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20090329
Corporate
- Media
- Politics
- Marketing
- Religion
- Government
- Law
- History
- Television
"Rev.
Moon Exemplifies Right Wing GOP Subsidy of Big Media to Frame Message."
... "[Reverend] Rev. Moon has adopted a relatively low-profile in recent
years (if you don't count his bizarre "coronation" by elected officials
in a Capitol Hill House of Representatives meeting room a couple years
back), but that hasn't prevented the weird religious leader (and close
ally of the Bush family) from pouring an estimated 1 - 2.5 billion dollars
into subsidizing the Washington Times since 1982." ... "In 2002, Rev. Moon
pronounced "The Washington Times will become the instrument in spreading
the truth about God to the world." But the reality is that the Washington
Times -- like the New York Post and Weekly Standard for Rupert Murdoch
-- are investments in obtaining financial regulatory and other favors from
Republican administrations in return for helping frame and market the GOP
[GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] talking points of tax cuts, cultural wars,
and Wall Street gambling." ... "The Washington Times has only about 100,000
subscribers, but its newsboxes are next to the Washington Post throughout
D.C. [America's capital], allowing it to appear as an equal -- and to have
its banner headlines seen by tens of thousands of D.C. "influencers" every
day. Then, it also gives a byline and title for its writers to appear
as D.C. pundits on television (just as Bill Kristol is identified as editor
of the chronically money losing "Weekly Standard" during his ubiquitous
"pundit" appearances on the tube) -- as well as all television reporters
need to quote it to provide "balance."" ... "In short, Moon, in essence,
shells out hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to use the Washington
Times as a public relations vehicle for "framing" the GOP perspective."
... "Meanwhile, wealthy liberal Democrats don't buy up or create large
media outlets; they just support efforts to criticize the corporate press
and the likes of Rev. Moon." ... "You can win elections, but you can't
make dramatic change unless you own part of the major media." ... "Rev.
Moon understands that. Why can't wealthy Democrats?" -By
Mark Karlin -BuzzFlash.com
20090214
Corporate
- Government
- Coal-Mining
- Dirt
- Law
- Politics
- Television
- Advertising
- Election
- West
Virginia
"Case
May Alter Judge Elections Across Country." ... "Don
L. Blankenship, the chief executive of the nation’s fourth-biggest coal
mining company, is not shy about putting his money where his mouth is when
it comes to West Virginia politics." ... "In 2004, he spent $3 million
on tough [television] advertisements attacking a justice of the State Supreme
Court who was seeking re-election. Some of the advertisements said the
justice had agreed to free a sex offender." ... "Brent D. Benjamin won
that election and went on to join the 3-to-2 majority that threw out a
$50 million jury verdict against Mr. Blankenship’s company, Massey Energy."
... "The question of whether Justice Benjamin should have disqualified
himself is now before the United States Supreme Court." ... "The case,
one of the most important of the term, has the potential to change the
way judicial elections are conducted and the way cases are heard in the
39 states that elect at least some of their judges." ... "Mr. Blankenship’s
advertisements, which said Justice McGraw had released a pedophile, were
rough and arguably misleading. They concerned a youth who had been sexually
abused from the age of 7 by two adult family members and a teacher before
going on, at the age of 14, to abuse a younger half-brother. The youth
was released on probation soon after he turned 18." ... "“I’m just a West
Virginia country lawyer running for office,” Justice McGraw said. Of the
advertisements, he said: “They say our court set a child molester loose
in our schools. It’s absolutely untrue. I’m embarrassed to go out in public.
They’ve absolutely destroyed me.”" ... "Mr. Blankenship cheerfully conceded
that his real objection was to Justice McGraw’s rulings against corporate
defendants. “Being the street fighter that I am,” he said, he had instructed
his aides to find a decision that would enrage the public." ... "When they
returned with an unsigned opinion in the sex abuse case, which Justice
McGraw had joined, Mr. Blankenship said he knew he had hit pay dirt. “That
killed him,” Mr. Blankenship said of Justice McGraw, smiling." (1, 2)
-By Adam
Liptak -NYTimes
20090211
Eric
Cantor - Web
- Video
- Politics
- Government
- Jobs
- Economic
- Crisis
- Peoples
- Health
Care - Homes
- Virginia
"GOP
[Republican] Rep. Cantor Attacked For Profanity-Laced Web Video."
