It appears that Al Jazeera has been airing a staged “death” video of an Egyptian protester in its reports on the unrest in that ancient country. In the same week that Al Jazeera launches its American network, Al Jazeera has
Since August 18, self-described “little old lady” Valorie Matthews has been hosting a table outside a grocery store urging San Diegans to sign petitions to recall troubled Mayor Bob Filner, but as a joke she has also had a sign
Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen has joined a cadre of left-wing groups funded by George Soros in a lawsuit challenging the rule at the heart of the IRS intimidation tactics leveled against groups seeking a tax status, most of which
A new video posted to the “Healthy Homes” section of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website defines “environmental justice” as people having “a right” to “healthy homes” regardless of their “race, income, age, gender or nationality.” The video
The Hill, a newspaper that focuses on Washington DC, seems to have finally noticed that Obama has greatly expanded the regulatory state during his first four years in office with an August 19 piece pointing out that, “Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of
In a fear-inducing new article, the National Journal warns that the poor are hardest hit by climate change. The magazine relays the dire prediction as seen in a “report” issued this week by the Center for American Progress, a left-wing think
A new study of journalism school graduates finds that 27 percent of those surveyed regretted choosing journalism and wish they’d chosen another field. The Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates put out by the University of Georgia, asked students
Hillary Clinton appears to be jumping into the 2016 race for the White House this week, coming out with a series of policy speeches. But former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs fears that Hillary is jumping in too soon, and
On the heels of the exposé on waste and abuse of funds endemic in Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charity organization, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes the former first couple are needy, think too much of themselves, and imagine they
During his weekly address on August 17, President Barack Obama declared that health insurance isn’t just a privilege–it’s a right. The address, titled “Working to Implement the Affordable Care Act,” featured all the President’s well-worn talking points about Obamacare–with one
Iron Man and The Butler co-star Terrance Howard has been accused of squatting and was evicted from an expensive SoHo apartment in New York after failing to pay over a year’s worth of unpaid rent. The landlord’s attorney, Lawrence Wolf, said of
By dumping its own revenue enhancement experiment, the San Francisco Chronicle has joined many other newspapers that tried and failed to improve revenue by instituting an online paywall. As traditional print media struggles to find its way in this increasingly
If what he said on August 16 is any indication, Joe Scarborough feels that only politicians, not talk show hosts, should apologize when they call someone a name or give others a false impression of someone in the news. Scarborough’s
Al Jazeera America is urging customers to send letters asking cable providers to add the network to their lineups before the channel’s August 20 premiere. The fledgling news network faces the same critical issue as Al Gore’s former network; after
Predicting that the new Al Jazeera America news network will experience a “rolling success,” the soon-to-launch network’s American chief, Kate O’Brien, insisted that the network is just what America is looking for. At the same time, interim CEO Ehab Al
A new survey indicates that a majority of journalism school graduates do not read newspapers, magazines, and books–preferring to get their news and entertainment electronically via TV, social media, and the Internet. The study put out by the University of
In June, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D) made a name for herself with her opposition to an abortion provider safety law. Now, with rumors that she is considering a run for governor, Davis is lending herself to a new
The White House is installing American-made solar panels as part of a program to “demonstrate” that historic buildings can be brought into the green energy age. In 2010, then-Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a plan to add solar panels to
A new poll finds that a majority of likely voters oppose any increase in immigrant workers being considered as part of the immigration reforms currently under debate in Washington. The poll, commissioned by NumberUSA, a group opposed to the immigration
After disgraced New York Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner intimated that Hillary Clinton is gearing up for a run for the White House, the Clinton camp immediately came out to say they had “no clue” what Weiner was talking about. In
A new poll shows Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former Democrat Governor of New York and current candidate for New York City Comptroller, has pulled further ahead in his primary race. The early August survey showed that Spitzer was leading his
The Sacramento Bee recently published a long discussion on the “hopes” that gays have that their churches will sanction gay wedding ceremonies. It is a piece filled with all sorts of arguments in favor of churches “changing” on the issue.
The City of Chicago is still racking up distressing numbers of shootings even as crime otherwise in the Windy City has gone down. On August 12, for instance, six people were shot in the space of only one hour. On
Like the American progressive media establishment, Britain’s media has been beset with charges that liberal stories and research are promoted while conservative leaning stories and sources are eschewed and a new study claims to confirm the accusation. The new study
Appearing on NBC’s Meet The Press on August 11, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) promised there would be “no coddling” of the Pentagon over new policies and investigations into the sexual abuse of female members of the military. During the Sunday show, McCaskill spoke
