http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/yellowjournalism/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050315/posts For those of you who don't keep up with the conservative blogosphere, one of the memes they've been trying to push for the past couple of weeks is this: Barack Obama may give a good prepared speech, but his dirty little secret is that he's actually an empty suit who's totally at sea without a teleprompter. Today, for example, Andy McCarthy, offers up this snippet from an Obama press conference in Jerusalem: Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran, as a way... C'BS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050315/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050291/posts The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money. Even the Associated Press — no bastion of conservatism — has considered, at least superficially, the media's favoritism for Barack Obama. It's time to revisit media bias. True to form, journalists are defending their bias by saying that one candidate, Obama, is more newsworthy than the other. In other words, there is... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050291/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:40:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050118/posts If anyone could lay claim totheir state's Republican Party, it's Deborah Burstion-Donbraye of Cleveland. The 53-year-old international business consultant is the former outreach director for the Ohio Republican Party, for starters. She helped deliver the swing state to President Bush in his 2004 re-election bid in which he garnered 16 percent of the black vote. Among her Republican credentials, Mrs. Burstion-Donbraye worked in several high-level positions during the Reagan and Bush administrations of the late 1980s and was the press secretary for George W. Bush's Texas gubernatorial campaign in 1994. In the 1980s, she was an assistant national desk editor... washingtontimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050118/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:09:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048962/posts One of the most striking aspects of our political discourse, particularly during election time, is how efficiently certain views that deviate from the elite consensus are banished from sight -- simply prohibited -- even when those views are held by the vast majority of citizens. The University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes -- the premiere organization for surveying international public opinion -- released a new survey a couple of weeks ago regarding public opinion on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, including opinion among American citizens, and this is what it found: A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 18 countries finds that... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048962/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048958/posts It's bad enough that Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East is getting an insane amount of MSM coverage (the three big network news anchors? Whoa!); now, NBC News believes it apt to compare Obama's sojourn to ... an actual military tour of duty. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048958/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048914/posts Here is the op-ed piece written by Sen. John McCain that the New York Times declined to run. The piece was released to CNN by the McCain campaign: In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation "hard" but not "hopeless." Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by up to 80% to the lowest levels in four years, and Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from a string of defeats. The situation now is full of hope, but considerable hard work remains to consolidate our fragile gains. Progress has been due primarily to... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048914/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:52:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048826/posts NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA Mon Jul 21 2008 12:00:25 ET An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The paper's decision to refuse McCain's direct rebuttal to Obama's 'My Plan for Iraq' has ignited explosive charges of media bias in top Republican circles. 'It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece,' NYT Op-Ed editor David Shipley explained in an email late Friday... Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048826/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:09:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048076/posts Remember Joe Wilson? He's the diplomat who went to Niger to investigate Bush administration claims that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium, a raw material used in building nuclear bombs, from Africa. He wrote in a July 6, 2003, New York Times op-ed that he had spent the previous February in Niger, "drinking sweet mint tea and meeting with dozens of people ... associated with the country's uranium business. It did not take long to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had ever taken place." A story that has to be the most underplayed... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048076/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:55:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047997/posts p> WAFB TV Channel 9, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana pulled out all the stops for this ridiculous report claiming that "some women" in the Pelican State are resorting to working in strip clubs because gasoline is so expensive. To prove it, WAFB found one woman that said so. I'd say that clinches this as "fact," then, wouldn't you? In typical sensationalistic news fashion, WAFB TV assumes that because gas is more expensive, women across the state are throwing away their morals to work as strippers. During these tough economic times, many people are struggling to make ends meet. The city's... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047997/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:17:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043008/posts Soldiers stood directly behind Raddatz as she queried GI’s walking past. She asked 60 GI’s who they planned to vote for in November. 54 said John McCain, 4 for Obama, and 2 for Hillary. When the story ran, they didn't even mention the 54 that chose McCain. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2043008/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:18:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041987/posts The casino craps player is a social animal, a thrill seeker who wants not just to win but to win with a crowd. Unlike cards or a roulette wheel, well-thrown dice reward most everyone on the rail, yielding a collective yawp that drowns out the slots. It is a game for showmen, Hollywood stars and basketball legends with girls on their arms. It is also a favorite pastime of the presumptive Republican nominee for President, John McCain. The backroom poker player, on the other hand, is more cautious and self-absorbed. Card games may be social, but they are played in... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041987/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:05:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040042/posts Media: Four years ago this week, we noted how negative coverage of the Iraq War had become. But that was when things weren't going well. This is now, when things are going much better. So coverage must be much more positive, right? (with asterisks indicating page-toppers): • June 11: "Going to War Not Worth It, More Voters Say"* "NATO Not Expected to Send Force to Iraq" • June 13: "Retired Officials Say Bush Must Go"* "Insurgents and Islam Now Rulers of Fallujah" • June 14: "At Least 20 Killed in Baghdad (Car) Bombings" • June 15: "Iraq's Foreign Contractors in... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040042/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037813/posts Beckwith responds to The Washington Post. The first thing I have to say about "An Attack That Came Out of the Ether," published by The Washington Post on June 28th, is that at NO time was I ever contacted by this woman, Danielle Allen.  I spoke to two male Post reporters, who spoke to me over the phone for a period of months.  The first contact was in the fall of 2007.  