Tag Archive for 'Media Bias'

God Edit Controversy - Sarah Palin ABC Interview

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malagent
on September 12, 2008
in McCain Palin, Media, Media Bias, Politics, Republican, Television, Theology, Video and elections
. 7 Comments

I am really just stunned by this. It is amazing that people are so scared of this woman that they are literally grasping at anything that provides even the slightest hope of destroying her.

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Glenn Beck puts it very well on his CNN.com Commentary: The Sarah Palin smear-fest:

“ believes told her to go to war with !”

There has been some hard-core journalistic malpractice on this one. The Associated Press ran this headline about a speech she gave at her church: “Palin: war ‘a task that is from ’”

In the story, they omit the first part of the sentence they’re quoting along with the entire previous sentence for good measure.

Here are her actual words: “Pray for our men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending them out on a task that is from . That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is ’s plan.”

Palin is clearly praying that we’re doing the right thing in , something sensible for an introspective woman of faith concerned about the lives of our troops to do. She’s not saying that she just received a text message from heaven’s BlackBerry ordering her to launch missiles. Sorry to disappoint you.

And for those of you who think politicians asking for guidance is offensive, might I remind you of this famous politician’s prayer:

“Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.” –Barack Obama

Missing Video - Reporter Ambushes Senior

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malagent
on October 19, 2007
in Censorship, Crime, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Media, Media Bias, News, People, Television and Video
. 3 Comments

The gets pulled but here it i. I will continue to maintain a copy of the here for as long as someone is looking for it, the YouTube embed will soon be replaced with my own so I don’t have to worry about them pulling it from my account like they have done with so many others.

James Walton - A senior, veteran & business owner. Also a victim of and a person who has faced a life and death situation twice in three weeks and survived. Only to be attacked by a great example of what’s wrong with journalists and these days.

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Feel free to link to this page, I will maintain a copy of the here even if YT pulls it.
(Update 10/20) Yep, they did pull it. No surprise there I guess. KDFW Copyright Claim

But wait! It’s not new or improved, but it is back…

Sanchez - The Rest of The Speech

Published
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malagent
on October 13, 2007
in Critical Thinking, Current Events, Media, Media Bias, Military, News, President Bush and War
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Never missing an opportunity to lash out at the Bush administration, the will report just about anything even remotely critical of , his policies, or anything else that could possibly make him look bad. I first watched this story on NBC Nightly on the 12th. Brian Williams and Jim Miklaszewski managed to squeeze two minutes complete with references to torture, pictures of prisoners in Abu Grhaib from the Washington Post, of soldiers, and in meetings from about 14 seconds of remarks by Sanchez.

My first thought was simply that if the speech was so harsh, the would have shown more of it. The headlines around the internet were typical, such as:

  • NY Times “Former Top General in Faults Bush Administration“
  • The Moderate Voice “Former Top General Blasts Bush Administration On “
  • Belfast Telegraph “Former US commander criticises war effort“
  • Washington Post “Former Commander Faults Bush” later changed to “Ex-Commander In Faults War Strategy“
  • MSNBC “Ex-commander of coalition forces in lambastes ‘failure of leadership’” & “Ex- forces commander rips U.S. leadership“

So what did Sanchez really say? A lot actually, most of which the was less than willing to report. For example, the Washington Post creatively dissected the 3,412 word speech, carving out a mere 141 words, arranged in such a way that excedes even Michael Moore’s talent for quote wrangling. That’s a exiguous 4.13% starting 1,501 (44%) words into the speech. I wonder what else he might have had to say in those 3,271 words they left out? Continue reading ‘Sanchez - The Rest of The Speech’

Michael Moore on Liberal Bias in Holywood

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malagent
on December 22, 2006
in Current Events, Michael Moore, People and Video
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Evan Coyne Maloney corners Moore into a civil conversation about liberal bias in Hollywood. Good job Evan!

Evan Coyne Maloney is a political commentator based in New York City. More of his work can be found on the website Brain Terminal, at <www.brain-terminal.com>.