... "As first reported by The
Plum Line, Virginia Republican [Representative] Eric Cantor is in hot
water after his office responded to critics by sending out a profane web
video." ... "AFSCME [American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees] President Gerald McEntee isn't amused. "Eric Cantor may think
the greatest economic crisis in seventy years is a joke, but we don't,"
he said in a statement. "He should talk to the people in Virginia who are
losing their jobs, health care and homes."" ... "Brad Woodhouse, President
of Americans United for Change, responded more forcefully:"
""Does
Eric Cantor believe that peddling profanity-laced filth around the Internet
is consistent with the values of the people of Virginia or the country?
This is childish, inappropriate and disgusting behavior from someone who
is supposed to be a leader in Congress and a role model to others. Eric
Cantor's response to one of the most serious crises facing America in our
lifetimes is to spread this filth, denigrate government employees and treat
the current economic crisis like a joke. This video has been floating around
on YouTube for years - but Eric Cantor's use of it in this context shows
how completely and utterly out of touch he is with the current economic
crisis and the lives of his constituents. Eric Cantor should be ashamed
and he should apologize.""
"And
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney added: "During these tough economic times
the last thing hard working Americans need is to be ridiculed by a member
of the Republican leadership. Rep. Cantor should apologize for insulting
America's workers with this profane video."" ... "ThinkProgress points
out that Cantor himself is an anti-obscenity
crusader who has said "the use of obscenity" in television "should
not and cannot be tolerated."" -By Rachel Weiner
-HuffingtonPost.com
Eric
Cantor - Language
- Politics
- Video
- History
- Union
- Ad
- Virginia
"Cantor’s
Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members As Goons."
... "This isn’t going to make the big unions very happy. GOP [GOP=Grand
Old Party=Republican Virginia Republican Representative and] House leader
Eric Cantor’s office has come up with an intriguing response to the
[American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees] AFSCME
ad bllitz targeting GOP leaders: Sending over a video that portrays
AFSCME union members as 1970s-era goons." ... "Update: Brad Woodhouse,
the head of Americans United for Change, which is also funding the initial
ad hitting the GOP leadership, sends over a statement demanding that Cantor
apologize." ... "Update II: Now AFSCME chief Gerald McEntee is blasting
Cantor, too." ... "Update III: And now AFL-CIO president John
Sweeney is hitting
Cantor and demanding an apology." -By Greg
Sargent -WhoRunsGov.com
Barack
Obama - Eric
Cantor - Obscenity
- Video
- Law
- Enforcement
- Politics
- Workers
- Investment
- Advertising
- VA
"Anti-Obscenity
Crusader Eric Cantor Sends Out Profanity-Laced Attack On Union."
... "Today, public-workers union AFSCME [American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees] launched
a massive advertising campaign targeting [Republican] neo-Hooverite
conservatives who are trying to block [Democratic] President Obama’s recovery
and reinvestment plan. One target is [Virginia Republican Representative]
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA [Republican-Virginia]), whom the union faults for
declaring he was proud that his party was “just
saying no” to Obama. A Cantor spokesman responded by sending around
a profanity-laced
video portraying AFSCME as mob goons. The video uses the F-word six
times in one minute and ends with the tagline: “AFSCME: We’re the f*cking
union that works for you.”" ... [ Video.
Not Safe For Work.] "Cantor claimed the video was a “joke,” though
AFSCME didn’t
think it was very funny." ... "Yet it’s not just unions who could be
offended by the video; Cantor himself has railed against obscenity, voting
for the Broadcast Deceny Enforcement Act that allowed fines
of up to $500,000 on broadcasters for airing any “obscene, indecent,
or profane” material. Speaking on the House floor in support of the bill,
Cantor condemned “offensive television” that will “damage our society”
and “cannot
be tolerated“ [PDF]:"
"CANTOR:
The
use of obscenity…should not and cannot be tolerated. As a parent, I
share the concerns of many regarding the level of offensive television
and radio programs that are transmitted into our homes. The recent violations
that have occurred disgusted not only me, but damage our society."
"He
added that “we will not be satisfied until those responsible” for disseminating
obscenity “have been reprimanded.” The heads of Americans
United for Change, the AFL-CIO,
and AFSCME
have already reprimanded Cantor." -ThinkProgress.org
20090210
Political
-
- Opinion
"Fox
passes off GOP press release as its own research -- typo and all."
... "Summary: In purporting to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery
plan "grew, and grew, and grew," [Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp television
station] Fox News' Jon Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics
cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came
directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release.
