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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:16:48 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis September 25, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030925.asp 1. Poll in Favor of Cancelling Tax Cut for Rich Delights Russert Much to Tim Russerts delight, since it matches his weekly mantra on Meet the Press, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that to pay for the $87 billion for Iraq, 56 percent of the public prefers to cancel the recent tax cuts for the upper income brackets and only 13 percent want to cut other spending. Russert stressed how one-third of Republicans said cancel the tax cut for the top brackets, prompting Tom Brokaw to hope: That will get the attention of the White House. The next morning, Matt Lauer trumpeted: Maybe one of the few times they get away with saying, 'we can win by saying increase taxes. 2. Jennings Showcases Poll on How Iraqis Say Theyll Be Better Off ABCs Peter Jennings on Wednesday night, but not CBSs Dan Rather or NBCs Tom Brokaw, highlighted a Gallup poll of people in Baghdad which found that 62 percent think that getting rid of Saddam Hussein was worth the personal hardship they endured and, that though 94 percent see Baghdad as less safe than before the war, 67 percent believe that in five years the nation will be better than it was under Saddam Hussein. That belief befuddled New York Times reporter Patrick Tyler, who led into that finding by listing a litany of negative events: Despite the systemic collapse of government and civic institutions, a wave of looting and violence, and shortages of water and electricity 3. Headlines All Over the Place on Bush Address to the UN Headlines all over the place Wednesday morning on President Bushs Tuesday address to the UN. Brit Hume, during the Grapevine segment on Wednesdays Special Report with Brit Hume on FNC, displayed several ones with various takes. USA Today: Bush invites help in Iraq. New York Times: Bush, at UN, Defends Policy Over Iraq. Washington Post: Bush is Criticized at UN Over Iraq 4. CNNs Arraf on Iraq: Reality Is, It Is Pretty Bleak There Add CNN Baghdad reporter Jane Arraf to those who see the situation in Iraq as bleak. She insisted on Wednesdays American Morning that while there are small bits of good news in Iraq, all reporting from Iraq is against the backdrop of something that cannot be seen as other than bad news. She recited how American servicemen are dying, Iraqis are afraid, and it's really only when you've been there...that you get a sense of it. She contended: We can't paint a rosier picture than exists. And the reality is, it is pretty bleak there. 5. Letterman Audience Applauds Bringing Democracy to Iraq A spontaneous sign that the public is not so hostile to Bushs Iraq policy as the media think? On Wednesdays Late Show, when Second Lady Lynne Cheney talked about continuing the good work thats going on in Iraq, moving the process of democracy forward, loud applause broke out inside New York Citys Ed Sullivan Theater. 6. Top Ten Ways Arnold Schwarzenegger Prepared for the Debate Lettermans Top Ten Ways Arnold Schwarzenegger Prepared for the Debate. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030925.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org The Times vs. Scurrilous Biographies Sometimes Michiko Kakutani reviews an anti-Clinton biography and doesnt like it one bit: Nigel Hamilton's new biography of Bill Clinton represents a sleazy new low in the chronicling of presidential lives. It regurgitates the most scurrilous and unsubstantiated rumors about Mr. Clinton and his wife So the Times would never herald a book full of scurrilous and unsubstantiated rumors about a president and his wife? Ask Nancy Reagan. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0925.asp Advertisement JOIN THE MRC TODAY The MRC has a unique opportunity that would greatly
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:12:09 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis September 23, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030923.asp 1. CNN Trumpets How Bush is Sinking! May Be Beatable in 2004 CNNs Judy Woodruff led Mondays Inside Politics by trumpeting striking new evidence that President Bush may be beatable in 2004. Bill Schneider gleefully related: Judy, President Bush is sinking! Last month the President's job approval rating was at 60 percent. Now it's dropped to 50, his lowest rating ever. Making an illogical comparison, the CNN announcer at the top of the half hour had contrasted Bushs plight with the huge leap forward for Carol Moseley Braun, the last-place Democrat who had simply made her hopeless presidential campaign official. 2. Liasson Reveals NPR Listeners Think Braun Says Sensible Things The kind of people who listen to NPR think that left-wing Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun says sensible things. On FNCs Special Report with Brit Hume on Monday night, NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson inadvertently provided evidence that NPR appeals to liberals as she related how NPR listeners praise Braun. Fred Barnes suggested that the media have invested their hopes and dreams in Wesley Clark. 3. Medias Falsely Bleak Picture in Iraq Emboldens Our Enemy A Democratic Congressman from Georgia who just returned from a visit to Iraq, in a Monday op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, condemned the news media for its excessively negative drumbeat. U.S. Representative Jim Marshall asserted: I'm afraid the news media are hurting our chances. They are dwelling upon the mistakes, the ambushes, the soldiers killed, the woundedFair enough. But it is not balancing this bad news with 'the rest of the story, the progress made daily, the good news. The falsely bleak picture weakens our national resolve, discourages Iraqi cooperation and emboldens our enemy. 4. ABC Points Out How Spending is Soaring Under President Bush The news media regularly push for more and more government spending to solve every problem, but on Sunday night ABC offered a refreshing criticism of President Bush -- taking him on from the right for approving of massive new and higher spending. Jake Tapper pointed out that despite candidate Bushs promise that big government is not the answer, under President Bush the size of government is bigger as discretionary spending on transportation and other non-military items increased by 21 percent under Mr. Bush. And a taxpayer group says pork barrel spending is up 48 percent since 2001. Tapper recalled how at about this point in his term, Ronald Reagan had vetoed 22 spending bills from Congress, but President Bush has vetoed none. 5. Bush Tells Hume He Avoids Media Bias By Avoiding News Media President George W. Bush has discovered a way to avoid being influenced by liberal media bias: He avoids reading newspapers or watching television news. During Brit Humes interview with Bush aired Monday night on Fox and FNC, Bush revealed how he relies on his staff for objective news summaries since a lot of times there's opinions mixed in with news from the usual media outlets. We won't disagree with that sir, Hume quipped in response. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030923.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org Backhanded Bush Compliment: Hes Now Less Misleading Richard Stevenson gives out backhanded compliments for what he calls the Bush administrations recent increase in straight talk. Stevenson writes: By the standards of a White House that insists that nearly everything at all times is proceeding precisely according to plan, and where misjudgment is typically held to be a stranger, the last few weeks have brought a new, unvarnished tone. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0923.asp#2 Advertisement
