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Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations 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, 15 Jun 2004 14:04:17 -0700 From: Media Research Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MRC Alert Special: Weekly Worst: Blaming Reagan for 9/11 Attacks ***Media Research Center CyberAlert Special*** 5:05pm EDT, Tuesday June 15, 2004 Weekly Worst: "Blaming Reagan for 9/11 Attacks; Exploiting Reagan on Stem Cells" The latest edition of the MRC's weekly feature, "The Weekly Worst," identifying "the most egregious, horrendous and stupefying liberal media bias of the week" -- the previous week, that is. Six weeks ago we inaugurated this new weekly feature as part of the MRC's "Tell the Truth 2004" project. To view the Adobe Acrobat PDF: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/pdf/worst0615.pdf Now, the text of the June 15 edition of the MRC's "Weekly Worst" as compiled by Rich Noyes, the MRC's Director of Research: "Blaming Reagan for 9/11 Attacks; Exploiting Reagan on Stem Cells" The so-called mainstream media never admit their liberal tilt, so the news analysts at the Media Research Center tirelessly document the media's bias and expose their left-wing agenda. The "awards" for last week's lowlights: > 9/11 Attacks = Reagan's Fault? Two days after President Reagan died, the CBS Evening News on Monday began a week-long review of Reagan's legacy with a story about Iran-Contra, the scandal that so animated CBS News during the late 1980s. But even though Iran-Contra had nothing to do with Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait or Osama bin Laden attacking New York City, reporter Bill Plante strained to link them with the Reagan-era debacle. In Iran-Contra's wake, Plante asserted, "U.S. efforts to deal with the tough issues in the Middle East went on hold, helping to set the stage for the first Iraq war and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism." Actually, Saddam's thirst for Kuwait's oil triggered the first Gulf War, and Islamic fundamentalism had been on the rise since Iran's 1979 overthrow of the Shah. Seems like CBS is more interested in blaming Reagan than getting it right. CBS's Bill Plante linked Reagan with "the rise of Islamic fundamentalism." For more, see the June 8 CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040608.asp#1 To watch a RealPlayer clip of the Plante story: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040615.asp > Exploiting Reagan on Stem Cells. On the June 8 Good Morning America, ABC's Charles Gibson cited the grieving Nancy Reagan as a reason why more human embryos should be killed for stem cell research: "She is a staunch advocate, along with many medical experts who consider it to be the best hope for beating Alzheimer's and other diseases." But Gibson was distorting the scientific community's views, as revealed in the June 10 Washington Post: "The infrequently voiced reality, stem cell experts confess, is that, of all the diseases that may someday be cured by embryonic stem cell treatments, Alzheimer's is among the least likely to benefit." How many times did you hear that on TV last week? For more, see the June 11 CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040611.asp#3 END Reprint of "The Weekly Worst" issued on June 15 In the Reagan rush last week, I didn't get a chance to e-mail the June 8 Weekly Worst. Here it is: "CBS's Rude Rebuke of Reagan; Downplaying a Million New Jobs" The so-called mainstream media never admit their liberal tilt, so the news analysts at the Media Research Center tirelessly document the media's bias and expose their left-wing agenda. The "awards" for last week's lowlights: > CBS's Rude Rebuke of Reagan. As President, Ronald Reagan defeated Soviet communism, rejuvenated the U.S. economy and invigorated the American spirit. But only an hour after his death on Saturday -- and less than 15 minutes into their live coverage -- CBS jarringly focused on a bit of anti-Reagan minutia: complaints he "cashed in" after leaving office. "Their California retirement home, a $2.5 million hilltop ranch house in exclusive Bel-Air, was a gift from wealthy friends," reporter Jerry Bowen reminded viewers in a pre-taped story played about 5pm EDT. "The Reagans paid them back, but the appearance of impropriety lingered." "It was a trip to Japan in October of 1989 that provoked the most stinging comments," Bowen continued. "For two 20-minute speeches and a few public appearances, Mr. Reagan was paid $2 million by a Japanese conglomerate." CBS's jab was a rude interruption in a weekend of coverage that generally recalled President Reagan as a towering conservative leader who left behind a freer and more prosperous world. Minutes into live coverage of Ronald Reagan's death, CBS charged him with "cashing in" on the presidency. For more, see the June 6 CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040606.asp#1 To watch a RealPlayer video clip of Bowen's story: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040608.asp > Downplaying a Million New Jobs. On Friday, we learned the booming U.S. economy created 947,000 new jobs in March, April and May, but CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather devoted just 20 seconds to that good news before reporter Jim Axelrod spent more than two minutes on an Ohio company that is closing three factories. "The 1,300 jobs lost here, at a company whose chairman is one of his strongest supporters, that's bad for the President. Very bad," Axelrod insisted. For more, see the June 7 CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040607.asp#3 END Reprint of "The Weekly Worst" issued on June 8 For the winners announced on June 1: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040601.asp For the May 25 winners: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040525.asp For the winners announced on May 18: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040518.asp For the winners announced on May 11: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040511.asp For the first winners, on May 4: http://www.mediaresearch.org/campaign/04/worst/worst20040504.asp -- Brent Baker >>> Support the MRC, an educational foundation dependent upon contributions which make CyberAlert possible, by providing a tax- deductible donation. 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