A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican
press release." -By Eric H. Hananoki
-MediaMatters.org
20090128
Cable
- Media
- Politics
- Lawmakers
- Federal
- Economics
- John
Boehner
- John
McCain - OH
- AZ
"REPORT:
GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Democratic Lawmakers 2 To 1 In Stimulus Debate
On Cable News." ... "As Media Matters has documented,
during the [Republican President] Bush administration, the media consistently
allowed
conservatives to dominate their shows, booking them as guests far more
often than progressives. The rationale was that Republicans were “in
power.”" ... "It appears that old habits die hard. Even though [Democratic]
President Obama and his team are in control of the executive branch and
Democrats are in the majority in Congress, the cable networks are still
turning more often to Republicans and allowing them to set the agenda on
major issues, most recently on the debate over the economic recovery package."
... "On Sunday, conservatives began an
all-out assault on President Obama’s economic recovery plan, with [Ohio
Republican Representative and Republican] House Minority Leader John Boehner
(R-OH [Republican-Ohio]) and [Arizona Republican Senator] Sen. John McCain
(R-AZ [Republican-Arizona]) both announcing that they would vote against
the plan as it stood. Despite Obama’s efforts at good
faith outreach, congressional conservatives have continued to attack
the stimulus plan with a series of false
and disingenuous
arguments." ... "The media have been aiding
their efforts.
In a new analysis,
ThinkProgress has found that the five cable news networks — CNN, MSNBC,
Fox News, Fox Business and CNBC — have hosted more Republican lawmakers
to discuss the plan than Democrats by a
2 to 1 ratio this week:"
"Cable
News Appearances By Members of Congress"
"(By
Party - January 26-28, 2009)"
[Red=Republican
/ Blue=Democratic]
...
"The drastically imbalanced coverage isn’t the first time that the news
networks have effectively supported attacks on the recovery plans. As ThinkProgress
reported
on Monday, the cable networks, the Sunday shows and the network newscasts
promoted a controversialCBO
non-report 81
times before the actual CBO
analysis of the stimulus plan was released."
-ThinkProgress
Sweden
- Military
- Switzerland
- Politics
- US
- Media
- Entertainment
-
"Alba
schools Fox’s O’Reilly in WW II history." ... "Jessica
Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War
II." ... "Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O’Reilly traded punches last week
after the presidential inauguration. After Alba told a Fox reporter that
O’Reilly was “kind of an a-hole;” he retaliated by calling her a “pinhead”
for telling a reporter to “be Sweden about it,” assuming she meant Switzerland."
... "“I want to clear some things up that have been bothering me lately,”
Alba blogged on MySpace Celebrity. “Last week, Mr. Bill O'Reilly and some
really classy sites (i.e.TMZ) insinuated I was dumb by claiming Sweden
was a neutral country. I appreciate the fact that he is a news anchor and
that gossip sites are inundated with intelligent reporting, but seriously
people... it's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during
WWII was Switzerland.”" ... "Although Switzerland is more frequently cited
as an example of neutrality, Sweden did indeed follow a policy of neutrality
during World War II. History point to Alba." -By Courtney
Hazlett -MSNBC
Digital
- Television
- Technology
- Law
- Wireless
- Companies
- Obama
- Consumer
"Plan
to delay U.S. switch to digital TV thwarted by Republicans."
... "An attempt to delay the U.S. [United States] switch to digital-only
television transmission by four months has been scuttled by the House of
Representatives." ... "House Republicans voted down a bill on Wednesday
that would have postponed the latest date for the transition to digital
broadcasting from analog until June 12. The changeover is set for [February]
Feb. 17." ... "The majority of House members voted 258-168 in favour of
the bill, but it required two-thirds support to pass." ... "Republicans
oppose the delay because they say it would confuse consumers, burden wireless
companies and would create added costs for broadcasters. [Democratic] President
Barack Obama, Senate Democrats, and consumer advocates have said the delay
is necessary to accommodate people who are unprepared."
-AP via -CBC.ca
20090126

Digital
- Technology
- Law
- Politics
"Senate
OKs 4-Month Delay to Digital TV Changeover: Senate
votes to delay digital transition by 4 months to June 12." ... "The Senate
on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog
to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 — setting
the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday." ... "The
Nielsen Co. estimates that more than 6.5 million U.S. [United States] households
that rely on analog television sets to pick up over-the-air broadcast signals
could see their TV sets go dark next month if the transition is not postponed."