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:46:58 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis September 22, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030922.asp 1. Rather Admits CBS Stories on Mayhem Dont Match Reality of Iraq The CBS Evening News, where the stories, self-admittedly, dont match reality. On Friday night, Dan Rather introduced a dire story on how ordinary Iraqis are faced with an extraordinary surge of crime, banditry and thuggery from carjacking and robbery to kidnapping and murder resulting in a population fearful, frustrated, angry and heavily armed. But never mind. After the subsequent story on mayhem in Baghdad, Rather conceded that the report he just aired had distorted the situation: A reminder that television sometimes has trouble with perspective, so you may want to note that in some areas of Iraq, things are peaceful. 2. Bush May Have Only Himself to Blame for Idea of Iraq-9/11 Tie The networks made a much bigger deal than did newspapers about President Bushs Wednesday comment that we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th. That night ABC highlighted it, CBS made it the top item in a larger story and NBC and CNN devoted full stories to it. And on Thursday night, CBS followed up with a second story by John Roberts on how if seven out of ten Americans believe Saddam was probably behind 9/11...President Bush may have only himself to blame. But the New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today only squeezed in short items. In getting so excited over what he considered Bushs concession, Roberts ignored a front page USA Today story on Thursday, U.S.: Iraq sheltered suspect in '93 WTC attack. 3. ABC Rationalizes Ted Kennedys Scurrilous Charges on Iraq ABC on Friday night devoted a story to showing the lack of support for Senator Ted Kennedys scurrilous claims that President Bush is bribing foreign leaders, went to war in a war made up in Texas because it would be good politically and, Kennedy charged, this whole thing was a fraud. But after illustrating how Kennedys claims lacked evidence, though John Cochran passed along how Tom DeLay castigated Kennedys remarks as a new low in politics, Cochran gave equal credibility and legitimacy to why Kennedy leveled his baseless charges: Sources familiar with Kennedys reasoning say he stepped up his attacks on the President in an effort to get the country to pay more attention to a situation in Iraq that he feels is catastrophic. The ends justify the means? 4. Russert Presses Albright on Her Opposition to Pursing bin Laden Kudos to Tim Russert for managing to go a week without urging a guest to agree with him that the tax cuts should be rescinded and for raising with Clintons Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, a scenario laid out in a new book about how, after the bombing of the USS Cole, she opposed going after Osama bin Laden. 5. Times Klein Advises Democrats on How to Better Attack Cheney Time magazines Joe Klein doubling as a Democratic campaign consultant? Last Wednesday night CNNs Paula Zahn Now devoted two segments to unsubstantiated allegations about how Vice President Cheney somehow did something improper which led Halliburton, for whom he worked through 2002, to get big contracts for troop logistical support and to re-build Iraq. Klein conceded that the attacks were off-base, so he urged Democrats to pursue a more fruitful line of attack: I think that what the Democrats should be investigating is not just these contracts, but the whole policy-making process that led to the energy policy that this country has, and, also, on the most important level, why we went to war in Iraq and why we went so easy on Saudi Arabia. 6. Robbins Jabs Limbaugh to Undo Shameful Past of Ducking Vietnam Tim Robbins called out Bill OReilly and Rush Limbaugh, urging them to undo their shameful past, when they pussied out of service during Vietnam, by agreeing to sign up and join the military deployed to Iraq. The far-left actor proclaimed Friday night on HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher: I would suggest that we send some of those people over there. I would
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:06:03 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis September 16, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030916.asp 1. Jennings Cites Husseins Alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction Peter Jennings on Saddam Husseins alleged weapons of mass destruction. On Mondays World News Tonight, after recalling how thousands of Iraqi Kurds were reportedly killed in 1988 by Saddam Husseins use of chemical weapons, Jennings announced how David Kay is finalizing his report on the search for Saddam Husseins alleged weapons of mass destruction. But in the subsequent story, Martha Raddatz made clear that while Kay had determined that during the 1990s Hussein destroyed all his WMD, officials say the Kay report will detail Iraqs efforts to maintain the capability to produce weapons, an effort that one congressional source called 'robust, active and ongoing. 2. Amanpour: Scribes Too Pro-Bush/FNC, Burns: No, Too Pro-Saddam Two journalists, two different views on how the media failed to do their jobs in the months prior to the invasion of Iraq. On CNBC last week, CNNs Christiane Amanpour railed about the Bush administrations arguments for invading Iraq, branding it disinformation at the highest levels and she scolded journalists intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News. But a new book quotes John Burns, the New York Times reporter stationed in Baghdad during the war, expressing outrage toward Western reporters who helped conceal the awfulness of Saddams despotic tyranny in order to protect their access to the Iraqi capital, calling it corruption and a gross abdication of responsibility. 3. ABC on Tax: Who Could Say No to an Extra Dime to Help Kids? NBC News recognized a tax hike advocate as a liberal, but not ABC News. In a Monday night story on a referendum in Seattle to impose a tax of ten cents per cup of espresso, ABCs Neal Karlinsky failed to apply an ideological label the proponent of the attempt to save child care programs for 7,000 needy kids left underfunded by the state's $2.5 billion budget shortfall. Karlinsky also relayed the befuddlement of tax supporters: They wondered who could say no to an extra dime to help kids? NBCs Roger ONeill, however, managed to recognize the ideology behind the idea: John Burbank, with a liberal Seattle think tank, came up with the 'tax my latte' plan. 4. CBSs Smith Assumes Kerry Just Entered the Presidential Race Houston to Harry Smith. For Monday's Early Show, Smith traveled to Iowa over the weekend where he expressed what seemed to be the genuine belief that John Kerry entered the presidential race a mere couple of weeks ago. Smith described Kerry's campaign as barely two weeks old and asked: Did Kerry wait too long to get in the hunt? Smith marveled at how Howard Dean has gotten out to an amazing lead in terms of momentum and press, and pressed Kerry: Did you wait too long to announce your candidacy? Of course, though Kerry made his candidacy official on September 2, hes been campaigning for months. 5. Gumbel's Show Avoids Liberal Bias, Brokaw Justifies No Flag Pin In the second quarterly edition of PBS's Flashpoints USA with Bryant Gumbel and Gwen Ifill, which is set to air an episode tonight titled, The Media Today: Truth or Lies?, PBS displays great concern for the media's corporate concentration while ignoring liberal political bias. During an interview with Gumbel, NBC anchor Tom Brokaw admitted that back in the 1960s conservatives had a hard time getting on the air, yet he maintained that's just as a liberal does now. A poll for PBS found that Brokaw is out of touch on refusing to wear a flag pin, but Brokaw remained unapologetic. And by more than two-to-one, respondents like seeing TV news reports that use words 'our side' or 'us' when referring to U.S. troops. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030916.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org Frank Rich: Triumph of a Willful
