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TPM’s Ben Frumin reports that the Washington Times may be on the brink of a shutdown: Is The Washington Times’ Continued Operation In Jeopardy? Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Washington Times. And the continued operation of the newspaper, which is owned by Rev. ...
Washington Times, Media, Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, Moonies
It’s getting weird at the Washington Times, as a reported power struggle in Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church causes chaos among the paper’s top management. There’s still a lot of confusion in the Washington Times newsroom, two days after the removal of three top business-side executives and high-ranking members ...
Washington Times, Media, Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, Moonies
Several major news organizations fell for a hoax today, when a left wing group put out a phony press release announcing that the US Chamber of Commerce had dropped its opposition to the climate change legislation currently in the US Senate: CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax. An email ...
Stop the presses! New feature alert! OK, maybe you don’t need to actually stop any presses, but we have a new feature in the LGF Comment Engine: embedded MP3 files. It works just like the embedded video feature: you put the URL of an MP3 file on its own line ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Comments, Audio, Javascript, Media, jQuery
Registered users have been able to embed video clips in their LGF comments for several months; today I added a new format to the list of embeddable video types: Vimeo.com. To embed a Vimeo clip in a comment, go to the page at the Vimeo website that has the video, ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Comments, Video, Javascript, Media, jQuery
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The Honduran military has been interrupting news broadcasts and clamping down on freedom of the press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran troops detained seven international journalists covering the aftermath of a military coup Monday, freeing them unhurt a short time later. The government also took at least two television ...
MEMRI has translations of Reactions in the Arab World to Obama’s Cairo Speech. Some are pretty reasonable, and others are ... well ...
Barack Obama, Egypt, Diplomacy, Speech, Arab World, Media, MEMRI
“At the White House, as we all like to say, we love MSNBC.” Can you blame them?
Media, Journalism, Media Bias, MSNBC, Kareem Dale, Barack Obama
Here’s a transcript from President Obama’s appearance on 60 Minutes tonight, in which Obama kept breaking into laughter so much while discussing the total collapse of the US economic system, Steve Kroft asked him if he was “punch-drunk:” PRESIDENT OBAMA: I just want to say that— the only thing ...
You couldn’t make up stuff like this. Barack Obama was elected commander in chief promising to run the most transparent presidential administration in American history. This achievement and the overall promise of his historic administration caused the National Newspaper Publishers Assn. to name him “Newsmaker of the Year.” The ...
You may have seen reports on a study from Indiana University concluding that the mainstream media is biased—in favor of the Republican Party. (Yes, really.) But according to Copious Dissent, there are severe problems in the study’s methodology: Analysis of the Indiana University Study on Republican Media Bias. Overall, ...
Media, Journalism, Media Bias, Indiana University, Fairness Doctrine
Here I am via webcam at PJTV with Joe Hicks, discussing the recent rash of Chapter 11 filings by mainstream newspaper owners: Media 1.0 Deathwatch - Video.
It’s time for the Dishonest Reporting ‘Awards’ 2008. And there are a lot of contenders for the prize.
Another extended report by “Joe the Plumber” focuses on the impact of Hamas rocket attacks on the people of southern Israel: Pajamas TV - Middle East Upate - Joe the Plumber - Video.
Joe the Plumber, Politics, Israel, Hamas, Rockets, Media, PJTV
Not everyone is impressed with Joe Wurzelbacher’s debut as a correspondent, and Pajamas Media deserves credit for posting a view from a critic: Pajamas Media » No-Joe: Wurzelbacher Is Not Edward R. Murrow. Ed Morrissey is also unenthusiastic. [Poll]
Building on our new embedded YouTube video feature, you can now include Google and Liveleak videos in a comment as well. The procedure is similar to the method you use to embed YouTube videos: 1) Browse to the page at YouTube, Google or Liveleak that contains the video. At Google ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Comments, Video, Javascript, Media, jQuery
Prepare for a shock, as TIME Magazine completes their canonization of the new messiah in a way you’ll never expect: Why History Can’t Wait - Person of the Year 2008.
The headline says it all: USDA Official Takes Courageous Stand Against Interstate Countercyclical Potato Pricing. [Video]
His work there is done: Alan Colmes To Leave FNC’s Hannity & Colmes Show. Allahpundit is crushing heavy on Kirsten Powers (yes, again) for Colmes’ replacement. My preference would be a left field oddball like Kinky Friedman. But it looks like Fox is leaning toward a stultifying five-day dose of ...
The cable media war to deliver the most entertaining news is being raised to a whole new level. [Video]
The last time we posted a thread about O.J. Simpson, it got a record rating of -265: The Inevitable OJ Thread. So let’s go for another personal worst: Simpson convicted of robbing memorabilia dealers. LAS VEGAS – Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife ...
The Middle East Media Research Institute needs help to continue running their incredibly valuable service. Do you want to see them close up shop? Me neither. Let’s help them out, lizards: MEMRI: URGENT APPEAL.
Islamic clerics in Saudi Arabia have been on a crusade (can I use that word?) to shut down Western-influenced media, and now their wrath is turned upon the heathen astrologers: The MEMRI Blog - Saudi Sheikh: Kill Hosts of Horoscope Programs. Member of the High Judicial Council in Saudi ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism, RoP