http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/partisanmedia/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:00:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415730/posts Remember how outraged the left became when Michael Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, showed President George W. Bush not issuing a public statement on the Twin Tower attacks for several minutes until after the school children finished reading the Pet Goat story? Well, it is now almost two days since the Nigerian terrorist working at the behest of Al Qaeda attempted to blow up a passenger jet and still no public response from the current president, Barack Obama. According to the associate editor of The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, the reason for Obama's lack of response is that it is part of... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415730/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415731/posts Pres. Obama should find time in his busy vacation schedule to drop a palm-trees-and-sandy-beaches thank you postcard to NBC. On this morning's Today, successive network staffers defended the administration's [mis]handling of the Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab matter. First, terrorism expert Roger Cressey [who usually plays it straight], claimed there wasn't enough information to "connect the dots" and move young Umar from the "watch list" to the "no-fly" list. Really? The guy's father, a respected international banker, was so concerned about his son's extremist Islamist views that he took the unusual measure of personally contacting the US embassy with a warning.... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415731/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415504/posts The center, which is closely aligned with the Obama White House, voiced no complaint about the current president’s vacation. But the conservative Web site Free Republic did. While Americans “are still caught in the grips of the recession,” a posting on the site said last week, “Obama is living like a king with no criticism from the mainstream media.” NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415504/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415265/posts Imagine that there had been a series of three incidents in which members of a [invented for present purposes] fanatical Jewish sect had attempted to bring down airliners from Arab countries. In reporting on the latest attempt and describing the previous ones, do you think the New York Times might have mentioned the religion of the perpetrators? So do I. But with the ledgermain required to describe a spiral staircase without using one's hands, the Gray Lady has managed in its article today to report yesterday's attempt to bring down a NWA airliner, and the earlier attempts by Richard Reid... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415265/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:19:00 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-chat/2402550/posts CNN’s Rick Sanchez misspeaks on CNN’s behalf . ATLAH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402550/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:53:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401805/posts Gibson:"The White House has been under considerable scrutiny regarding the number of jobs created by the 727 B dollar economic stimulus program. Reports from the administration and congress have provided only rough estimates. So we asked Chris B… if he could find evidence to what the program had paid off. “ Plays video :”For these police cadets in MO, teachers in VA and construction workers in PA the stimulus means paychecks…….”. The rest of video is all the grateful workers who got jobs partially funded by the stimulus. Report ends with: “…but any jobs are better than none say the... youtube/ABC NEWS--World News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401805/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 03:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390622/posts "Associated Press writer Stephen Ohlemacher had a news story yesterday about President Barack H. Obama’s latest nominee with tax problems, Lael Brainard. We think he left out two pretty important details. First, Ohlemacher’s report says Brainard “is the fifth presidential nominee to reveal tax issues during the congressional vetting process.” The key to the partial truth in that sentence is “during the congressional” vetting process. While Ohlemacher likely is factually correct, the sentence certainly is misleading. One reads it and thinks, “Oh, that’s the 5th appointment he made with tax issues.” That is not true. In fact, it doesn’t count... ConservativeAmerican.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390622/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388063/posts Lou Dobbs said yesterday CNN was eager to show him the door because its top execs didn't want to offend President Obama. Dobbs made the claim last night on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," saying he took on President George W. Bush's immigration policy with equal force but didn't draw any CNN flak then. "I discern more of a difference between then, which was under the Bush administration when I was criticizing, and now, when it is the Obama administration -- and an entirely different tone was taken," said Dobbs. He claims both Bush and Obama are soft on... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388063/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375374/posts Early Saturday morning, 7Online.com, the website for ABC's New York affiliate WABC-TV, reported the previous night's arrest of Jason Shih, an alleged campaign worker for Governor Jon Corzine (D-NJ) charged with "possession of a controlled narcotic and paraphernalia that is used for distribution." For some reason, although the headline "Corzine campaign worker arrested" shows up in a Google News search, the page is no longer available: "We are sorry, but the URL you requested could not be found. The page you are looking for may have been renamed, moved, or deleted." A search of "Jason Shih" and "Corzine" at 7Online.com... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375374/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:06:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366005/posts <p>The Obama campaign's press strategy leading up to his election last November focused on "making" the media cover what the campaign wanted and on exercising absolute "control" over coverage, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told an overseas crowd early this year.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366005/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366236/posts Demonstrating the media never tire in coming up with new rationales to tout President Barack Obama's popularity, ABC led Monday night with a poll timed to the night before Tuesday's nine-month mark of the Obama presidency -- as if that's some kind of important anniversary, and spent as much time on how it found record low affinity for Republicans. Anchor Charles Gibson announced “the President has a 57 percent approval rating, his rating rising for the first time since April. And only 20 percent of the country now consider themselves Republican. That is the lowest level of support in 26... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366236/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:49:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365410/posts <p>TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.</p> WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365410/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:33:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361002/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration says it's treating CBS New as a political opponent, and executives at the top-rated news network are responding that the White House can't tell straight reporting from opinion. White House communications director Karen Hughes recently told Time magazine that she thinks CBS offers "opinion journalism masquerading as news," and kept up the criticism on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday and in The New York Times Monday. CBS News president Sean McManus issued a statement Monday, saying: "It's astounding the White House can't distinguish between news and opinion programming. It seems self-serving on their part." And... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361002/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:07:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357368/posts Can one even imagine CNN fact checking any of the skits SNL on President Bush or Sarah Palin?? Heaven forbid SNL finally make fun of President Obama. CNN couldn't help themselves. They actually fact checked the jokes. Let’s bring in CNN's Kareen Wynter. She’s checking the facts for us. All right, Kareen, what are you finding out? KAREEN WYNTER: Hi there, Wolf. Well, some observers say- sure, we are just talking comedy here, but that, on many points- well, SNL couldn’t have been more off the mark. WYNTER (voice-over): A cold open for the country’s commander-in-chief. FRED ARMISEN (as Barack... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357368/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:48:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357080/posts CNN is receiving criticism, of many different kinds from many different places, for a segment Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." The segment "fact-checked" a Saturday Night Live sketch. The sketch, which has been deemed the show's first viral hit of the season, cataloged Pres. Obama's supposed lack of accomplishments. The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto called the idea "a bizarre exercise." The Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik wrote, "Fact checking a comedy sketch -- I will say no more." FNC's Greg Gutfeld showed the clip on Red Eye and joked, "Seriously, reviewing an 'SNL' skit for accuracy is... TVNewser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357080/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 22:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354714/posts <p>Those who read the New York Times's coverage of the unsuccessful results of Barack and Michelle Obama's attempt to seal the 2016 Summer Olympics bid for Chicago on Friday afternoon ('For Obama, an Unsuccessful Campaign") might want to read it again.</p> NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354714/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:40:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354525/posts When Hell freezes over five times in succession and rhinoceri write sonnets on Pluto, the Washington Post's Robin Givhan will stop writing love letters to Michelle Obama. Here the Obamas broke precedent and put the prestige of the presidency on the line, as well as ignoring much more pressing problems at home, all for a spectacularly unsuccessful and remarkably narcissistic effort to secure the Olympics for the Chicago Way, and all Givhan can do is gush about how wonderfully Michelle Obama had performed anyway. Givhan wrote that the First Lady "was her team's most valuable player." And, quoting others, ""She... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354525/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 12:02:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354108/posts Reviewing September's detailed sales results in the car business carried at the Wall Street Journal, three things stick out immediately: The awful performance at General Motors -- down 45% from September 2008. Chrysler's even worse performance -- down "only" 42% from September 2008, but a mind-boggling 61% from September 2007 (62,197 in 2009, 156,799 in 2007) Ford's tiny decline of only 6% from a year ago, despite the end of the Cash For Clunkers program in August. No other major maker had a year-over-year September decline that was even half of that seen at GM or Chrysler. Yet the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354108/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349800/posts A few weeks ago Washington Post Managing Editor Raju Narisetti rued in this tweet via his Twitter account: “We can incur all sorts of federal deficits for wars and what not. But we have to promise not to increase it by $1 for healthcare reform? Sad.” Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander cited the tweet in a Friday night blog post about how the newspaper has issued new guidelines, on the use of social network sites, which state “nothing we do must call into question the impartiality of our news judgment.” That forced Narisetti to close his Twitter account. Alexander recounted:... Newsbusrters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349800/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345898/posts To Bob Woodward, it was the modern-day equivalent of the Pentagon Papers. But to Obama administration officials, the classified assessment of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan represented, if published by The Washington Post, a potential threat to the safety of U.S. troops. The result was that The Post agreed to a one-day delay in publishing the report by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, and that the paper's top editor engaged in a lengthy discussion Sunday with three top Defense Department officials in a meeting at the Pentagon... Woodward said in an interview Tuesday... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345898/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:42:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341247/posts Kudos to Jon Stewart, who doesn’t sugar-coat the embarrassment at all — to the apparent delight of his audience, who get kudos of their own. How can the national news media ignore the many allegations of corruption at ACORN, which gets millions of dollars in federal funding, and allow a couple of independents with $3,000 and a bad wardrobe scoop them on the undercover story of the year? It’s easy when newsrooms are more concerned with political direction than truth. Stick around to the end, when Stewart zings Michelle Malkin haters: Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341247/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340619/posts Is the ACORN scandal worthy of national broadcast news coverage? ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson suggested Tuesday that the answer is no.But Gibson told a radio show Tuesday morning that he wasn't even familiar with the story — and it might be "just one you leave to the cables." ABC reporter Jake Tapper has filed some reports on the scandal, and Gibson was asked on WLS Radio's "Don & Roma Show" what he thought of the story. "I don't even know about it," Gibson said, laughing. "So you've got me at a loss. ... But my goodness, if it's got... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340619/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339056/posts I knew the media were out of touch with the American people. I've known it for 25 years. It's why I do what I do. It's why I created WND. It's why I wrote the book, "Stop the Presses: The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution." It's why I have devoted my life to reminding my colleagues and others about the critical role of the free press in a free society. Nevertheless, even I was shocked at the abysmal, inexcusable non-coverage of the massive rally and march in Washington this weekend to protest government's abusive and unconstitutional excesses and... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339056/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:04:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338571/posts Gee! Guess where a reporter is coming from if he uses the vulgar and childish term "tea-bagger" when referring to tea party protestors?Anderson Cooper was among the first "journalists" who used the "tea bagging" term back in April. Despite his initial glee over injecting "tea bagging" as often as possible into his comments on the tea party protests, Cooper was eventually forced to apologize for his highly unprofessional use of that term. Although the use of "tea bagger" has now become generally recognized as the mark of liberal unprofessionalism it does keep creeping back into stories such as a few... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338571/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:42:55 GMT