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:39:46 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis September 3, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis The Anchors: 20 Years of Liberal Bias On Friday, both ABC's Peter Jennings and NBC's Tom Brokaw celebrate their 20-year anniversary as their network's top anchor, a milestone CBS's Dan Rather passed two-and-a-half years ago. While Jennings' bias during the recent Iraq war was obvious, he has consistently skewed his newscast in favor of liberals and against conservatives. To mark the ABC anchor's anniversary, the MRC presents a litany of his most biased episodes. Read Media Research Center's reports featuring quotes of both Peter Jennings Tom Brokaw: * Press Release: MRC Marks 20th Anniversaries for Liberal Anchors http://www.mediaresearch.org/press/2003/press20030903.asp * Media Reality Check: 20 Years of Bias From ABC's Peter Jennings Cant See Bias: ABC, CBS, NBC Are Mainstream Media...Largely in the Center...Without Ideologies http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2003/fax20030903pj.asp PDF Version: http://www.mrc.org/realitycheck/2003/pdf/fax0903pj.pdf * Profile in Bias: World News Tonight With Peter Jennings 20 Years of Liberal Bias http://www.mediaresearch.org/Profiles/jennings/welcome.asp * Media Reality Check: Marking Tom Brokaw's Twenty Years of Tilt NBC Anchor Boasted Weve Worked Hard to Drain the Bias but Viewers Still Swimming in Liberalism http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2003/fax20030903.asp PDF Version: http://www.mrc.org/realitycheck/2003/pdf/fax0903tb.pdf * Profile in Bias: Updated: Dan Rather's 20 Years of Outrageous Liberal Bias http://www.mediaresearch.org/projects/rather20th/welcome.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org Paul Krugman, Mad Economist In an interview with a liberal website, Times columnist Paul Krugman says the United States has gone mad with the right wing in power. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0903.asp Advertisement TELL A FRIEND TODAY If you enjoy our daily Web news update, pass it on to your friends. Let them know they can sign up at http://www.mrc.org/cybersub.asp#webnews Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030903.asp 1. Peters Back from Vacation, Liberal as Ever, Attacking on Iraq Peters back. After taking most of the summer off, Peter Jennings returned Tuesday night to his World News Tonight anchor chair and delivered a liberal line-up as only he could. He teased the September 2 broadcast: On World News Tonight, an influential voice in Iraq says the U.S. must leave, and theres been another car bombing. Well take 'A Closer Look tonight at how Iraq is going to dominate business in the Congress this fall: So may priorities and too little money. The Democratic presidential race: John Kerry attacks the President today. He says the American people have been misled about Iraq... Plus, now that former Army Secretary Thomas White is critical of the Bush team, Jennings treated him as a wise sage on Iraq. 2. ABC CNN Skip Kerrys Distortion About Only Threatening Force After ABCs Peter Jennings focused on how John Kerry says the American people have been misled about Iraq, Dan Harris proceeded to trumpet: With an aircraft carrier as the backdrop, the unmistakable message of Senator John Kerrys announcement today was that, as the only Democrat who is a decorated war hero, he is best-suited to take on a popular wartime President. But in emphasizing how Kerry was very tough on President Bush on the situation in Iraq, Harris, like CNNs Candy Crowley, skipped over how Kerry re-wrote history in claiming that he only voted to threaten Saddam Hussein. FNCs Carl Cameron, however, picked up on what he kindly described as Kerrys questionable claim. 3. Kerrys Repeal of Bush Tax Cuts
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 14:17:28 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis August 6, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030806.asp 1. CNBC: On Many Issues Dean Centrist, But Lauer: Too Liberal? Monday night on CNBC, David Shuster delivered another effort to portray Howard Dean as less than liberal. On the News with Brian Williams, Shuster contended: On many issues, Dean is a centrist. He supports the death penalty, gun ownership and balanced budgets. But Shusters story did go on to recount how competitors Joe Lieberman and John Kerry are calling Dean too liberal to win a general election. And on Tuesdays Today, during an interview with Dean, Matt Lauer actually took him on from the right: Are you too liberal to win the general election? 2. Hollings Stories Laud Racial Record, Skip Segregationist Work Washington Post and New York Times stories Tuesday, on the decision of South Carolina Senator Ernest Hollings to not seek re-election, lauded the Democrat for how, in contrast to what occurred in other Southern states, as Governor he had presided over the peaceful and orderly desegregation of South Carolinas public schools. But in offering such a positive review of Hollings record on race, the newspapers skated over his role as a dogged defender of segregation who only gave in when he realized the fight was hopeless, a favor not afforded to Southern Republicans with an unpleasant history on race. 3. Conservatives Follow Like the Members of a Moose Lodge Reminiscent of how a Washington Post reporter claimed in a news story that Christian Right leaders can easily generate support because their followers are largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command, Boston Globe Washington Bureau Chief Peter Canellos on Tuesday passed along a similar stereotype in a story about a new liberal legal group. Canellos opined: While conservatives answer a call to order like the members of a Moose Lodge, liberals fall to cat-fighting like contestants on a reality-TV dating show. He did at least add, or so the thinking goes. Plus, Antonin Scalia was the driving force behind the Supreme Court's decision granting George W. Bush the presidency over Al Gore. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030806.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org Frank Richs Persecution Complex Times editor Frank Rich attacks as anti-Semitic Mel Gibsons upcoming movie on the last hours of the life of Christ, claiming its real tinder-box effect could be abroad, where anti-Semitism has metastasized since 9/11. But in the past liberal Rich has ridiculed the idea that movies cause violence. And his criticism is particularly hypocritical considering his discussion of 1995s pro-gay, anti-Catholic Church movie Priest. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0806.asp Advertisement JOIN THE MRC TODAY The MRC has a unique opportunity that would greatly benefit our work to expose the left-wing agenda of the national media. But it can only be realized with your support Become a Supporter in Our Quest for Truth and Balance! https://secure.mediaresearch.org/Donation/Order/MediaResearch25-27/mck-cgi/mrcdo nate.asp Bozell's News Column Dean's No Civil Centrist Should we feel sorry for the press as they try, frantically, to apply a barrel of pancake makeup to Howard Dean and present this raging leftist to America as a soggy centrist? This is a really tough job. The entire political spectrum is going to have to be dragged off to the left of Massachusetts. Its hard not to snicker at the thought of newspapers like The Washington Post declaring in a Sunday front-page headline: As Governor, Dean Was Fiscal Conservative. Liberal reporter Michael Powell (last noticed in a furious fit of powder-puffing Senator Hillary