They told me they were trying to track down the source of emails they considered negative to the Obamamessiah. Allen obsesses about the "Muslim" Obama stories, but steers... The Obama File -- Latest News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037813/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037834/posts The Washington Post published an article today in the Style section about researcher Danielle Allen's efforts to track down who is behind allegations that presumed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (Illinois) is a Muslim. Allen is an Obama supporter who works for the Institute for Advanced Study.The article was written by Matthew Mosk. A curious choice for The Post considering Mosk's involvement in the nefarious MD4Bush scandal in which Mosk claimed to have been given access to a Free Republic poster's account to expose a Maryland GOP government appointee who was alleged to have commented on rumors that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037834/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037161/posts (CNN) -- The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. It's a 50-50 bet that the thin Arctic sea ice, which was frozen last autumn, will completely melt away at the geographic North Pole, Serreze said. Serreze said it's "just another indicator of the disappearing Arctic sea ice cover" but that it is happening so soon is "just astounding to me." "Five years ago, to think that we'd even be talking about the possibility of the North... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037161/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:48:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037150/posts Among the many dark tidings for American conservatism, there is one genuine bright spot. Over the past five years, a group of young and unpredictable rightward-leaning writers has emerged on the scene. These writers came of age as official conservatism slipped into decrepitude. Most of them were dismayed by what the Republican Party had become under Tom DeLay and seemed put off by the shock-jock rhetorical style of Ann Coulter. As a result, most have the conviction — which was rare in earlier generations — that something is fundamentally wrong with the right, and it needs to be fixed. Moreover,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037150/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036318/posts Barack Obama needs to give a speech about Iraq. Otherwise he will find himself in the unusual position of having being prescient about the war in 2002 and yet being overtaken by events in 2008. The most important reason to do this is not political. Iraq is fading in importance for the public and, to the extent that it matters as an electoral issue, most people agree with Obama's judgment that the war was not worth fighting. The reason to lay out his approach to Iraq is that, were he elected, the war would be his biggest and most immediate... Newsweak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036318/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:14:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036321/posts Who knew that newbie Democrat congressman Jason Altmire (4th District) and Republican congressman Tim Murphy (18th District) would ever "town hall" together? The reason there are no answers is because there were none to be found. Today Murphy and Altmire sent out a news release announcing that they would host two joint town hall meetings together: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036321/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:16:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036233/posts Last Friday, Newsweek released a poll that had Sen. Barack Obama up 15 points over Sen. John McCain. Today, the LA Times along with Bloomberg released their poll showing Obama up, you guessed it, 15 points over the presumptive Republican nominee. The LA Times/Bloomberg polling data shows in a four-way race that Obama is over McCain 48 percent to 33 percent with independent candidates Bob Barr and Ralph Nader holding a combination of 7 percentage points and the rest are undecided. In a two-way race, Obama's lead narrows only slightly to 12 percentage points. University of Virginia political science professor... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036233/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034919/posts Move-On.org is taking a firm stand on a campaign promise that Barack Obama made that said he would filibuster any wiretapping bill that had retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that let the feds listen in on. MoveOn says in the letter “We need him to honor that promise.” The posting urges supporters to tell Obama how they feel by calling his presidential campaign to let him know that “you’re counting on him to keep his word.” Last Friday Obama announced his support for the intelligence surveillance law that is highly unpopular with most left activists; the money, momentum and votes... The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034919/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034510/posts It was only a matter of time until the mainstream media began ramping up global warming alarmism by connecting flooding in the Midwest to climate change. ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” took a page out of the alarmists’ playbook – connecting natural disasters to global warming, which according to the broadcast is caused by mankind’s use of fossil fuels. The segment, which led off the network’s June 19 broadcast, cited a government report that stated there’s definitive evidence such a link exists. “[T]oday, the administration report draws a clear link between this destructive and severe weather and the fossil... businessandmedia.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034510/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034191/posts Shades of Dukakis, Obama up 15 THE PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW BY: Salena Zito In May of 1988 after all of the Democratic primaries ended presumptive nominee Michael Dukakis enjoyed a 54 to 38 percent lead over then Ronald Reagan wing man George H.W. Bush. H.W. went on to win in that November handily This evening a new Newsweek poll shows Obama having a giant lead, from 51 percent to 36 percent, over McCain among registered voters across the country. Obama got his bounce, Dukakis style. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034191/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:04:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034207/posts Obama's current lead also reflects the large party-identification advantage the Democrats now enjoy - 55 percent of all voters call themselves Democrats or say they lean toward the party while just 36 percent call themselves Republicans or lean that way. Obama's personal ratings have improved, as well: 62 percent of voters overall say they have a favorable opinion of him compared to only 26 percent who have an unfavorable opinion. By comparison, McCain's ratings are 49 percent favorable to 37 percent unfavorable, representing a drop from his previous 54 percent favorable rating. Obama is trusted more to handle what may... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034207/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:12:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033843/posts CBS News sinks to new low; publishes crackpot global warming story, attributes it to Associated Press, kills it with no retraction Yesterday I posted a story from CBS News: Quake n’ Bake: Global Warming Causes More Energetic Earthquakes? The main headline was this: Seismic Activity 5 Times More Energetic Than 20 Years Ago Because Of Global Warming This drew a lot of attention because of the total lack of verifiable science associated with it. I posted some graphs of USGS data showing that the opposite was true, that recent earthquake energy was actually less that in the early 1900’s, and... Watts Up With That? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033843/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:52:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033825/posts CBS News and the Associated Press were quick to regurgitate claims that global warming has increased the intensity of earthquakes fivefold in the past 20 years. But had either taken the time to investigate, they would have discovered that both the source's facts and credentials were, if you'll pardon the expression, on very tremorous ground. In a Wednesday piece -- suddenly vanished on Thursday -- attributed to the AP, CBS warned in its subtitle that a new "study" has found "Seismic Activity 5 Times More Energetic Than 20 Years Ago Because Of Global Warming." Based on a Tuesday Market Wire... Th,e American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033825/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:03:02 GMT