(1, 2)
-By Joelle Tessler with contributions by David Bauder
-AP via -ABCNEWS.com
20081209
Kevin
Martin - Corporate
- Government
- Politics
- Telecommunications
- Accounting
- Investigation
- Consumers
- Video
- Media
"Congressional
report: FCC chair abused power." ... "[Republican
President Bush's] Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin
ignored his responsibilities as head of the regulatory body and abused
his power, according to a congressional report released Tuesday." ... "Over
the course of his tenure, Martin manipulated and withheld information from
the other FCC [Federal Communications Commission] commissioners and from
Congress, neglected his statutory responsibilities to produce certain information
to Congress, and ignored evidence that certain national communications
programs were being grossly mismanaged, according to the report issued
by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, titled "Deception
and Distrust: The Federal Communications Commission Under Chairman Kevin
J. Martin." (PDF)" ... "The committee launched a bipartisan investigation
in January after hearing allegations of mismanagement from current and
former FCC employees, telecommunications industry representatives, and
other FCC commissioners." ... "Typically, a congressional committee would
hold hearings to investigate such matters, but the report was issued in
lieu of hearings because, the report says, "due to the climate of fear
that pervades the FCC...we found that key witnesses were unwilling to testify
or even to have their names become known."" ... "The chairman's office,
the report says, ignored evidence consumers were overcharged and providers
were overcompensated by as much as $100 million a year. The neglect of
that information led to a windfall of millions of dollars for the largest
TRS [Telecommunications Relay Service] provider, Sorenson, which covers
about 80 percent of the video relay services market." ... "The report also
recommends the Government Accountability Office audit the entire TRS program,
including the FCC's efforts to protect the integrity of the fund." ...
"The report also says Martin manipulated information given to his fellow
commissioners and Congress. For instance, upon becoming chair in 2005,
the report says, Martin ordered FCC staff to reverse the findings of a
study, which initially said that "a la carte" cable programming would not
benefit consumers. He also demoted the Media Bureau chief, who had been
in charge of the study." ... "The reversal led to suspicion inside and
out of the FCC that the study sent to Congress was not based on objective
analysis, the committee report says." -By Stephanie
Condon -CNET
/News
20081115
Corporate
- Television
- Media
- Politics
"If
it’s Sunday, it’s still conservative." ... "In 2006,
Media Matters conducted a study on Sunday political talk shows, finding
that “Republicans and conservatives
have been offered more opportunities to appear on the Sunday shows
— in some cases, dramatically so.” From 2001 to 2005, conservative guests
outnumbered progressives “by 58 percent to 42 percent.” Atrios notes that
tomorrow’s shows will also be dominated by conservative
guests:"
"7
Appearances by Republican current elected officeholders"
"3
Appearances by Democratic current elected officeholders."
"2
Appearances by Republican former elected officeholders."
"1
Appearance by a [Republican President] Bush Cabinet Secretary."
"T.
Boone Pickens [former Republican swift boat contributor]"
"Ted
Turner. "
"
-ThinkProgress.org
20081114
Political
- Corporate
- Television
- Media
- Michigan
- Massachusetts
- New
York - Arizona
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Alabama
"More
Muscle." ... "TPM Reader RS ..."
"Here
is something progressives really need to address. On Sunday morning political
shows, three Democrats are confirmed as guests: [Michigan Democratic Senator]
Carl Levin, [Massachusetts Democratic Representative] Barney Frank, and
[New York Democratic Representative] Charlie Rangel. It's as if Democrats
didn't just win huge electoral advances in the Presidential, House, and
Senate elections. So we get the same thing we've had the past 8 years--republican
hegemony on Sunday. [Arizona Republican Senator Jon] Kyl? Check. [former
Georgia Republican Representative Newt] Gingrich? Check. [Republican Michael]
Steele? Check. [Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby] Jindal and [Alabama
Republican Senator Richard] Shelby? Check and check? Just look at The Page
for the whole list. When is the "liberal media" going to give some of the
oxygen to Democrats?"
"This
is unquestionably true. The bookers and producers of the Sunday shows are
committed to the continuing dominance of conservative/Republican marquee
guests. No question about it. And this is going to be one part of the rewiring
of Washington that will take longer and face more resistance than possibly
any other. The big interests and institutions that go to Washington to
buy influence are quickly reacting to the changing political complexion
of the city. The TV bookers and opinion act like nothing's happened." -By
Josh Marshall .TalkingPointsMemo
20081109
Radio
-
- Opinion
- Politics
- People
- 2008
Election - Obama
- Government
- Retirement
- Money
"Right-wing
media feeds its post-election anger." ... "... [M]any
on the losing end of last week's [2008] election want to hold on to their
anger. And there are those in the media -- led by the likes of [radio talker
Rush] Limbaugh and [Fox tv talker Sean] Hannity -- only too ready to feed
that animus, along with their own ratings." ... "In a time when the nation
calls out for cool leadership and rational discussion, Limbaugh stirs the
caldron, a tendency he proved in a particularly grotesque way last week
when he accused Obama's party of plotting a government takeover of 401(k)
retirement plans." ... ""They're going to take your 401(k), put it in the
Social Security trust fund, whatever the hell that is," Limbaugh woofed.