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 14:31:39 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis August 7, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030807.asp 1. NBC Blames Global Warming for European Heat Wave It was inevitable. Whenever someplace in the world gets hot for a few days, sooner or later a network story will blame it on global warming. NBCs Patricia Sabga won the contest on Wednesday night when she warned that scientists attribute the extreme temperatures to whats been described as a dome of hot air hovering over Europe, a summer weather pattern that may become the norm. Sean Seabrook, identified on screen as a meteorologist, then asserted: Scientists appreciate now that global warming is taking place and I think these occurrences of heat waves will become more frequent, so this may be a sign of things to come. 2. Times Tumulty: A Lot in Deans Record Thats Conservative In her Time magazine cover story this week, Karen Tumulty insisted that Dean's record as Vermont Governor defies ideological labels. Appearing Wednesday morning on C-SPANs Washington Journal, Tumulty similarly argued that he is going to be difficult to sort of paint into any particular ideological corner, but she also contended: Theres a lot in his record that looks, you know, not only moderate, but even conservative. 3. Episcopal Battle: Conservatives Versus the Inclusive As portrayed by the networks, the battle inside the Episcopal church is between conservatives and not liberals, but those interested in a more inclusive church. ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas set up a story: Some conservative Episcopalians say homosexuality is contrary to scripture and therefore totally unacceptable. But supporters of the decision call this a step toward a more open and inclusive church. The same insistence upon labeling only one side of the debate occurred Wednesday on the morning shows. 4. Reuters: N. Korea Hails 100 Percent Poll Support for Leader Rivaling the public support Saddam Hussein earned in an election last fall, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il received 100 percent of the vote a few days ago, Reuters relayed in a dispatch which took the election seriously. N. Korea Hails 100 Percent Poll Support for Leader, announced the headline over the August 4 story datelined from Seoul. The lead: North Korea said on Monday that polls in which voters gave leader Kim Jong-il 100 percent support showed the communist state was 'firm as a rock in the face of economic woes and isolation over its nuclear ambitions. 5. Schwarzenegger a Social Democrat Republican Hollywood Can Back A Republican Hollywood liberals can accept. On Thursdays Good Morning America, actress Jamie Lee Curtis declared of Arnold Schwarzenegger the morning after he announced hes running in the recall election for Governor of California: I think he will make a fantastic Governor. She soon revealed her rationale: I actually believe he's really, at his heart, even though he pretends to be a Republican, I think he's a social Democrat at heart. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030807.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org The Running Man The Times story on Californias recall vote notes Sen. Feinstein is out, while action-hero Arnold and populist Arianna are in, and offers its readers snob appeal: Instead of talking about issues like nuclear proliferation and appropriations, as Ms. Feinstein did, Mr. Schwarzenegger made light of his decision to run . And is Arianna Huffington really a populist independent or just another left-winger? Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0807.asp Advertisement TELL A FRIEND TODAY If you enjoy our daily Web news update, pass it on to your friends. Let them know they can sign up at http://www.mrc.org/cybersub.asp#webnews
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:01:52 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis August 12, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030812.asp 1. CBS ABC Describe as Controversial Bushs EPA and New Nominee When reporters describe a policy or person as controversial you know they must be referring to a policy or person which upsets liberals. CBSs Dan Rather employed the term once and ABCs Charles Gibson used the term three times on Monday night in reporting on President Bushs decision to nominate Utah Governor Mike Leavitt to succeed former New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman as EPA Administrator. 2. Network Vet: Dukakis Was No Liberal and Neither Was Mondale Former NBC and CNN political reporter Ken Bode, on the Chris Matthews Show over the weekend, seriously maintained that neither Walter Mondale nor Michael Dukakis were liberals. Bode generously conceded that George McGovern was a liberal, but then insisted: Dukakis was no liberal and neither was Mondale. Both of them had several people to the left in those primaries. It was what the Republicans did to them once they got the nomination that made them seem to be liberals in both cases. 3. Conservative Rohrabacher Endorsing Schwarzenegger Worries Time In their Arnold Schwarzenegger cover stories this week, Time and Newsweek each painted the movie star candidate as a political mystery, but described his social stands as either liberal in quote marks or libertarian. Newsweek also suggested his potential marital infidelity was not a mark of an inferior moral record, at least when compared to Ronald Reagan. Times Richard Lacayo found Schwarzenegger liberal on several issues but brooded about the import of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, one of the most conservative members of the California congressional delegation, endorsing the actor. Lacayo worried: Is that just further evidence of Arnold's gift for befriending people of all kinds, or does Rohrabacher know something the rest of us don't? 4. GMA Frets About Bushs Vacation, Shouldn't He Be Hard at Work? A few hours before President Bush traveled to Arizona and to Denver, where he announced his pick to run the EPA, Good Morning America co-host Charles Gibson, on his first day back from vacation, demanded at the top of Mondays ABC broadcast: President Bush enjoys another month-long vacation. Shouldn't he be hard at work in the White House? But maybe ABCs reporters need a vacation since they messed up basic facts. Diane Sawyer proclaimed: President Bush has now spent a full 30 straight days away from Washington. And Kate Snow suggested Bush has only been in office for a year. 5. Job Opening at MRC: Assistant Archivist for Media Conversion Job opening at the MRC for the position of Assistant Archivist for Media Conversion. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030812.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org But Is It a Vast Right-Wing Cabal? Times Magazine writer Matt Bai again praises a moderate Republican senator fighting extremist and fringe elements to his right and talks of a right-wing cabal that administration officials would consult on a regular basis. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0812.asp Advertisement JOIN THE MRC TODAY The MRC has a unique opportunity that would greatly benefit our work to expose the left-wing agenda of the national media. But it can only be realized with your support Become a Supporter in Our Quest for Truth and Balance! https://secure.mediaresearch.org/Donation/Order/MediaResearch25-27/mck-cgi/mrcdo nate.asp [IMAGE] Update your profile or unsubscribe here. Delivered by Topica Email Publisher www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:36:29 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis June 9, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030609.asp 1. Walters Delivers Hillary Book Infomercial, Paints Her as Victim In Sunday's Barbara Walters special promoting Hillary Clinton's new book, Walters did little more than deliver an hour-long infomercial for the book as she cued up items in the tome for Hillary to comment on, book-ended with plugs for a presidential bid. For Walters, bad things just seemed to happen to an innocent Hillary Clinton whom Walters repeatedly saw as a victim: You made investments in the commodities markets, you dealt in real estate -- Whitewater, you worked for the Rose law firm, all of which at the time you thought were very innocent. All these things came back to haunt you. Walters concluded the hour by fancifully speculating on the possibility of a President Hillary Clinton and First Husband Bill Clinton. 