February 07, 2010

Via Big Government

February 05, 2010

The leftwing smear merchants just never ever learn, do they?

You f*ck with Retracto, and you're gonna get burned.

February 03, 2010

Can you guess what it is? Here's a hint - every single American that disagrees with Obama's radical leftwing policies is one of these by definition.

"Professional journalism."

January 30, 2010

Awesome.

January 29, 2010

If repeat, sorry.

January 27, 2010

LOL JOURNALIZM!

You can thank Patterico for this:

Correction to This Article

Earlier versions of this story incorrectly reported that James O'Keefe faced charges in an alleged plot to bug the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu. The charges were related to an alleged plot to tamper with a phone system. The headline incorrectly referred to a plot to bug the phone and a caption incorrectly referred to an alleged wiretap scheme.

Like what was actually in the affidavit? By the same 'journalist' who smeared O'Keefe as a racist when he busted ACORN's ass wide open?

Imagine that. Imagine that.

UPDATE by Rusty: Link to WaPo removed. Screw them.

January 20, 2010

They were trying not to believe this happened I suppose. Losing hurts when they worked so hard for Coakley

Click link for more from Johnny Dollar Place

January 07, 2010

Is me.

Check out Andrew Breitbarts " Big Journalism" which debuted yesterday.

I especially liked this article by Alicia Colon - Why Won't The MSM cover Islam? What Are They Afraid OF?

heh..

January 06, 2010

Dishonest reporting award that is...

Via AIM The Dishonest Reporter Award recognises the most skewed and biased coverage of the Mideast conflict. Its 2009 prizewinners hailed from much larger countries, but this year Australia's Al Age got a mention. So hats off to Al Age for punching above its weight in media bias. Here are just some of the heavyweight winners, and nestled amongst them is our very own beloved Age: more...

January 05, 2010

Tony Karon loves himself some Kool-Aid.

President Barack Obama at the helm of U.S. foreign policy... is more like taking over the controls of a train than getting behind the wheel of a car. That's because you can't steer a train; you can only determine its speed.

I would offer a different opinion. The speed of the train could be stop and then reverse, asshat. The reason the train is still going in the Bush direction is because it is the correct direction. Dictators, like Hugo, Putin and Kim, and terrorists like Hamas and Mahmoud, don't give you an option to turn right or left. They are heading straight toward you for a SERIOUS game of chicken. The best you can do Ofumble, is to make your train bigger and faster so they turn or stop instead of you. Appeasement and acquiescence is the way of cowards and pussy pacifists, which gets you no where but defeated and humiliated. Hey, how is the "until the end of the year, Mahmoud, I'm serious" thing going tough guy?

/getting down off of soapbox.

Sorry about that. I feel much better.

November 26, 2009

Here is an example of the type of video report that Americans might see if the major broadcast media, ABC, CBS, and NBC, were at this time able to match the professional and ethical standards of Russia Today:

We can only hope that, over time, American "journalists" will see the value of providing full coverage of events, regardless of their personal agenda. Until then, it appears that Russia Today is setting the standard for how a free press should behave.

November 17, 2009

Despite being rated as toughest on Obama, Fox was also found to be the most fair and balanced, as Forbes' S. Robert Lichter explains:

So how could Fox have both the most balanced and the most anti-Obama coverage? Simple. It's because the other networks were all so pro-Obama. CMPA analyzed every soundbite by reporters and nonpartisan sources (excluding representative of the political parties) that evaluated the candidates and their policies. On the three broadcast networks combined, evaluations of Obama were 68% positive and 32% negative, compared to the only 36% positive and 64% negative evaluations of his GOP opponent John McCain.

October 31, 2009

The Associated Press is letting its bias show in an article published late yesterday, "Murdered Imam's Followers Deny FBI Radical Claims". Murdered? Nothing in the article backs up this charge, even noting that Luqman Ameen Abdullah fired at the FBI when they attempted to arrest him on charges, killing a FBI K9 agent. His followers are complaining about the number of times Abdullah was hit.