"Trust fund, my rear end."" ... "A slight problem with Limbaugh's report:
Obama and the Democrats have proposed no such thing." ... "To broadcast
such a report -- so drained of context as to constitute a lie -- would
be a shameless act at any time. But Limbaugh needlessly stirred the fears
of the millions he holds in his thrall -- making the 401(k) thievery sound
like nearly a done deal. Shameless." -By James Rainey
-LAtimes
20081029
Barack
Obama -
- Ad
- Media
- 2008
Election - Families
- Economy
- Military
- Ohio
- Missouri
- Kansas
- New
Mexico - Florida
- Arizona
- - US
- Iraq
"30-minute
Obama ad shows campaign muscle." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama's
30-minute TV ad, which ran simultaneously on broadcast and cable networks
at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, is muscle-flexing that has little precedent, a
campaign advertising expert said." ... ""It's evidence, if you needed any,
that the Obama campaign has more money than there is ad time left to buy,"
said Evan Tracey, director of the Campaign Media Analysis Group. "This
is flexing the muscles."" ... ""The strategic brilliance of this for Obama
is that he is going to consume about 24 hours of the news cycle," Tracey
said. "It boxes [John] McCain in, takes the oxygen out of the room."" ...
"In the carefully produced infomercial, Obama laid out his plans for the
economy and for bringing an end to the war in Iraq." ... "It also featured
stories of struggling families in swing states such as Ohio and Missouri
and included testimonials from high-profile supporters, including Kansas
[Democratic Governor] Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and New Mexico [Democratic
Governor] Gov. Bill Richardson." ... "Obama's Republican opponent, Arizona
Sen. John McCain, was not mentioned, nor was the GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican].
The spot ended with a brief, live Obama address to a rally in Florida,
another hotly contested state in this year's campaign." -By
Richard Allen Greene -CNN
WATCH
Barack
Obama ad: "American Stories, American Solutions."
"Obama:
"I'm reminded every single day that I am not a perfect man. I will not
be a perfect president. But I can promise you this: I will always tell
you what I think and where I stand. I will always be honest with you about
the challenges we face. I will listen to you when we disagree. And, most
importantly, I will open the doors of government and ask you to be involved
in your own democracy again."" - BarackObama.com
Voting
Machine - Technology
- Politics
- Video
- West
Virginia - Tennessee
- 2008
Election - Obama
- McCain
"Video:
Recalibrated Machine in W. Virginia Appears to Record Vote Inaccurately."
... "Video the Vote has a video
showing [West Virginia's] Jackson County Clerk Jeff Waybright demonstrating
how votes cast on uncalibrated touchscreen machines can jump from one candidate
to another. This is the
kind of problem that voters reported having in several West Virginia
counties last week on touchscreen machines made by Election Systems &
Software. Voters in Tennessee also complained about the same problem on
ES&S machines." ... "In the video, after Waybright demonstrates the
phenomenon on the uncalibrated machine, he calibrates the machine and votes
again. But even though the machine is supposed to be fixed at that point,
it appears to record a vote incorrectly." ... "In the first part of the
video demonstrating an uncalibrated ES&S iVotronic touchscreen machine,
Waybright touches the screen to cast a vote for [2008 Election] Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama, but a check mark appears three boxes
below Obama's name in the slot for Constitution Party presidential candidate
Chuck Baldwin." ... "When he touches the box next to Green Party presidential
candidate Cynthia McKinney's name, the machine sends him to a new screen
where a box and keyboard are displayed for filling in a write-in candidate's
name. When he selects the option for voting a straight-party Democratic
ticket, the machine shows a check mark in the box next to [2008 Election]
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's name." -By
Kim Zetter -Wired
WATCH:
"WV Vote Flipping Caught on Tape" - VideoTheVote
20081025
Sarah
Palin - Religious
- Video
- Kenya
- Alaska
- US
- 2008
Election
"YouTube
Videos Draw Attention to Palin’s Faith." ... "[2008
Election Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah] Ms. Palin’s faith
has come under scrutiny after two videos taken in her former church surfaced
on YouTube and became immediate sensations. The first showed a visiting
preacher from Kenya praying fervently over Ms. Palin in a gravelly voice
and asking God to favor her campaign for governor and protect her from
“every form of witchcraft.”" ... "The second showed Ms. Palin at an event
in June praising the African preacher’s prayer as “awesome” and “very,
very powerful.” She is also seen nodding as her former pastor from Wasilla
prays over her and declares that Alaska is “one of the refuge states in
the Last Days,” a piece of prophecy popular in some prayer networks that
predicts that as the “end times” approach, people will flock to Alaska
for its abundant open space and natural resources." ... " ... Ms. Palin
has had long associations with religious leaders who practice a particularly
assertive and urgent brand of Pentecostalism known as “spiritual warfare.”"
