track had nothing to do with it," participant Deryck Harris, 20, said Wednesday in an exclusive interview.Citing an anonymous judicial source, the Anchorage radio station 1080 KUDO was the first to report last week that Track Palin was the unidentified 16-year-old delinquent who not only trashed the buses but also swiped the bottle of alcohol that fueled the teen rampage. The... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079687/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:57:34 GMT