2. ABC Highlights Hillary's Pain Over Bush Ruining the Economy Minutes before ABC's infomercial for Hillary Clinton's book aired in the EDT and CDT time zones, ABC's World News Tonight/Sunday anchor Carole Simpson highlighted how it pains Hillary Clinton that her husband's work to improve the economy has been reversed. Clinton bawled about how it breaks my heart that in two and a half years we've gone back into huge deficits and debt and jobs are down and people are falling back into poverty. 3. ABC Insists Everyone Excited by Hillary, Her Presidential Bid Speak for yourself. Viewers of Sunday's This Week on ABC heard that everyone's been waiting for the Barbara Walters-Hillary Clinton interview, that everyone in Washington will be scouring Hillary's book for clues about her political future, and that whether she will run for President in 2004 is what everyone's talking about. 4. Is the 'Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy' Bigger Than You Thought? An actual question from Time magazine's Nancy Gibbs to Hillary Clinton in an interview for this week's issue which accompanies the magazine's cover story excerpt of her new book: Is the 'vast, right-wing conspiracy' bigger than you thought when you brought that term into our vocabulary? And that wasn't the only question from Gibbs which presumed conservatives were in the wrong. Gibbs wondered: In the book you have a lot to say about forgiveness. Have you forgiven Ken Starr? Plus: Would you call Bush a radical? 5. NBC Again Distorts Topic by Saying People Left Out of Tax Cut On Friday night, Tom Brokaw raised the subject of how some low-income groups were left out of the President's tax cut, but Brokaw again failed to point out the basic fact that those in question do not pay net income tax. David Gregory echoed the same language as he cited criticism that the tax cut left out a huge chunk of the working poor who wouldn't benefit from the tax plan's expanded child credit. Though their situation would not change, Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin ludicrously asserted those in question are hurt by not getting the higher tax credit. 6. Hume: Clinton Waving His Wand at Everyone Who Walked By... Best line of the weekend, from Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday in reaction to Hillary Clinton's charge in her new book that the Starr Report was gratuitously graphic and degrading to the presidency. Hume quipped: So you've got this President, who'd been waving his wand at everyone who walked by... See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030609.asp Advertisement www.TimesWatch.org TimesWatch.org Times Promotes Laughable Lefty Authors Warren St. John profiles a scrappy left-wing publisher who has employed anti-American author Noam Chomsky, disgraced arms inspector Scott Ritter and self-important actor Sean Penn (and acquired a manuscript from the Unabomber). Its a target-rich environment, but St. John holds his fire. Read the entire article as posted on TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0609.asp
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-Caveat Lector- Just a thought from a Canadian... I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. Why not pledge to the DOCUMENT(s) (to wit: declaration OF independence constitution) upon which the US was founded. The flag means shitinfact. most of your flags don't even meet US LAW TITLE 4 section(s) 2, 3 inter alia. No wonder you Americans let your country slip away. Nation of fucking idiots. Ctrl - Original Message - From: William Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:37 PM Subject: [CTRL] MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis (fwd) -Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:36:29 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis June 9, 2003 .Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Today's CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030609.asp 1. Walters Delivers Hillary Book Infomercial, Paints Her as Victim In Sunday's Barbara Walters special promoting Hillary Clinton's new book, Walters did little more than deliver an hour-long infomercial for the book as she cued up items in the tome for Hillary to comment on, book-ended with plugs for a presidential bid. For Walters, bad things just seemed to happen to an innocent Hillary Clinton whom Walters repeatedly saw as a victim: You made investments in the commodities markets, you dealt in real estate -- Whitewater, you worked for the Rose law firm, all of which at the time you thought were very innocent. All these things came back to haunt you. Walters concluded the hour by fancifully speculating on the possibility of a President Hillary Clinton and First Husband Bill Clinton. 2. ABC Highlights Hillary's Pain Over Bush Ruining the Economy Minutes before ABC's infomercial for Hillary Clinton's book aired in the EDT and CDT time zones, ABC's World News Tonight/Sunday anchor Carole Simpson highlighted how it pains Hillary Clinton that her husband's work to improve the economy has been reversed. Clinton bawled about how it breaks my heart that in two and a half years we've gone back into huge deficits and debt and jobs are down and people are falling back into poverty. 3. ABC Insists Everyone Excited by Hillary, Her Presidential Bid Speak for yourself. Viewers of Sunday's This Week on ABC heard that everyone's been waiting for the Barbara Walters-Hillary Clinton interview, that everyone in Washington will be scouring Hillary's book for clues about her political future, and that whether she will run for President in 2004 is what everyone's talking about. 4. Is the 'Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy' Bigger Than You Thought? An actual question from Time magazine's Nancy Gibbs to Hillary Clinton in an interview for this week's issue which accompanies the magazine's cover story excerpt of her new book: Is the 'vast, right-wing conspiracy' bigger than you thought when you brought that term into our vocabulary? And that wasn't the only question from Gibbs which presumed conservatives were in the wrong. Gibbs wondered: In the book you have a lot to say about forgiveness. Have you forgiven Ken Starr? Plus: Would you call Bush a radical? 5. NBC Again Distorts Topic by Saying People Left Out of Tax Cut On Friday night, Tom Brokaw raised the subject of how some low-income groups were left out of the President's tax cut, but Brokaw again failed to point out the basic fact that those in question do not pay net income tax. David Gregory echoed the same language as he cited criticism that the tax cut left out a huge chunk of the working poor who wouldn't benefit from the tax plan's expanded child credit. Though their situation would not change, Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin ludicrously asserted those in question are hurt by not getting the higher tax credit. 6. Hume: Clinton Waving His Wand at Everyone Who Walked By... Best line of the weekend, from Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday in reaction to Hillary Clinton's charge in her new book that the Starr Report was gratuitously graphic and degrading to the presidency. Hume quipped: So