... "Its adherents believe that demonic forces can colonize specific geographic
areas and individuals, and that “spiritual warriors” must “battle” them
to assert God’s control, using prayer and evangelism. The movement’s fixation
on demons, its aggressiveness and its leaders’ claims to exalted spiritual
authority have troubled even some Pentecostal Christians." ... "Bishop
Thomas Muthee, the Kenyan preacher shown on the YouTube video anointing
her as she ran for governor, is celebrated internationally as an effective
spiritual warrior who led a prayer movement that drove a witch out of his
town in Kenya." ... "Critics say the goal of the spiritual warfare movement
is to create a theocracy. Bruce Wilson, a researcher for Talk2Action, a
Web site that tracks religious groups, said: “One of the imperatives of
the movement is to achieve worldly power, including political control.
Then you can more effectively drive out the demons. The ultimate goal is
to purify the earth.”" (1, 2)
-By Laurie
Goodstein -NYTimes
Search
Youtube videos: <Palin Church>
Search
Youtube videos: <Palin witch-hunter>
Search
Youtube videos: <Palin witchcraft>
20081020
Cartoon
- Fashion
- History
- Germany
- Poland
- US
- McCain
- Palin
- 2008
Election - /Channel
- Media
- Corp
"Fox
Family Feud Over ‘Family Guy’." ... "A Sunday night
episode of the Fox animated series “Family
Guy” stirred up trouble by suggesting rather directly that Nazi
officers would have supported the McCain-Palin ticket. And it was another
arm of the News Corp. conglomerate, Fox News Channel, that first reported
on the episode." ... "Fox (the broadcast network) aired the episode in
which Stewie, the obnoxious baby character at the center of the series,
and Brian, a talking dog, traveled back in time to Poland during the 1939
German invasion. The characters ambush Nazi soldiers in an alley and steal
their uniforms so they can travel without drawing attention. Putting on
an overcoat, Stewie notices a McCain-Palin campaign button affixed to the
lapel. “Huh, that’s weird,” Stewie remarks." -By Brooks
Barnes -NYTimes
"Family
Guy" cartoon with animated character "Stewie" in a Nazi uniform with a
McCain/Palin button on it:
WATCH
episode of "Family Guy" cartoon with character Stewie in Nazi uniform with
McCain/Palin button
20081010
Norm
Coleman - Money
- Fashion
- Politics
- Minnesota
- Video
- 2008
Election
"A
Simple Question, Yes or No?" ... "Did Nasser Kazeminy
pay for [Minnesota Republican Norm] Colemans suits or not?"
[Cullen
Sheehan]
[Minnesota
Republican Norm Coleman Campaign Manager Cullen Sheehan.]
20080924
John
McCain -
- Politics
- Money
- 2008
Election
"EXCLUSIVE:
John McCain Uses Idol Makeup Artist!" ...
"The 72-year-old [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John
McCain] was recently made TV-ready by makeup artist Tifanie White who's
worked on So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol."
... "McCain paid the 2002 beauty-school grad $5,583.43 for her services,
according to the Federal Election Commission."
-UsMagazine.com
20080904
Sarah
Palin - History
- Sports
- Journalism
- Television
- Idaho
- Alaska
- 2008
Election
"Republican
vice presidential nominee Palin changes colleges 6 times in 6 years."
... "Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched
colleges at least six times in six years, including two stints at the University
of Idaho before graduating from there in 1987." ... "She majored in journalism
with an emphasis in broadcast news." ... "Despite her journalism degree,
she does not appear to have worked for the college newspaper or campus
television station, school officials said. She worked briefly as a sportscaster
for KTUU in Anchorage [Alaska] after she graduated college." -By
Nicholas K. Geranios -LAtimes
20080812
Barack
Obama - Family
- Hawai'i
-
- Journalist
- Politics
- Military
- Sports
- Illinois
- 2008
Election
"Akaka
defends Obama's Hawaii vacation from ABC commentator:
Journalist questions [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack]
Obama's vacation in 'foreign' destination." ... "A group called Asian Americans
for Obama sent out a media alert yesterday with the headline, "BREAKING:
Hawai'i is a State," as U.S. [Unisted States Hawaii Democratic Senator]
Sen. Daniel Akaka and others defended U.S. [Illinois Democratic Senator]
Sen. Barack Obama's decision to spend a weeklong vacation in the Islands."
