Ethics Hotline – Let’s use it!
The Society of Professional Journalists has a code of ethics that, if it were actually followed, would leave groups such as this one with not a thing to do. The preamble of the code reads: Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of …
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Shutdown Slander
We all knew that the Republicans would be blamed for any shutdown. We knew this. James Harrison at nooga.com But somehow, the actual reality of this deliberate slander still is shocking. Newsbusters reports on ABC’s Diane Sawyer: Monday night’s edition of ABC World News was a double dose of advocacy as Diane Sawyer and her team essentially served …
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CNN poll: Obama is a spoiled child and Democrats know not what they do
We all knew that regardless of the facts, the blame for any government shutdown would fall squarely on the shoulders of the Republicans and, for those who chose to dig a little deeper, on the Tea Party specifically. A (deeply flawed) CNN/ORC poll released September 30th, the day the shutdown was looming, indicated that, as …
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It was a year ago today
September 12, 2013 A year ago today, we woke up to the news that our Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, had been killed in a terrorist attack in Benghazi. Three other men, Sean Smith, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, were also killed during the massacre. The details were murky at that time, but there …
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When even Jon Stewart is outraged….
When Jon Stewart is outraged at the media, you know it’s bad Much as we scoff at those who get their “news” from Jon Stewart, we have to admit that his style is compelling. This piece about the “breathless wrongness” of CNN’s reporting of the Navy Yard shooting, their betrayal of our trust, and his …
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Fair and Balanced?
Will conservatives ever be treated “fairly” by the mainstream media? Erick Erickson of Redstate.com explains why he thinks the answer is “no.”
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