NPR's Scott Horsley could have been mistaken as a spokesman for the White House or President Obama's campaign on Wednesday's All Things Considered, as he defended the Democrat's record on the economy. Horsley also claimed that Republi…
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Media Uses Flimsy ‘Dutch Castration’ Story to Smack Catholic Church
The media are falling over themselves to relay a salacious report that the Catholic Church in the Netherlands may have surgically castrated "as many as 10 young men" over a half a century ago, in the 1950's.
Perpetual Catholic bashers…
Can NPR Legitimize Bias With New Handbook?
Jay Rosen at Press Think is pleased with new journalist guidelines issued by NPR. As many currently view NPR as maintaining a liberal bias and they seem to acknowledge some issues along ideological lines, it seems fair to ask if the guidelines would allow NPR to institutionalize bias, as opposed to preventing it.
It now commits [...]
NPR Runs Interference for Obama on Gas Prices
National Public Radio led its Morning Edition broadcast this morning with a story about rising gas prices that could have been written by the White House press office. Its basic message was as follows:
President Barack Obama feels your pain. Really.
Politicians like President Obama can’t do anything about short-term gas prices.
We’re producing more domestic oil under [...]