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:34:05 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis April 3, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030403.asp 1. Rather, Brown and Even Jennings Acknowledge Coalition Success The U.S. forces have even won over Peter Jennings as he led Wednesday's World News Tonight by espousing coalition success and mocking the Hussein regime's claims of victory: At one point on Iraqi television today a government official read a statement, allegedly from Saddam Hussein, which said 'victory is within our reach.' It doesn't look like it on the battlefield. Dan Rather provided an upbeat assessment on CBS: Tonight there is major progress and a stunning battlefield victory to report. CNN's Aaron Brown decided: The end game is on. NBC's Tom Brokaw provided the most dour assessment of where the war stands. 2. ABC Paints Iraqi Support for U.S. as Reluctant and Novel While NBC's Dana Lewis noted how Iraqis waved American flags as people just came out of their homes, gave the thumbs up to U.S. soldiers, and tried to touch them or shake their hands, ABC treated Iraqi support for U.S. troops as a reluctant and novel event. Peter Jennings painted the U.S. not as good, but as only the lesser of two evils: In at least one Iraqi city today, at Najaf, when given the choice between irregulars and the Americans, much of the local population seemed to be with the Americans. 3. On ABC, Richard Peter Arnett Engel: Iraqis Enraged at U.S. Richard Peter Arnett Engel relayed on Wednesday's World News Tonight how 6,000 Arab and Muslim volunteer suicide bombers have arrived in Baghdad. Arnett had a baby milk factory, Engel has a maternity hospital. He asserted: Iraqis are growing increasingly enraged by the mounting damage to civilian sites -- including this maternity hospital. Engel went to the streets to gather public opinion: I asked this man if he thinks the war is about liberating him from Saddams brutal regime. 'Liberation? he asked me. 'Who asked for America to liberate us? Peter Jennings suggested that the Iraqi claim of almost 700 civilians killed in the country since the U.S. invaded last month may be low. 4. Williams Realizes Bombing of Baghdad Not Like Dresden Brian Williams versus Brian Williams. The day the bombing of Baghdad started, NBC/MSNBC/CNBC's Brain Williams claimed the scene looks like Dresden, it looks like some of the firebombing of Japanese cities during World War II. But on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, Williams stressed the difference with World War II: The fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo in World War II were meant to kill civilians and then terrorize survivors. Here weve seen the opposite happen. 5. Bernard Shaw: This War is Vital to America's Security A CNN journalist in favor of the war, but he no longer works there. Former CNN reporter and anchor Bernard Shaw told the Philadelphia Inquirer's Gail Shister that he thinks the war on Iraq is vital to America's security because Iraq is run by a despotic leader of a rogue state who possesses weapons of mass destruction and can share that technology with terrorist groups out to harm the United States. 6. Pew Shows that All Polls Find Public Backs War Overwhelmingly Public attitudes toward the war in Iraq have been remarkably consistent through the first two weeks of the conflict, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press observed on Wednesday in compiling a table listing several polls. There is broad support for the war, and Americans are upbeat -- though not overwhelmingly so -- about progress to date. 7. FNC #1 Cable for War Coverage, But ABC Soars Too in Ratings The Fox News Channel last week beat CNN and MSNBC for allegiance during war coverage and came in second only to TNT during prime time, though number one in homes carrying both TNT and FNC, as cable news channel ratings soared during the first full week of war. ABC's World News Tonight made the greatest gain amongst the broadcast network evening shows. 8. Washington Post's Different Takes on Supreme Court Protests The Washington Post has differing news standards on black education
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:03:06 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis April 1, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030401.asp 1. Arnett Blames Right-Wing Media Who Fear His Truth Telling It took Peter Arnett just a few hours to hook up with a far-left, virulently anti-American tabloid in London. In his first piece for the Daily Mirror, Arnett charged that he lost his job because the U.S. government and right-wing media fear his truth telling. He blamed the end of his successful NBC reporting career on how I stated the obvious to Iraqi television; that the U.S. war timetable has fallen by the wayside. Arnett elaborated on the conspiracy against him: The right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. 2. NBC Story Cites MRC Monitoring of Alleged Liberal Bias Monday's NBC Nightly News used Peter Arnett's forced departure from NBC News as a hook for a story on the debate over whether reporting dissent conflicts with patriotism, a story which, after noting angry e-mail to NBC over Arnett, mentioned how alleged liberal bias in the media is what the Media Research Center in Virginia looks for every day. 3. Newsweek: Bush as Red Buttons and Cheney as Arrogant A particularly vicious Conventional Wisdom box in this week's Newsweek with President Bush assigned a down arrow because his war cluelessly flings open the gates of hell and Vice President Cheney also getting a down arrow for once suggesting that we will be greeted as liberators, a forecast Newsweek denounced as an arrogant blunder for the ages. In awarding Tony Blair an up arrow for how he can actually explain this thing coherently, the magazine couldn't resist a shot at Bush: He's Churchill to Bush's Red Buttons. 4. Hersh: Never Too Early to Brood About Another Vietnam It's never too early to worry about another Vietnam, Seymour Hersh contended on Monday's Today. Brought aboard to expound on his article in the New Yorker about how Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly demanded a reduction in the number of troops to be deployed, Hersh insisted: It's never too early to start hearing words like, we're, you know, 'there's light at the end of the tunnel.'...some of us from the Vietnam War see a tremendous discrepancy between what the four-star generals and the high officials in this government and so for those who went through the Vietnam War it's sort of terrifying to think it's starting already. 5. AP Reporter Worries About U.S. Demonizing the Iraqis A day after suggesting Iraqis who use terroristic tactics are just employing legitimate resistance methods, AP reporter Nicole Winfield followed up at Monday's CENTCOM briefing by worrying about why the coalition is demonizing the Iraqis in para-military units by tagging them as terrorist death squads, a classification which she suggested could imperil U.S. POWs. 6. Garofalo: Stupid People Watch Fox Talk Radio Hosts Lie On HBO, Janeane Garofalo denounced the U.S. attack on Iraq as not fair because it is an unprovoked strike. She suggested the attacks on the Dixie Chicks are a wonderful way for really stupid people to hook up. They meet...they tell stories about who their favorite Fox anchor is... When co-panelist Michael Graham, a radio talk show host, recalled seeing a sign at an anti-war march proclaiming, We Support Our Troops...When They Shoot Their Officers, Garofalo doubted it ever existed and flew into a rage about how that's what all you right-wing radio hosts do. You make s*** up all the time. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030401.asp Advertisement TimesWatch.org A new project of the Media Research Center Launched in March 2003, Times Watch is dedicated to documenting and exposing the liberal bias, factual errors and outright goofs of the New York Times, America's most influential newspaper. Times executive editor Howell Raines calls criticism of his paper's bias a 'disinformation' effort 'of