... "Obama had another casual day yesterday: Visit his grandmother at her
Makiki apartment again, watch a movie at the Ward Complex theaters and
go to dinner. But his choice of vacation destinations — his hometown of
Honolulu — prompted [Disney TV's] ABC News' Cokie Roberts to twice call
Hawai'i a "foreign" and "exotic" vacation destination for the man who wants
to be president." ... ""I know his grandmother lives in Hawai'i," Roberts
said on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. "And I know Hawai'i
is a state. But it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign,
exotic place. He should be in Myrtle Beach if he's going to take a vacation
at this time."" ... "But Akaka didn't see any humor in Roberts' comments."
... ""Saying our 50th state is somehow 'foreign,' does a great disservice
to the hardworking, patriotic Americans who call Hawai'i home," Akaka said.
"For months, people have been asking me, 'When is Sen. Obama going to come
home?' I'm so glad he found time to visit his sister and his grandmother,
and for him and his family to bond and recharge in his home state. Hawai'i
is a great U.S. destination; just ask the 5.5 million Americans who visited
last year for business and pleasure."" ... "Akaka's press secretary, Jesse
Broder Van Dyke, wants Roberts to see firsthand evidence of Hawai'i's history
and its role in the country's future." ... ""I would love to take Ms. Roberts
on a tour of O'ahu, with stops at the Arizona Memorial and Punchbowl, followed
by a visit with Hawai'i Army National Guard soldiers training for their
second deployment to the Middle East," he said. "Then I would take her
to Eastside Grill to watch Team USA women's volleyball and Bryan Clay.
I would introduce her to Hawai'i residents so she could witness our diversity
and learn about the aloha spirit. Part of what makes America great is the
unique contributions of all 50 states. Sen. Obama has every right to come
home and visit his sister and grandmother."" -By Dan
Nakaso -HonoluluAdvertiser.com
20080728
Jim
David Adkisson - Terrorism
- Media
- Politics
- Radio
- TV/Channel
- Tennessee
- Religion
- Law
- Police
"Bill
O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity on accused shooter's reading list:
4-page letter outlines frustration, hatred of 'liberal movement'." ...
"Police found right-wing political books, brass knuckles, empty shotgun
shell boxes and a handgun in the Powell [Tennessee] home of a man who said
he attacked a church in order to kill liberals "who are ruining the country,"
court records show." ... "Knoxville police Sunday evening searched the
Levy Drive home of Jim David Adkisson after he allegedly entered the Tennessee
Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and killed two people and wounded
six others during the presentation of a children's musical." ... "Knoxville
Police Department Officer Steve Still requested the search warrant after
interviewing Adkisson. who was subdued by several church members after
firing three rounds from a 12-gauge shotgun into the congregation." ...
"Adkisson targeted the church, Still wrote in the document obtained by
WBIR-TV, Channel 10, "because of its liberal teachings and his belief that
all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and
that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war
on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid
of media outlets."" ... "Adkisson told Still that "he could not get to
the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that
had voted them in to office."" ... "Inside the house, officers found "Liberalism
is a Mental Health Disorder" by radio talk show host Michael Savage, "Let
Freedom Ring" by talk show host Sean Hannity, and "The O'Reilly Factor,"
by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly [the latter two work for Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp subsidiary Fox TV]." ... "The shotgun-wielding suspect
in Sunday's mass shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist
Church was motivated by a hatred of "the liberal movement," and he planned
to shoot until police shot him, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen
IV said this morning." ... "Adkisson, 58, of Powell wrote a four-page letter
in which he stated his "hatred of the liberal movement," Owen said. "Liberals
in general, as well as gays."" ... "Owen said Adkisson specifically targeted
the church for its beliefs, rather than a particular member of the congregation."
