By: Lynn Woolley and Cliff Kincaid Accuracy in Media When the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure made a decision to sever its ties with America’s number one seller of abortions, Planned Parenthood, the media went to war. The media coverage was slanted in such a way that “mainstream” reporters like Andrea Mitchell and Lisa Myers of NBC News were openly advocating for a point of view—pressuring Komen to reverse … [Read more...]
Russia Today Hires WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange – Will the Kremlin Be Pleased?
January 25, 2012, 7:30 pm by 1 Comment
New Zeal Is WikiLeaks biased against the West and the US in particular? This news item would tend to indicate so. According to Christian Science monitor Moscow correspondent Fred Weir, Kremlin funded media outlet Russia Today, is to hire WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This despite the fact that Assange remains under house arrest in Britain, awaiting a Supreme Court decision on his extradition to Sweden … [Read more...]
Why Doesn’t Obama Ban Iranian Press TV?
January 25, 2012, 7:08 pm by 3 Comments
By: Kenneth R. Timmerman Accuracy in Media Authorities in Britain revoked the license of the Iranian regime’s English-language global television channel known as Press TV because of evidence that it is a propaganda outlet controlled by the Iranian regime. But the Obama Administration permits the channel to operate on American soil without a license and in violation of U.S. sanctions regulations, which ban … [Read more...]
The Fox News Feminists
January 23, 2012, 1:57 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media As tens of thousands of Americans stage a “March for Life” against abortion in Washington, D.C., new Fox News Channel paid contributor Sally Kohn will be singing the praises of the abortion industry. Kohn, a lesbian feminist, is an alumnus of the Women’s Media Center, which celebrates the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down all laws against … [Read more...]
Sunlight Down the Spider Hole
January 7, 2012, 3:01 pm by 2 Comments
NoisyRoom Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. - Louis Brandeis This is the defining statement that The Sunlight Foundation claims to base their cause on. Oh, if that were only even remotely true... Founded in January 2006, the Foundation has a stated goal of using the revolutionary power of the Internet and new information technology to enable … [Read more...]
Politico Falsely Accuses Koch Brothers, Ignores Soros
January 6, 2012, 3:50 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media Philip Ellender, a representative of the libertarian Koch brothers, has issued a statement saying that, “Contrary to unfounded speculation by Politico and others, neither Charles Koch nor David Koch, nor any Koch company has provided funding to or has any involvement with the Center for American Freedom.” The categorical statement seems to put to rest the innuendo from Politico, which has … [Read more...]
Dysfunctional Government or Corrupt Media?
January 2, 2012, 5:08 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media Did the Republicans suffer a disastrous and humiliating defeat when they “caved in” and agreed on December 22 to accept the two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday that had been passed in the Senate with strong bi-partisan support? The Democrats and their mainstream media allies were high-fiving and gloating about an early Christmas. Chris Matthews called it a “rub it in their face … [Read more...]
The Media Obsession with and Abuse of Polls
December 15, 2011, 1:20 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media Before a single vote has been cast for the Republican presidential nomination, “the lead” has changed hands five or six times. At one point or another, Rick Perry led, Herman Cain led, Michele Bachmann led, Mitt Romney led, and the current leader is Newt Gingrich. But the obsession with all of these polls serves to take the place of real journalism and analysis, and turns this very serious … [Read more...]
Media Promote Global Tax as Financial Crisis Deepens
December 8, 2011, 7:46 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media A New York Times story about a “modest” global tax mentions some of those supporting the idea but forgets an important one—the United Nations. I attended a November 30 U.N.-sponsored conference in Washington, D.C., where officials of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) appeared on a panel endorsing the idea. The UNDP is supported by about $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money annually. The … [Read more...]
Snared in the Soros Web
December 6, 2011, 8:49 pm by Leave a Comment
NoisyRoom I'm a digger, always have been... I dig until I uncover the facts, the truth is the only thing that stops me. Yesterday, I was doing what I love - uncovering the Progressives within The Sunlight Foundation, when I had an epiphany that rocked me. As all researchers will tell you, deep research is like putting together a puzzle, one piece at a time. Sometimes those pieces fall into place all at once, … [Read more...]
‘We Can’t Wait’ For the Media to Act Responsibly
November 24, 2011, 10:54 am by 1 Comment
Accuracy in Media AIM Report While the media largely continue to do their best to protect and defend the administration of President Barack Obama, there have been a number of recent examples indicating that such support can no longer be taken for granted. However, criticism remains the exception to the overall coverage, which has shown a reluctance to acknowledge any scandals by this administration, or any … [Read more...]
Why Do Media Hate the Police?
November 22, 2011, 2:38 pm by 2 Comments
Accuracy in Media Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News attacked the police at UC Davis on his Monday night broadcast. He said the demonstrators were just “sitting on a sidewalk peacefully protesting” when they were pepper-sprayed. Inviting members of his viewing audience to take the side of the protesters, he said, “Imagine those are your kids sitting on the sidewalk.” In fact, some of those “kids” were … [Read more...]