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:30:51 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis March 27, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030327.asp 1. ABC: Iraqis Hate U.S.; NBC: Iraqis Still Fear Hussein's Wrath When the Red Crescent food trucks arrived in Safwan, ABC's Mike von Fremd heard Iraqis denouncing America. People are sick and hungry because of the U.S. invasion one woman complained and von Fremd highlighted a man who channeled Phil Donahue: It is all because of U.S. greed for Iraqi oil. But NBC's Don Teague suggested the uniform expression of revulsion towards the U.S. and fidelity for Hussein was based on fear and playing to cameras: Wherever there are cameras, Saddam Hussein is still the hero. Iraqis, not yet convinced hes lost control, worry theyll pay with their lives for speaking against him. 2. Jennings and Stahl Raise Vietnam, Are You...Feeling Deja Vu? Barely a week into the war, with coalition forces sweeping through Iraq, ABC's Peter Jennings and CBS's Lesley Stahl decided to raise the ghost of the Vietnam quagmire. Jennings teased Wednesday's World News Tonight by hyping how one Marine told an ABC reporter that given the landscape, weather and guerrilla tactics, sometimes Iraq feels like Vietnam. The night before, on CBS's 48 Hours, Lesley Stahl asked a Vietnam vet: You fought in Vietnam. Are you getting any feelings of deja vu? 3. Stahl Frets Over War Problems, Powell Dismisses Her Nonsense Colin Powell 1, Lesley Stahl 0. In an interview which aired on Tuesday's 48 Hours and Wednesday's Early Show, Lesley Stahl pounded away at Colin Powell over problems encountered in the war as if the coalition were losing. Were beginning to hear that this force isn't massive enough, Stahl argued before fretting about how the rear is exposed and chastising Powell: But you can't get your supplies delivered safely. Stahl demanded that Powell explain why the whole world hates President Bush. Powell aggressively undermined Stahl's concerns. It isn't often that you hear a high-ranking official dismiss a journalist's premise as nonsense. 4. NBC's Couric Miklaszewski Refute Arnett's Baghdad Reporting Peter Arnett's unquestioning relaying of Iraqi claims that the U.S. employed anti-personnel cluster bombs in a residential Baghdad neighborhood prompted NBC's Katie Couric and Jim Miklaszewski to do some fast backtracking on Wednesday's Today to cover for Arnett's unsupported reporting. 5. Financial Compensation for Victims of U.S. Bombing Errors? Biased question of the day. Usually the wackiest questions at the Centcom briefings in Doha come from non-U.S. or British reporters, often those for Arab or African news agencies. But at Wednesday's briefing, an ABC News producer's concern was whether the U.S. would provide financial compensation to victims of errant U.S. bombs. 6. BBC Reporter Gobsmacked by BBC's Distorted War Reporting A BBC reporter covering the war from coalition headquarters in Qatar, denounced his network's coverage as one-sided and distorted. In his memo to his bosses, which was obtained by London's The Sun newspaper, BBC correspondent Paul Adams asked: Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are achieving 'small victories at a very high price? In fact, he contended, the truth is exactly the opposite since the gains are huge and the costs still relatively low. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030327.asp Advertisement TimesWatch.org A new project of the Media Research Center Launched in March 2003, Times Watch is dedicated to documenting and exposing the liberal bias, factual errors and outright goofs of the New York Times, America's most influential newspaper. Times executive editor Howell Raines calls criticism of his paper's bias a 'disinformation' effort 'of alarming proportions.' Times Watch hopes to further alarm Mr. Raines. Check out TimesWatch.org: http://www.timeswatch.org/
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:36:28 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis March 17 , 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030317.asp 1. Jennings Advances His Anti-War Agenda as Sunday Night Anchor The summit in the Azores, Peter Jennings sniffed Sunday night, was just a summit of the convinced, some people said, when the time might have been used to work on those who are not convinced that war is the way to go. Jennings also pressed a retired Lt. General to agree that the U.S. would be somewhat readier if we waited a little longer and highlighted a small anti-war protest as he insisted there is one somewhere every day now. From Baghdad, Dan Harris trumpeted Iraq's continued cooperation with the weapons inspectors before an ABC reporter discovered that in a small Indiana town many...are not convinced the man they helped elect President is making the right choice when it comes to war. 2. George W. the Dumbest President? Plausible to Andy Rooney 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney admitted on Sunday night that he found perfectly plausible the Internet claim that, based on his IQ, George W. Bush was the dumbest President in the past 60 years. It sounded possible and I foolishly tried to find the Levenstein Institute, Rooney conceded in noting how the charge was a hoax. 3. CNBC Notes Difference in Media Interest in Moran vs. Lott CBS on Friday night picked up on Democratic Congressman Jim Moran's blaming of Jews for driving the new war on Iraq, leaving ABC as the only network evening newscast to yet touch the controversy. And on CNBC, Joe Johns noted the similarity with the Trent Lott case but differing media reaction: Moran's comments were the most public recent blunder by a member of Congress since Senator Trent Lott lost his leadership position for racially insensitive remarks in December. But Moran's mistake has so far failed to generate as much attention as Lott's did. 4. Boston Globe Editor Defends Reporting as Helpful to Hussein Hey Saddam, be nice to us journalists since we are helping you spread your propaganda! Reacting to Iraq's expulsion of a Boston Globe reporter for using a satellite phone in his hotel room to file a story, the paper's Foreign Editor, Jim Smith, told the AP: It was a story that should have been regarded as useful for Iraq in telling its story and responding to allegations that it had a very impressive and dangerous drone. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030317.asp Advertisement Media Research Center DisHonor Awards On Sale Now! Tickets are now on sale for the MRC's DisHonor Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2002. The 3rd Annual DisHonor Awards will take place the evening of Thursday, March 27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. For all the details: http://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/dishonor/03/info.asp Advertisement JOIN THE MRC TODAY The MRC has a unique opportunity that would greatly benefit our work to expose the left-wing agenda of the national media. But it can only be realized with your support Become a Supporter in Our Quest for Truth and Balance! https://secure.mediaresearch.org/Donation/Order/MediaResearch25-27/mck-cgi/mrcd nate.asp Notable Quotables ABCs Straightforward Question In the past several weeks, your policy on Iraq has generated opposition from the governments of France, Russia, China, Germany, Turkey, the Arab League, and many other countries; opened a rift at NATO and at the UN; and drawn millions of ordinary citizens around the world into the streets in anti-war protests. May I ask what went wrong that so many governments and peoples around the world now not only disagree with you very strongly, but see the U.S. under your leadership as an arrogant power? Find out who said the quote and many more, read today's Notable
