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MSNBC’s extreme leftward bias is obvious to any honest observer; Keith Olbermann is the poster boy for it, and was the winner of our 2007 Fiskie award. But with this little stunt, Fox News crossed a whole lot of journalistic lines into behavior that borders on unethical: Drama at GE ...
Fox News, MSNBC, General Electric, Olbermann, Ambush Interview, Ethics
Still more cynical political use of children at the official Barack Obama web site: Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Kids HQ Blog. Includes this classic line: “I am eight years old,” says Zoe, “and George Bush has been the president my whole life. ...
The Obama campaign’s attempted use of children to influence their parents is absolutely open and blatant. Why doesn’t this outrage people? This is political cynicism of an amazing degree. Barack Obama | Change We Need | The Talk. Do’s & Don’ts Do share your personal reasons for ...
The Barack Obama campaign is now in the business of brainwashing children. Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Kids for Obama. Notice the unicorn next to the American flag. In the words of Senator Barack Obama, the “Obama for America Campaign is a different ...
Gawker.com, the ethics-devoid pseudo-blog that published Sarah Palin’s private email, is now hawking another creepy little invasion of privacy: Sarah Palin’s High-School Grades? But this is what happens when you race to the bottom and sneer at ethical behavior along the way; you get taken in by obvious fakes: Nutroots ...
Note to script kiddies: it’s probably not a good idea to break into a vice presidential candidate’s email account. Lawmaker’s son indicted in Palin e-mail hacking. WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker in connection with the hacking of the ...
It’s not a good idea to break into a vice presidential candidate’s email account: State rep says son focus of Palin e-mail hacking rumors. NASHVILLE - State Rep. Mike Kernell said today that he was aware of Internet rumors about his son being the subject of speculation that he ...
At Michelle Malkin’s site: The story behind the Palin e-mail hacking. I read though the emails… ALL OF THEM… before I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal ...
Anyone think that hacking into someone’s private email, then publishing it online, might be just a tad unethical? Apparently not at Gawker. Gawker: Sarah Palin’s Personal Emails. It looks like the real thing, too.
Clips from Andrew Marcus’ interview with Kommandante Kos provide some context in Allahpundit’s PJ remix of today’s Meet the Press weaselfest. [Video]
LGF, Daily Kos, Moonbats, Useful Idiots, Progressives, Ethics, DLC
The supreme egotist Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas appeared on Meet The Press today with DLC chairman Harold Ford, denying and backpedaling furiously away from the hateful, ugly content on his site, and crowing about becoming the new Democratic “mainstream.” Of course, he’s being given a complete pass for his obscene, ...
LGF, Daily Kos, Moonbats, Useful Idiots, Progressives, Ethics, DLC
Jerome Armstrong, partner of Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos ... fame ... has agreed to pay $30,000 to the SEC to settle allegations of unethical stock touting; PJ Media has a good overview of the story: Stock-in-Trade.
LGF, Daily Kos, Moonbats, Useful Idiots, Progressives, Ethics, MyDD
The Dripping Bias and Contempt Award for the evening goes to Reuters: Pentagon survey says troops fatter, drinking more. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops were fatter and drank harder in 2005 than before the Iraq war started, according a Pentagon survey of more than 16,000 service members released on Friday. ...
The Reuters wire service is being accused of twisting and distorting the news (again), but this time the accusers are Hamas—who are going for the reverse double backflip terrorist PR move: Hamas denies Meshal spoke of recognizing Israel. (Hat tip: It Shines For All.) Hamas denied Wednesday that its Damascus-based ...
Al-Reuters, shilling for Hamas again: Hamas leader Meshaal acknowledges Israel exists. It’s to laugh. Meshaal says, “sure, there’s an entity called Israel, that we want to destroy,” and Reuters trumpets it like a breakthrough. DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas acknowledges the existence of Israel but formal recognition by the group will ...
As I’ve written before, I give Reuters credit for reacting quickly when the Adnan Hajj scandal broke. Reuters CEO Tom Glocer has posted a speech he gave recently about the incident, and it isn’t bad for the most part, although I obviously don’t agree with him that there’s no systemic ...
Reuters, Media Bias, Ethics, Iran, Propaganda, Holocaust Denial, Antisemitism, Adnan Hajj
Iran is holding a Holocaust denial event, featuring luminaries from the field of genocidal hatred, and this stunningly twisted report from al-Reuters writer Parisa Hafezi is a real jaw-dropper: Iran opens conference questioning the Holocaust. (Hat tip: JammieWearingFool.) TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran opened a conference on Monday to examine the ...
Reuters, Media Bias, Ethics, Iran, Propaganda, Holocaust Denial, Antisemitism
Speaking of awards, LGF is involved in another major award, the 2006 Dishonest Reporter of the Year Award—although I don’t think former Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj will be too eager to display this trophy on his mantel.
There’s something wrong with my Acme Irony Meter; the needle is wrapped around the pin and sort of quivering: Caught cheatin’ ... on ethics test. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Columbia University officials are lowering the boom on some graduate journalism students suspected of cheating on, of all things, an ethics ...
Columbia University, Journalism School, Ethics, MSM, Media Bias
Maybe if Reuters paid their Palestinian propagandists a little more, they wouldn’t have to do things like this: Reuters photographer admits selling stolen goods. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Several days ago special police and IDF forces raided Ahmed Shanti’s store in Qalqiliya, confiscating over 150 electronic devices which Shanti admitted ...
At Reuters AlertNet, an unnamed Reuters reporter interviews an Iraqi “warlord” who says he’s fighting for all Iraqis. To free them from the occupation. And he’s doing this by torturing Iraqis. With power tools. BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - They call him the “Shi’ite Zarqawi”, a torturer with a passion ...
Layers upon layers of sweet sweet irony: Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life. (Hat tip: Allahpundit, who says the photoshop jokes are irresistible. Indeed.)
Possibly the most biased article masquerading as a news report by Reuters so far today: Blair attacks Europe’s ‘mad anti-Americans’. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called “mad anti-Americanism” among European politicians. Blair, U.S. President ...
Somebody had to do it, and The Jawa Report stepped forward...
Reuters, Media Bias, Photoshop, Ethics, Lebanon, Fauxtography, Photojournalism, Blogosphere, Editor and Publisher, Greg Mitchell
Here’s a textbook example of how to deliberately avoid dealing with important issues by employing that time-honored journalistic technique, the cheap smear. From Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher: In Defense of War Photographers. Allahpundit has gone through most of Mitchell’s flagrantly dishonest piece, and there isn’t much to ...
Reuters, Media Bias, Photoshop, Ethics, Lebanon, Fauxtography, Photojournalism, Blogosphere, Editor and Publisher, Greg Mitchell