http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mediawhores/ en-us Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:19:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401322/posts Uh Oh, Spaghettios. YAHOO / Lawsuit: Salahis bounced $24K check for liquor buy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401322/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:19:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284960/posts Kris Coratti, communications director of Washington Post Media, a division of The Washington Post Company, said the flier “came out of a business division for conferences and events, and the newsroom was unaware of such communication. It went out before it was properly vetted, and this draft does not represent what the company’s vision for these dinners are, which is meant to be an independent, policy-oriented event for newsmakers.... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284960/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:55:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165966/posts Downtown D.C. Declared 'Prostitution Free Zone' @ 3:12 pm by Walter Alarkon The police in Washington, D.C. have declared several downtown blocks a "prostitution free zone" for Inauguration Week, reports DCist. In an area just east of Mt. Vernon Square and west of Union Station, the police will be on the lookout for anyone seeking sex for cash. According to D.C. law, officers will first hand out warnings to people they suspect engaging in "prostitution or prostitution-related activities" in that area, and then they would arrest them if they failed to obey orders to disperse. A conviction could lead to... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165966/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:35:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113577/posts NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Thursday slashed its ratings on the New York Times Co (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) into junk territory and cited concerns about the newspaper publisher's revenue outlook, after it posted a third-quarter loss. ...SNIP... It cut the Times' rating three notches to "BB-minus," three levels below investment grade, from "BBB-minus." The outlook is negative, indicating an additional cut may be likely over the next one-to-two years. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113577/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080176/posts She was a recently elected governor and the mother of five children, including a handicapped infant. The scorn from the mainstream press and the left-leaning blog world was both intense and instantaneous. Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic immediately began circulating rumors that Trig was not the governor's baby - that she had engaged in a huge charade to cover up her teen daughter's illegitimate child. The New York Times reported on Page One that Mrs. Palin had been a member of the Alaska Independence Party. Eleanor Clift of Newsweek described the reaction of most newsrooms to Mrs. Palin's elevation as... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080176/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050860/posts CNN’s chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, reporting on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin on Thursday’s “The Situation Room,” expressed her shock that the European crowd didn’t seem to have the same mania for the Democrat that the media has: “I did ask some people as they were leaving what they thought. Everybody said good, good. But I was surprised that there wasn't this sort of euphoria afterwards, given how many people had come to listen and how much it had been anticipated.” She later stated in the segment that one unnamed political analyst talked about how “people [in Europe] want... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050860/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961567/posts Premiers, Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 8:00 PM (EST) In a SURVIVOR first, 10 ultra-fans of the series will take on 10 former castaways to compete as FANS vs. FAVORITES. The two tribes will be marooned amidst the Rock Islands of Palau, Micronesia. The skills of the former castaways will be put to the test while the tribe of first-time competitors will see if their enthusiasm and passion for the game is enough to distinguish them as worthy competitors. Who will prevail to become Sole Survivor? Little Ol Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961567/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884214/posts The reality show that started it all continues to raise the bar with its exotic locations and high-risk challenges with SURVIVOR: CHINA.The new competition unleashes an eclectic group of castaways on the ancient south central province of Jiang Xi, where they are prepared for adventure, danger and surprises in the hopes of winning $1 million and becoming the ultimate Survivor. Who will Outwit, Outplay and Outlast? various websites http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884214/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879680/posts Dems hit Sheehan candidacy A local Democratic Club has criticized the decision by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "If you continue with this threat to embarrass the speaker, it is very possible that the voters will turn against the Democratic leadership in Congress and return the Republicans to the majority," stated a letter written by J. Paton Marshall, corresponding secretary for the Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Club. "If that happens, all investigations will cease and justice for Bush and Cheney will be impossible," the letter stated. The club endorsed and then published the letter... Whittier Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879680/posts#comment Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826131/posts The bombshell sex probe of a Washington, D.C., madam that already has caught one Bush administration official with his pants down may soon focus on well-known political pundits who have appeared on TV. "There are several thousand names, tens of thousands of phone numbers, from administration officials to lobbyists to advisers who are well known, people who appear on television," said ABC News' Brian Ross, to whom alleged madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey turned over her little black book. In an interview with CNN, Ross refused to identify any more of the customers of Palfrey's "escort service" and did not indicate... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826131/posts#comment Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:13:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1768819/posts Premiering Thursday, February 8 at 8pm et/pt SURVIVOR PING ! ! ! (Above photo courtesy of Survivor Phoenix) Stranded on the Fiji Islands in the heart of the South Pacific, 19 strangers must live together and compete for the million-dollar prize. Who will outwit, outplay, and outlast all others? My fertile brain. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1768819/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:08:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756784/posts Donald Trump Theatens To Sue Rosie O'Donnell POSTED: 6:58 am EST December 21, 2006 UPDATED: 7:41 am EST December 21, 2006 NEW YORK -- The Miss USA partying episode has led to a war of words between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump. O'Donnell told her audience on ABC's "The View," Wednesday that Trump's news conference with Miss USA Tara Conner had annoyed her "on a multitude of levels." O'Donnell said Trump should not be the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. She said he's divorced two times and had affairs. Trump lashed back at O'Donnell on the entertainment show "The... WNBC.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756784/posts#comment Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:38:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701381/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. forces have arrested a senior Al Qaeda terrorist and personal associate of the group's new leader, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Thursday. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701381/posts#comment Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:41:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698353/posts by Mark Finkelstein September 9, 2006 - 09:07 America, you ignorant Islamophobes! Alright, maybe it's not all your fault. Your anti-Muslim attitudes have been "stoked" by "inflammatory rhetoric" from . . . President Bush. That was the basic message of a segment narrated by Ron Claiborne this morning entitled "9/11 Remembered: Islamophobia" on ABC's Good Morning America. ABC made a weak case for the existence of widespread 'Islamophobia' in America. Let's imagine, for example, that 19 Jews had flown planes into iconic buildings in, say, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan - or France, for that matter. What do you think would befall... ABC News/NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698353/posts#comment Sat, 9 Sep 2006 13:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697733/posts Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697733/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2006 13:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697533/posts The author of The Path to 9/11 is going to be LIVE, in-studio on The John Ziegler Show at 8pm Pacific. You can listen live ONLINE or if you're in Southern CA, tune in to KFI at 640AM. From John Ziegler.Com: If you want to tell ABC to not cave to Clinton's demands in the editing of "The Path to 9/11," call 818-460-7477. If you want to complain about the movies lessons plans being dropped by "Scholastic," go to this link for contact information. http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/offices/index.htm The John Ziegler Show, KFI 640AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697533/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2006 02:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697220/posts ABC toned down a scene that involved Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, declining to give the order to kill bin Laden, according to a person involved with the film who declined to be identified. "That sequence has been the focus of attention," the source said. The network also decided that the credits would say the film is based "in part" on the 9/11 panel report, rather than "based on" the report, as the producers originally intended. Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697220/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:21:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697054/posts MACON, Ga. President Bush's once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks. "I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant," said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three. "He's been an embarrassment." In the heart of Dixie, comparisons to Grant, a symbol of the Union, is the worst sort of insult, especially from a Macon woman who voted for Bush in 2000 but turned away in 2004. In recent years, Southern women have been some of Bush's biggest fans, defying the traditional gender gap in which women... breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697054/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1689232/posts Yes FReepers and FReeperettes, its time once again for another season of Survivor. This time they are in the Cook Islands, in the middle of the South Pacific. I was going to start off this thread by informing you all about how Mark Burnett’s Production Company has decided to split the tribe along ethnic backgrounds. But that subject has been pretty much beaten to death on at least three different threads. So. . . . I would like to point out that for all their talk about “minorities” not applying to the show as much as “whites” and about... My somewhat fertile brain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1689232/posts#comment Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668077/posts Fellow TravelersBy David HorowitzFrontPageMagazine.com | July 18, 2006 It is in the nature of Stalinism for its adherents to make a certain kind of lying – and not only to others but first of all to themselves – a fundamental part of their lives. It is always a mistake to assume that Stalinists do not know the truth about the political reality they espouse. If they don’t know the truth (or all of it) one day, they know it the next, and it makes absolutely no difference to them politically. For their loyalty is to something other than the truth.... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668077/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:17:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665584/posts As the negotiations with the Mad Hatter of the Middle East, Iran’s President Ahmandinejihad* grew more tense, the Mad Hair of the Far East became the whack-a-mole of the Independence Day holiday. In an obvious bid to remain (literally) on the radar of the West, Kim (“Feckless Leader”) Jong-Il popped a few missiles to prove that Persian carpets were not the only thing he had in common with the mullahtocracy in Tehran. Some people will do anything to stay in the news cycle. We’ve seen it time and time again – the fading celebrity, the forgotten cause celebre, at the... Spare Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665584/posts#comment Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:36:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637829/posts WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday denied a report that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI in connection with a corruption probe.ABC News, citing high level Justice Department sources, said information implicating Hastert had been developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.But department officials, who asked to not be identified, said the story was not accurate and that Hastert was not under investigation. "The story is wrong. Hastert is not under investigation," one official said. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637829/posts#comment Thu, 25 May 2006 00:39:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538670/posts In Iraq, the milestones add up, along with the casualties. This week, less than two months after U.S. military deaths surpassed 2,000, another milestone arrives: the 1,000th day of America's bloody ordeal in Iraq. The signpost -- today in the United States, Tuesday in Iraq -- comes three days before Iraqis are due to elect a permanent government. It comes as a defiant Saddam Hussein, toppled months after the start of the war, stands trial. It comes as American patience with the war has grown short, tempers have ignited on Capitol Hill and pressures have mounted for an exit strategy.... AP via N&R http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538670/posts#comment Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505628/posts LONDON (AFP) - An Irish journalist working for the British newspaper The Guardian has been kidnapped by armed men in Iraq, the London-based newspaper said. "Rory Carroll was... kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad. Carroll, 33, an experienced foreign correspondent, had been conducting an interview in the city with a victim of Saddam Hussein's regime. He had been preparing an article for today's (Thursday's) paper on the opening of the former dictator's trial yesterday," the paper said in its online edition. "Carroll, who was accompanied by two drivers and a translator, was confronted by the gunmen as he left the house... Agence France Presse via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505628/posts#comment Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:31:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499334/posts When Army Spc. Bobby Hillen arrived in war-torn Iraq in January 2004, he saw small children playing in bomb craters in the streets. As he was leaving Iraq a year later, Hillen, a National Guard soldier from Brookline, recalls seeing children being shepherded into new schools that were part of the U.S. and coalition forces' reconstruction effort. "It was a drastic difference," said Hillen, 22, who believes most Americans never see such accomplishments because the media generally ignore positive developments in Iraq. "It's a slap in the face to a soldier when you turn on the news and all you... Tribune-Review (Pittsburgh area) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499334/posts#comment Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:52:51 GMT