-By Hayes Hickman with contributions by Bob Fowler,
J.J. Stambaugh, Frank Munger and Amy McRary
-KnoxNews.com
20080727
Barack
Obama - John
McCain - Broadcast
- Opinion
- Politics
- 2008
Election
"In
study, evidence of [conservative bias] liberal-bias bias:
Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias -- but a
think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama than on [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] John McCain in recent weeks." ... "The Center for
Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, where researchers
have tracked network news content for two decades, found that ABC, NBC
and CBS were tougher on Obama than on Republican John McCain during the
first six weeks of the general-election campaign." ... "You read it right:
tougher on the Democrat." ... "During the evening news, the majority of
statements from reporters and anchors on all three networks are neutral,
the center found. And when network news people ventured opinions in recent
weeks, 28% of the statements were positive for Obama and 72% negative."
... "Network reporting also tilted against McCain, but far less dramatically,
with 43% of the statements positive and 57% negative, according to the
Washington-based media center." -By James Rainey
-LAtimes
20080707
Roger
Ailes - Terrorism
- Television
- Corporate
- Media
- Politics
- People
-
"When
Fox News Is the Story." ... "Like most working journalists,
whenever I type seven letters — Fox News [owned by Rupert Murdoch's News
Corporation (News Corp)] — a series of alarms begins to whoop in my head:
Danger.
Warning. Much mayhem ahead." ... "Once the public relations apparatus
at Fox News is engaged, there will be the calls to my editors, keening
(and sometimes threatening) e-mail messages, and my requests for interviews
will quickly turn into depositions about my intent or who else I am talking
to." ... "And if all that stuff doesn’t slow me down and I actually end
up writing something, there might be a large hangover: Phone calls full
of rebuke for a dependent clause in the third to the last paragraph, a
ritual spanking in the blogs with anonymous quotes that sound very familiar,
and — if I really hit the jackpot — the specter of my ungainly headshot
appearing on one of Fox News’s shows along with some stern copy about what
an idiot I am." ... "Fox News found a huge runway and enormous success
by setting aside the conventions of bloodless objectivity, but along the
way, it altered the rules of engagement between reporters and the media
organizations they cover. Under its chief executive, [Republican media
strategist] Roger Ailes, Fox News and its public relations apparatus have
waged a permanent campaign on behalf of the channel that borrows its methodology
from his days as a senior political adviser to [Republican Presidents]
Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush." ... "At Fox News,
media relations is a kind of rolling opposition research operation intended
to keep reporters in line by feeding and sometimes maiming them. Shooting
the occasional messenger is baked right into the process." ... "As crude
as that sounds, it works. By blacklisting reporters it does not like, planting
stories with friendlies at every turn, Fox News has been living a life
beyond consequence for years." ... "Earlier this year, a colleague of mine
said, he was writing a story about CNN’s gains in the ratings and was told
on deadline by a Fox News public relations executive that if he persisted,
“they” would go after him. Within a day, “they” did, smearing him around
the blogs, he said. (I did not ask him for a comment because the information
was of a private nature.)" ... "[Fox News public relations head Brian]
Mr. Lewis denied that his staff had threatened one of my colleagues or
planted private information about him on blogs." ... "That comes as a surprise
to reporters I talked to who say they have received e-mail messages from
Fox News public relations staff that contained doctored photos, anonymous
quotes and nasty items about competitors. And two former Fox employees
said that they had participated in precisely those kinds of activities
but had signed confidentiality agreements and could not say so on the record.
" (1, 2,
3)
-By David
Carr -NYTimes
20080702
John
McCain - Karl
Rove - Rick
Davis - Arizona
- 2004
Election - 2008
Election - Media
-
"McCain
camp puts Rove man in charge: New chief Steve Schmidt,
right, a veteran of the [Republican President] Bush campaign, will focus
on honing McCain's message. Republicans have complained the campaign lacked
clear themes." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and
Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has gone through
its second shake-up in a year. Responding to Republican concern that his
candidacy was faltering, McCain put a veteran of President Bush's 2004
campaign in charge of day-to-day operations, and stepped away from a plan
to have the campaign run by 11 regional managers, McCain's aides said Wednesday."
... "The elevation of Steve Schmidt -- who worked closely with Karl Rove
-- at McCain's headquarters represented a sharp diminishment of the responsibilities
of Rick Davis, who has been McCain's campaign manager since the last shake-up
nearly a year ago." ... "The move is the latest sign of increasing influence
of veterans of Rove's shop in the McCain operation. Nicolle Wallace, who
was communications director for Bush in the 2004 campaign (and in his White
House) has joined the campaign as a senior adviser, and will travel with
McCain every other week. Greg Jenkins, another veteran of Rove's operation
who is a former Fox News [TV] producer and director of presidential advance
in the Bush White House, was hired by Schmidt last week after a series
of what McCain's advisers acknowledged were poorly executed campaign events."
(1, 2,
3)
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