Media Distort UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident
November 21, 2011, 4:27 pm by Leave a Comment
By: Rick Hahn Accuracy in Media Exclusive to Accuracy in Media The saddest thing about the UC Davis pepper spray incident is that the press is not reporting the incident in its entirety, nor is the press considering what other things may have occurred. First, there’s the question of why the police were there. Presumably, they had been dispatched by some campus authority to disperse the demonstrators. … [Read more...]
New Video Reveals: New York Times Reporter Natasha Lennard Is #OccupyWallStreet Activist, Supporter
October 24, 2011, 11:27 am by Leave a Comment
New Zeal Crossposted from Big Government: By Lee Stranahan A newly-discovered video–filmed by Occupy Wall Street supporters themselves–reveals that New York Times reporter Natasha Lennard is not merely covering the protests, but is also apparently taking part in planning and executing them. In the video, Lennard is seen participating as a featured speaker in a discussion among anarchists, … [Read more...]
Federal, D.C. and Media Complicity with Revolutionary Marxist Occupiers
October 18, 2011, 4:30 pm by Leave a Comment
Progressive Media Encourage Lawlessness and Anarchy Accuracy in Media The message of the protests in New York City and Washington, D.C. is that if you want property, private or public, take it. The anti-Wall Street demonstrators have taken over a private park in New York City and public property, Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square, in D.C. The reaction of the White House is that all of this is fine. After all, … [Read more...]
Russians Cheer on the American Revolution
October 7, 2011, 6:39 pm by 1 Comment
New Zeal Kremlin propaganda channel Russia Today gleefully reports "Occupation" protests in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles. Why is the agent of a hostile foreign power allowed to encourage revolutionary activity in America? … [Read more...]
Palestinian UN Declaration Exposes Media’s Agenda
October 7, 2011, 3:49 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) actions at the U.N. on September 23 have effectively ended the near-future possibility of a peaceful two-state solution between Israel and a Palestinian state. On that day, PA president Mahmoud Abbas made a speech at the United Nations formally requesting the Security Council to grant full UN membership to an independent Palestine. He followed that up by seeking … [Read more...]
Media Kill Truth in Death Penalty Coverage
September 27, 2011, 4:33 pm by Leave a Comment
Accuracy in Media Charles Lane must be one of the loneliest people in the newsroom of The Washington Post. A member of the editorial page staff of the Post and occasional guest on the Fox News Channel, he dared to put his name on a column in the paper that carried the headline, “Troy Davis was guilty,” a reference to the convicted cop killer executed by the state of Georgia but who was declared innocent by the … [Read more...]
Rick Perry vs. the Media on Capital Punishment
September 12, 2011, 3:34 pm by Leave a Comment
By: Cliff Kincaid Accuracy in Media In order to damage or even sabotage his presidential campaign, the liberal media have seized on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s record on capital punishment. But the liberal media are facing a major public backlash by doing so. Recall the public reaction when NBC’s Brian Williams tried to put Perry on the defensive over this issue by asking during the September 7, 2011, … [Read more...]
Primetime Propaganda: An Interview with Ben Shapiro
August 13, 2011, 11:08 am by 1 Comment
While AIM’s focus has primarily been bias in the news media, bias in the entertainment industry has been just as bad, and in some cases even worse. There is no equivalent of Fox News or talk radio when it comes to the television entertainment and film industries. Conservatives have nowhere to turn, so it largely becomes a game of spotting the left-wing messages embedded in the programming. It’s generally quite easy … [Read more...]
Liberal and Conservative Political Correctness?
July 24, 2011, 6:53 pm by Leave a Comment
International News Analysis Today July 19, 2011 By Toby Westerman The trial of Casey Anthony, the budget, and the Republican primaries dominate the "news" and the chatter of the leading talk shows. Iran and Islamic fundamentalism come in as second tier interests. The ongoing crisis in the South China Sea, Russia's military expansion into the Arctic, the cyber war with China, and Russian/Chinese/Cuban … [Read more...]
Russia Today Responds to Kincaid, Loudon Criticism
June 30, 2011, 3:17 pm by 1 Comment
New Zeal Moscow propaganda channel Russia Today, attempts to counter criticism from Cliff Kincaid, “yours truly” and others. In a “Statement by Konstantin Preobrazhensky, former Soviet KGB officer, on the impact and purpose of Russia Today television,” given to America’s Survival, Inc. organization, led by noted journalist Cliff Kincaid, released April 1, 2011, the former KGB officer wrote the following … [Read more...]
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
May 29, 2011, 11:19 pm by Leave a Comment
NoisyRoom By: Bookworm - From: Bookworm Room I’ve often heard people use the expression “he saw the handwriting on the wall.” I wonder, though, how many know that it originates in the Book of Daniel, which is a part of the Old Testament. I’m reasonably sure that most of my readers are familiar with the story of Daniel, but for those who aren’t, here is the briefest summary possible: Daniel lived in Babylon … [Read more...]
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