http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/waronerror/ en-us Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:36:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396731/posts The BBC received copies of some of the CRU emails more than a month ago, but did nothing about them, sitting on explosive evidence of fraud. The UK Daily Mail reports: .. The sequence of events strongly suggests that an insider leaked some emails to the BBC (and for all we know, others), hoping that they would be incriminating enough to intrigue anyone. When faced with a media stonewall, the insider then chose to post the complete files where they could not quickly be extinguished. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396731/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390142/posts The cover of Nobel Laureate Al Gore's new book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" was intentionally doctored to exaggerate the appearance of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere as well as reduce the amount of ice present in the Arctic. Maybe even more ominously, Florida was so diminished it's almost totally gone. As reported by Florida State University hurricane expert Ryan Maue at the website Watts Up With That, the truth was apparently inconvenient for the Global Warmingist-in-Chief (h/t NBer Blonde): The cover opens and closes half and half - so you only see one hurricane...as in... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390142/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:47:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369490/posts When Barack Obama promised to deliver "a new kind of politics" to Washington, most folk didn't picture Rahm Emanuel with a baseball bat...What is a little novel is the public and bare-knuckle way in which the Obama team is waging these campaigns...In recent weeks the Windy City gang added a new name to their list of societal offenders: the Chamber of Commerce. For the cheek of disagreeing with Democrats on climate and financial regulation, it was reported the Oval Office will neuter the business lobby. Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett warned CEOs they'd be wise to seek better protection. That was... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369490/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318147/posts I was reading the Chron’s piece about Sheila Jackson Lee’s town hall, when something caught my eye: One supporter, Dr. Roxana Mayer, a physician who does not live in Jackson Lee’s district, praised the reform plan for overhauling a broken system. “I don’t know what there is in the bill that creates such panic,” she said. In this video, Mayer claims to be a general practitioner, eliciting applause and even a hug from Queen Sheila: I’m not sure why, but something didn’t smell right. So my colleagues and I did a little digging, and wouldn’t you know it? Roxana Mayer... lonestartimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318147/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281640/posts Back in 2008, New York Times correspondent David S. Rohde, along with Afghan reporter Taki Luden, were abducted in Pakistan by the Taliban. Because they felt it might adversely affect hostage rescue efforts, the Times requested a news black-out. The Associated Press and other news agencies respected the request and only broke the story recently, after Rohde and Luden had scaled a wall and made their escape. It would be nothing other than a story with a happy ending, except that the Times has time and again ignored the government’s requests that it not report the specific ways in which... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281640/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267325/posts Author’s note: On May 24th, the start of the Memorial Day weekend, I sent the protest reproduced below to the Pulitzer Prize Committee. If Boycott NYT readers also find this award outrageous, the Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism is Nicholas Lemann (lemann@columbia.edu). The address: Columbia School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, NY, NY 10027. My journalistic colleagues (and there really are some good ones though most are even older than me!) characterize the Pulitzer Committee as “stubborn as mules and dumber than rocks.” The reason: the committee never acknowledges a mistake or rescinds an award, no matter how egregious... Boycott The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267325/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248710/posts When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked. The sociology major's obituary-friendly quote-which he added to the Wikipedia page of Maurice Jarre hours after the French composer's death March 28-flew straight on to dozens of U.S. blogs and newspaper Web sites in Britain, Australia and India. They used the fabricated material, Fitzgerald said, even though administrators at the free online encyclopedia twice caught the quote's lack of... syracuse.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248710/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 19:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134129/posts Recently a 'Community activist' (AKA Pain in the A**) in the city of Boston named Sadiki Cambone, brought a set of pictures purporting to be of our service men raping Iraqi women to the Boston City Council. Much like John Kerry this Sadiki Cambone throws aroundhis service in the militaryto prove his alleged patriotism, all the while undermining our troops at every opportunity. The Boston Glob(e) published these pictures as being genuine without bothering to verify them.As it turns out the pictures actually come from a fetish porn site of men in camouflage having sex with porn actress. On todays... Boston Globe,WRKO Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134129/posts#comment Wed, 12 May 2004 15:46:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1135989/posts The Boston Globe today tried to distance itself from its admitted error in publishing pornographic photos fraudulently depicting the rape of Iraqi women by American GIs by blaming the city councilor who distributed the pictures at a press conference. In an editorial, the paper admitted for the first time the photos were "bogus" and "appeared" to be taken from a porn site, but in a separate article, the Globe's ombudsman claims she still has failed to discover the source of the photos and still has not confirmed or denied their veracity to readers. The photographs – uncovered by WorldNetDaily as... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1135989/posts#comment Sat, 15 May 2004 04:24:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1135627/posts <p>THE RECENT actions of Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner were reckless and inflammatory. With no regard for truth or consequences, Turner unveiled graphic photographs at a Tuesday press conference, suggesting that the images portrayed the rape of Iraqi women by US soldiers. The display was an all-time low for a member of the City Council. Turner, now in his third term, used twisted logic to justify the photo array. While stopping short of claiming authenticity, Turner argued that "the American people have a right and responsibility to see the pictures" in light of recent revelations regarding abuse of Iraqi prisoners.</p> Boston.com News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1135627/posts#comment Fri, 14 May 2004 17:47:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1137879/posts As you may have heard, the Boston Globe published, as real, fake pictures purporting to show American soldiers in Iraq gang-raping Iraqi women. The pictures were actually from a porn website and were staged (not to make any political point, needless to add). The pictures were handed to the Globe by a Boston city councilman, of the Green Party, and a rabble-rouser from the Nation of Islam (the American "Black Muslim" group). The Globe published this lame retraction: "Editor's note: A photograph on page B2 yesterday did not meet Globe standards for publication. The photo portrayed Boston City Councilor Chuck... Capitalism Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1137879/posts#comment Tue, 18 May 2004 16:53:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243740/posts The New York Times Co. said last night that it is notifying federal authorities of its plans to shut down the Boston Globe, raising the possibility that New England's most storied newspaper could cease to exist within weeks. After down-to-the-wire negotiations did not produce millions of dollars in union concessions, the Times Co. said that it will file today a required 60-day notice of the planned shutdown under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification law. The move could amount to a negotiating ploy to extract further concessions from the Globe's unions, since the notice does not require the Times Co.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243740/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 13:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236875/posts To all you silly-billies at the Globe - enough already with the groveling. Self-pity is not good box office. Stop weeping into your brandy Alexanders and start looking for a job - a real job. And no, I won’t be at your “Solidarity” rally today at Faneuil Hall. But I can imagine the signs - “In Barney Frank We Trust,” “Viva Fidel, Hugo y Teddy!” and of course, “Hands Off My Trust Fund.” Outside, bowtied bumkissers will be chanting in unison, “Hey hey ho ho, Globe-a-phobia’s got to go.” The Globe union is running buses up from Morrissey Boulevard, a... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236875/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:47:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236108/posts JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A Justice Department attorney said U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., should be immune from a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Marine from western Pennsylvania. Murtha Essentially, Murtha's attorney said the lawsuit filed in September by Justin Sharratt, of Canonsburg, should be dismissed for the same reasons that a federal appeals court struck down a similar suit by Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, of Meriden, Conn., last week. The court ruled that Murtha couldn't be sued because he was acting within the scope of his employment when he accused Wuterich's squad of killing innocent civilians "in cold blood"... WTAE-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236108/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:20:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236073/posts On April 21, the Business and Media Institute's Dan Gainor testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Courts and Competition Policy in a hearing on "A New Age for Newspapers." As MRC's Tim Graham wrote on April 22, the hearing was spurred by the steady drumbeat of newspaper closings around the country, and calls from some Democrat lawmakers to bail out and subsidize the newspaper business. While others testified on newsprint business models and the impact of the Internet, Gainor's statement to the subcommittee highlighted liberal bias as a major factor in the industry's decline. "The concept of a journalist as... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236073/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236012/posts According to a report in the New York Post the venerable New York Times is much worse off financially than anyone predicted. Boycott The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236012/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:28:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2235881/posts Beyonce has officially been cleared of all bad singing charges -- the atrocious supposed "board mix" of her performance on "The Today Show" last year was altered after all. Just as Mathew Knowles told us, the audio clip that many people believed was leaked from "Today" was indeed a fake. In fact, TMZ found the person behind the prank who was surprised it went as far as it did, saying, "It's a little bit crazy. No one in their right mind would sound like that, and no one would cheer for someone singing like that." Apparently, the dude never went... TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2235881/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235925/posts Retired military analysts are reacting with outrage that the Pulitzer committee awarded one of its prestigious prizes for a story discredited by an independent investigation, special correspondent Rowan Scarborough reports. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235925/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:15:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234805/posts Barney Frank's Rental ReversalApril 21, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, we've got a couple Barney Frank spites here. He's always good for a couple sound bites. We thought about getting a Barney Frank translator in here but that would sorta destroy it. I mean, I can do it myself but sometimes it's better to leave Barney Frank un-translated. He was on Tavis Smiley's show, PBS, last night, and Smiley said, "What did you do today relative to low-income housing?" FRANK: One of the causes of the terrible crisis we had over the last few years, which has given us today's... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234805/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234485/posts When new information about Americans who had cooperated with the Soviet KGB began to emerge in the 1990s, no individual case generated as much controversy as that of the journalist I.F. Stone, who had long been installed in the pantheon of left-wing heroes as a symbol of rectitude and a teller of truth to power before his death in 1989. Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234485/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219882/posts In 1912 scientists thought they'd discovered the elusive missing link between human and ape. Found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, a set of intriguing skull and jaw fragments were later reconstructed by the British Museum into a human-like head with an ape-like jaw. In 1953 it turned out the find wasn't proof of anything—other than the skill of the still anonymous forger. The skull was a medieval human's. The jaw was an orangutan's. And the teeth were a chimp's. nationalgeographic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219882/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205097/posts The number of ex-Guantanamo detainees who have gone back to terrorism is much larger than the government is letting on. A senior intelligence official, who has access to some of the country's top secrets, tells HUMAN EVENTS that some Pentagon analysts actually believe 102 former enemy combatants have returned to terror -- not 61 as publicly reported by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). That would mean that of 520 terrorists released from the Guantanamo Bay prison, nearly 20 percent returned to the practice of killing to achieve their radical view of Islam. The number is gaining importance in light of... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205097/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198387/posts Playboy Magazine got its undies in a bundle over the nation wide Tea Party protests held last Friday that were inspired by CNBC's Rick Santelli's free market rant of February 19. As Noel Sheppard noted on March 1, the skin mag published a piece claiming that Santelli was part of a vast right-wing conspiracy to protest Obama's socialist policies. It turns out, however, that the story has been proven false and in response Playboy has mysteriously removed the piece that first raised the question of the grand conspiracy. Happily, the facts have won over on Playboy forcing it to pull... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198387/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:59:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195729/posts Senator: Demise of newspapers helps GOP @ 3:12 pm by Hill Staff Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said on Friday that the demise of daily newspapers is helping the Republican Party. Coburn, responding to a question from an attendee about media bias at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said, “The daily newspaper will die.” Coburn added that advances in technology, such as the Internet, Twitter, text messaging, and YouTube, are helping Republicans get their message out because policymakers don’t need to rely on daily newspapers as much as they used to. The conservative senator, who agreed with the assertion that the... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195729/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195432/posts DENVER – Questions about the future of the Rocky Mountain News had become so common, the newspaper's staff put up a handwritten paper sign on the news desk that said, "We don't know." On Thursday, someone wrote over it in heavy black marker: "Now we know." Colorado's oldest newspaper, which launched in Denver in 1859, printed its last edition Friday, leaving The Denver Post as the only daily newspaper in town. Since 2001, the News has shared business operations with The Denver Post in a joint operating agreement between Scripps and The Post's owner, MediaNews Group Inc. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195432/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:04:03 GMT