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:21:05 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis March 11, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030311.asp 1. CBS Admits Support Up for Iraq Action, UN Not Trusted, But... CBSs Bill Plante on Monday night acknowledged how a new CBS News poll found support for taking military action soon has risen by nine points since last week and Dan Rather followed up by pointing out how the poll found 58 percent now say the UN is doing a poor job of handling Iraq. But, while Plante emphasized how a majority still favors giving UN inspectors more time, he skipped over how the poll determined that 55 percent would approve of military action against Iraq even if the UN did not support it and, once again, CBS refused to tell viewers that military action against Iraq is favored by 66 to 30 percent. 2. Klein Complains Bush is Causing France to be Humiliated Time columnist Joe Klein fumed on Mondays Today that President Bush is forcing a vote at the UN which will either result in...France being humiliated or the United States being humiliated. Klein also claimed that Bush doesn't seem to have much of a style of diplomacy and was too much of a cowboy during his press conference. 3. Coalition of the Coerced Tax Cuts Contradict War on Terror The coalition behind Bushs Iraq policy is only a coalition of the coerced, Times John Dickerson asserted on Sundays Chris Matthews Show while CBSs Bob Schieffer blamed Bushs opposition to Kyoto for losing the Germans before he admonished that you cant tell people one day that we gotta defeat terrorism and that it poses this grave threat to us but then the next day tell us, 'well we can do it with business as usual and cut taxes.' 4. Lange Resents Equating of Being Anti-War and Anti-American Jessica Lange who, upset by President Bush's Iraq policy, charged during a press conference at a film festival in Spain last September that it is an embarrassing time to be an American it's humiliating, complained on Monday's Late Show that the thing I resent most is...some kind of equation between being anti-war and anti-American. 5. Vaughn Grammer Show Not All Actors Enjoy Bashing America Not all Hollywood celebrities are as embarrassed about U.S. policy toward Iraq as Lange. Asked outside of the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night about the war, Kelsey Grammer professed support for it and Vince Vaughn, who is scheduled to be the guest host of the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday night (tonight), had a regular comeback when he was in England, USA Today disclosed, for those who denounced America: I'd ask folks to think about the Marshall Plan a bit and get back to me. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030311.asp Media Research Center DisHonors Awards Advertisement On Sale Now! Tickets are now on sale for the MRC's DisHonor Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2002. The 3rd Annual DisHonor Awards will take place the evening of Thursday, March 27 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. For all the details: http://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/dishonor/03/info.asp Advertisement TELL A FRIEND TODAY If you enjoy our daily Web news update, pass it on to your friends. Let them know they can sign up at http://www.mrc.org/cybersub.asp#webnews Bozell's News Column Ted Koppel, Crank Caller As war against Saddam creeps ever closer, anti-war partisans are feeling powerless and underappreciated. To them, the media seem dominated by a White House war machine that is intimidating sheepish reporters. Helen Thomas, who doesn't ask questions so much as accuse the administration of heinous motives and declare that President Bush is the worst leader in our history, is their kind of reporter. Some in the press are hearing these
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-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 12:52:29 -0700 From: Media Research Center IS Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Web News - Our Latest Analysis [mrcgoldlogo.gif] Media Research Center America's Media Watchdog Bringing Political Balance and Responsibility to the Media MRC Web News: Our Latest Analysis March 6, 2003 Daily updates on MRC's latest analysis Todays CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030306.asp 1. ABC Suggests White House Trying to Suppress Pope's Envoy ABC's Terry Moran complained Wednesday night that the Pope's envoy, Cardinal Pio Laghi, was prevented...from speaking at the White House after he met with President Bush to urge that Bush do all he can to prevent war, but FNC's Jim Angle managed to find Laghi saying something which ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC all skipped over: Angle pointed out that Laghi made clear that the Vatican doesnt have much faith in Saddam Hussein. 2. Jennings Stresses How Anti-War Marchers Back Homeland Security Peter Jennings went out of his way on Wednesday night to make anti-war demonstrators appear more well-rounded and reasonable. Highlighting some protests on college campuses, Jennings stressed on World News Tonight that while the students oppose war, they made a point of saying they support homeland security but believe the government should be focusing on jobs, security and health care, as well. 3. Ex-CBS Reporter Vieira Wants Anti-War Marches Every Day Former CBS News correspondent Meredith Vieira proclaimed on Wednesday's ABC daytime show, The View, that anti-war protests should be consistent and repeated every day, I believe. 4. ABC and CBS Treat Pro-Saddam March in Baghdad as Newsworthy ABC and CBS on Wednesday morning treated an officially organized march in Baghdad by police officers and firefighters as a newsworthy show of support for Saddam Hussein and a display of how Iraqis will fight to the death any American invaders. ABC's Dan Harris insisted men wearing masks was a sign that they're willing to die for President Saddam Hussein. CBS's Lara Logan contended that the parade was part of an effort by the Iraqi regime to reassure a public apprehensive about an invasion. 5. Helen Thomas: Why Does Bush Want to Bomb Iraqi People? The day before a presidential press conference, Hearst's Helen Thomas demanded of White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer: Since we have no direct access to the President, would you state for the record, for the historical record, why he wants to bomb Iraqi people? When Fleischer suggested Bush wants to eliminate the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, Thomas fired back: There is no imminent threat! 6. Jennings Notes Anniversary of Stalin's Death Leave it to Peter Jennings to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Josef Stalin as he highlighted how more than 3,000 people met today at the Soviet dictators grave adjacent to Red Square. Many of them said Russia could use a leader like Stalin again. But at least Jennings described Stalin as one of the world's most brutal dictators and pointed out that he murdered millions of his own people. 7. Rooney: Bush Team Hopes Some Journalists Will Get Killed Andy Rooney doesn't think much of embedding journalists with military units since it will give the military control over them and, he suggested, I think maybe they're trying to stick it to the correspondents, they hope some of them will get killed. Though he agrees with the French on Iraq, he told FNC's Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday night that the French have not earned the right to be objectors to our position. 8. ABC's Diane Sawyer Worries About Massive Tax Cuts In interviews on all three broadcast network morning shows on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary John Snow was pressed, given the growing federal deficit, about abandoning any further tax cuts. But while ABC's Diane Sawyer, CBS's Hannah Storm and NBC's Ann Curry all pushed Snow from the left on tax cuts, all failed to hit him from the right by asking about plans by both parties for a huge spending increase to create yet another entitlement program -- prescription coverage in Medicare. Sawyer put an emphasis on the word massive as she punctuated the word and said it louder when referring to these are MASSIVE tax cuts. See todays entire CyberAlert at: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2003/cyb20030306.asp
