http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/msm/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:09:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418337/posts From radical advisers in the Obama White House to hacked e-mails showing questionable work by climate scientists, 2009 has seen its share of scandals. But if you only followed the mainstream media, you might have missed some of the biggest stories of the year. Here's a list of the top nine stories the mainstream media ignored in the past year. (Slideshow at link) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418337/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417279/posts Ever since President Obama took office with his merry band of Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress, the media began reporting high unemployment in the most positive light they could find. NewsBusters exposed one such trick by Newsweek on December 10 that found a silver lining for unemployed dads to reconnect with their children. ABC News posted a column on their website Thursday that advanced the cause even further: now people who still have jobs are hoping to get laid off. Such was the case made by one Michelle Goodman in a piece cutely titled "All I Want For Christmas... newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417279/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416929/posts From President Barack Obama's historic inauguration to Tiger Woods' surreal fall from grace, 2009 has proved to be a tumultuous time in American history. As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at the political controversies, celebrity scandals, and public outrages that most defined the end of this decade. JanuaryOBAMA INAUGURATION STIRS RACIAL TENSIONS With the economy teetering on the edge of collapse, the nation's first African-American president is sworn into office under what many commentators consider the most difficult domestic circumstances since the Great Depression. His skin color continues to provoke debate: While Rush Limbaugh... The Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416929/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:42:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts Opinionated talk is big business on cable news networks when the sun goes down. During the day, though, it's the opposite. MSNBC is shuffling its daytime lineup early next year because its strategy of spreading personality-driven programming throughout the schedule isn't working. The new approach will emphasize a fast-paced review of the day's big stories as they break. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416572/posts A friend of mine who likes President Bush a lot can't quite understand why he’s taking so much vacation this summer. Read more of this nonsense from the CBS (See BS) website if you really want to...CBS Bush Hit Piece CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416572/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416437/posts Photo that "could have changed history" actually from a Playboy shoot...see don't trust TMZ, they may have gotten Michael Jackson announced death first but they are trash just like all other media is trash!! DECEMBER 28--In a colossal screw-up, the gossip web site TMZ.com today published a photo purporting to show John F. Kennedy frolicking on a yacht with a harem of naked women--except that the image actually appeared as part of a November 1967 Playboy photo spread, The Smoking Gun has learned. The TMZ hoax was billed as an "exclusive" featuring a photo that "could have altered world events."... SmokingGun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416437/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:25:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416238/posts Rasmussen's latest tracking poll shows 46% strongly disapprove of Obama's performance as president. That is compared to 43% who strongly disapproved of George W. Bush at the end of his presidency. But how much worse would Obama's numbers be (and how much better Bush's) if not for this Rasmussen finding: One bright spot in the numbers for the President is that 51% of voters still say former President George W. Bush is more to blame for the nation’s economic woes. Just 41% point the finger of blame at the current President. In fact, the mortgage meltdown was overwhelmingly a Democrat... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416238/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:36:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415675/posts "In what the White House called an attempted act of terrorism ..." Thus begins the Arizona Republic'sstory on the attack on Northwest Flight 253 (though the Republic's story is credited to the Washington Post, there are significant differences between the Republic's version and that in the Post, found here). Two things leapt to mind as I read the opening: 1) Just why is it important that the White House called it terrorism? Is the subtext that President Obama is somehow "tough" on terrorism? Would it matter if the reporter's Aunt Mame defined it for us? Isn't any reader with a... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415675/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:01:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415596/posts As my brother Kevin headed off to Christmas Eve Mass in the Maryland suburbs, I asked him how he thought the first year of Barack Obama had gone. He didn’t have to pray long over that one. “Fine,” he replied, “if you like unmitigated disasters like the Hindenburg and the Redskins season.” If it’s Christmas, it must be time for my conservative brother to take over my column and turn it a blazing shade of red. So without further ado, here is Kevin unplugged, offering a perspective from “the real America,” as one of his favorite Republican philosophers, Sarah Palin,... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415596/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:04:24 GMT 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-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-chat/2414755/posts Sarah takes on Big Oil: The compelling story of Governor Sarah Palin's battle with Alaska's 'Big 3' oil companies, as told by the state's top oil and gas editors, Kay Cashman and Kristen Nelson (Hardcover) Product Description Sarah takes on Big Oil illuminates Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's rise to power, along with her successes and failures in dealing with the industry that is the lifeblood of the state's economy. This book is a must read for those seeking to understand Palin's qualifications for national leadership. Purchasers of Sarah takes on Big Oil qualify for a free, two-year, online subscription to... Amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414755/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413630/posts Does Keith Olbermann have some special appeal to bad mothers? The question arises in light of a TV ad for something called FloTV that aired this morning. A mother is giving dinner to her kids when she glances at the clock, notices it's shortly before 6 PM, and proceeds to dump the kids plates and toys, pour a bag of flour on the table and . . . throw a glass of milk in her son's face [see still shot after jump]. Cut to shocked coming-home-from-work hubby at the door. Mom informs him "I just need an hour." Cut to... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413630/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413091/posts During his syndicated radio show Friday, libtalker and MSNBC host Ed Schultz relayed to listeners how he observed ‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski take feedback directly from the White House during their program last week.” Political Lore Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413091/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:28:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412789/posts Must be nice to be a liberal reporter and to get calls from the White House eh? Did I say calls? Oh, I meant orders: [VIDEO AT SITE] This is all over this kerfuffle: During his syndicated radio show Friday, libtalker and MSNBC host Ed Schultz relayed to listeners how he observed 'Morning Joe' Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski take feedback directly from the White House during their program last week. Schultz appeared on Thursday's Morning Joe and directly challenged Obama's David Axelrod on the current version of the health care bill under consideration in Congress. Interestingly, this particular segment has... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412789/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412641/posts If I already have health insurance, can I keep it as is? The short answer is: yes. Can I keep my doctors? Again, yes. If I change or lose my job, can I keep the same insurance? No... But the government would set up a new "insurance exchange" that you can buy into. If I'm on Medicare, will there be cuts to my benefits? No - your benefits will not be cut. In fact, the bill would improve your prescription drug coverage. Will taxes go up? In some cases, yes. If I'm uninsured now, how soon do I get the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412641/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:06:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412396/posts MSNBC's Rachel Maddow launched an error-riddled attack against the John Birch Society in her December 18 show, nominally because the John Birch Society has become a sponsor of the upcoming February 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412396/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:16:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411670/posts <p>"He's a great guy, a sweet guy," gorgeous ABC correspondent Bianna Golodryga says of President Obama's Office of Management and Budget director, Peter Orszag.</p> The NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411670/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:26:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412172/posts The whitewashing of Ted Kennedy continued on the cover of Parade magazine, a supplement to many Sunday newspapers around the country. Dotson Rader interviewed Victoria Kennedy, the second wife of the late senator. Decades of womanizing and a woman’s death at Chappaquiddick after Kennedy left the scene of an accident weren’t really noteworthy. One large bold pull quote read "Nobody had a better sense of what was right than Teddy." "Tell that to Mary Jo Kopechne" was not a sentence that appeared in the article. The other large pull quote from Mrs. Kennedy was "He was elected to make... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412172/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:55:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411803/posts The country is slowly waking up to the threat that Islam brings to America, but Muslims also see this and now they are looking to manipulate the media. By “teaching” them what Islam is about using the knowledge of Islamic scholars. Scholar Bukhari and those at Al-Azhar (the highest learning Islamic school in the world), teach us that Islam is a religion of war that allows the taking of sex slaves. Will they teach the journalists these aspects of Islam? Of course not. Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411803/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410608/posts As usual Muslims are playing the victim card, but this time it is against the MSM which actually covers for Islam. No matter what non-Muslims do, Muslims will always want more. US Muslims & Media…Lost Love By Dina Rabie, IOL Staff Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410608/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408711/posts Why the climatologists get it wrong. Many of you are too young to remember, but in 1975 our government pushed "the coming ice age." Random House dutifully printed "THE WEATHER CONSPIRACY … coming of the New Ice Age." This may be the only book ever written by 18 authors. All 18 lived just a short sled ride from Washington, D.C. Newsweek fell in line and did a cover issue warning us of global cooling on April 28, 1975. And The New York Times, Aug. 14, 1976, reported "many signs that Earth may be headed for another ice age."OK, you... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408711/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:01:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408683/posts Dan Rather says he's spent over $2 million of his own money in his ongoing lawsuit with CBS. Rather, in an interview on tvnewser.com, was cagey about the exact amount. "Respectfully I'm not going to tell you . . . I would say a whole lot," he said. "It's a lot more than I thought going in." When pressed, Rather relented a bit. "More than 2 [million]," he said about how much he's spent on the suit. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408683/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:31:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407518/posts Speaker Pelosi named finalist for Time magazine 'Person of the Year' By Jordan Fabian - 12/14/09 05:21 PM ET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is among the seven finalists chosen for Time magazine's annual "Person of the Year," according to media reports on Monday. Other finalists in the realm of politics include last year's winner President Barack Obama, Afghanistan commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. "Look, she's the first woman Speaker of the House. She's the strongest Speaker of the House in decades," Time managing editor Richard Stengel said of Pelosi on NBC's "Today" show. "She... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407518/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407820/posts Perhaps there is something obstructing the view overlooking Rockefeller Plaza, where MSNBC broadcasts "Countdown" nightly because the show's host, Keith Olbermann fails to see the existence of a news media with a liberal bias. On MSNBC's Dec. 14 broadcast of "Countdown," Olbermann came to the defense of NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" executive producer and noted left-winger Dick Wolf. The Dec. 9 episode of Wolf's program featured a killer who targeted the children of illegal immigrants and in that episode, one of the characters, played by John Larroquette, blamed conservatives "like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck"... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407820/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:53:31 GMT