Here's a hint: if you open fire on the FBI they are probably going to open fire on you. Two shots to center mass - that's what they're taught. They are probably going to have more guns than you and there's a good chance that you're going to die. This seems like a case of natural selection, but nothing remotely rising to "murder" on the part of the FBI. Shame on the AP.

(HT to Rockerpeople in the comments.)

October 19, 2009

Ohh, the humanity!

Another hundred Progressive propagandists, er..."newspeople" will be axed by the New York Times, according to the Grey Whore's own blog:

The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs — about 8 percent of the total — by year’s end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if it cannot get enough people to leave voluntarily, the paper announced on Monday.

More weight falling on the overworked shoulders of the Washington Post and LA Times staff, not to mention Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews.

No rest for the weary.

And this tragedy is a repeat from last year, alas:

The program mirrors one carried out in the spring of 2008, when the paper erased 100 positions in its newsroom, though other jobs were created, so the net reduction was smaller. That round of cuts included some layoffs of journalists — about 15 to 20, though The Times would not disclose the actual figure — which was the first time in memory that had happened.

Commenting on the keep-the-Times alive movement, Keller said: "Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause."

Hey Keller, I hear Fox is hiring.

Arguably scouring for all possible readers and revenue streams, the New York Times has rolled out a California Bay Area metro report of the old gray lady.

"At a time when so many news organizations are in a forced retreat, it's exciting to be part of a venture that has set out to build more and better news coverage," said Bill Keller, executive editor of The Times, in the official release.

I haven't heard reactions from the existing Bay Area/Northern California news media but one might guess that they would be less than delighted to have more competition in local and regional stories. Of course, it could be the case that Northern California has such a hunger for news that existing media can't keep up and the Times is stepping in as a permanent pinch spewer.

A faked story claiming that the US Chamber of Commerce has changed its position on Global Warming was duly reported by Reuters and CNBC, apparently without alerting any of the layers upon layers of fact-checking editors at either "news" organization:

In a story posted Monday morning, Reuters declared: “The Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it will no longer opposes climate change legislation, but wants the bill to include a carbon tax.”

Reuters updated the story to acknowledge the hoax, but it was too late: The Washington Post and the New York Times had already posted the fake story on their Web sites.

Oddly, Fox News didn't rise to the bait.

When the "fact-check" media starts to make FAIL Blog, you know the jig is up. Take, for instance, this recent poll that appeared on the WAPO website on Teleprompter Jesus winning the Nobel Peace Prize:

But don't dare claim there's any media bias, racist.

September 26, 2009

Last night I noted the Big Government report that NBC Dateline producer and NYU journalism institute faculty member Jane Stone had sent a text message to Alex Rosenwald of Americans for Limited Government in response to a press release critical of ACORN. The text Rosenwald received from Stone's Blackberry was "Bite me, Jew boy".

Initially, Stone denied that she sent any text. Now she and her NBC overlords are claiming that she DID send a text message, but that it didn't contain the offending comment. Thus, they are claiming that Rosenwald is lying. Americans for Limited Government is standing their ground.

This could get interesting. What ALG needs to do is release a copy of the email with the headers.

Matt Vadum has all the updates on this story over at Big Government. Email exchange below the fold:

September 25, 2009

Matt Vadum at Big Government reports that NBC Dateline producer Jane Stone sent a little love note to Alex Rosenwald yesterday in response to his press release critical of ACORN:

Apparently NBC “Dateline” producer Jane Stone or someone else who has access to her Blackberry has a problem with groups that oppose ACORN and with an ethnocultural minority.

When Stone received an email urging Congress to defund ACORN from Alex Rosenwald, director of media outreach for Americans for Limited Government, the following sentence came back to Rosenwald from Stone’s account: “Bite me, Jew Boy!”

Stone claims that someone hacked her Blackberry. Uh, yeah.

Exit question: Will the liztards at Little Green Gulag blame this on 1) Glenn Beck, 2) Robert Stacey McCain, 3) the entire conservative blogosphere, or 4) All the above?

UPDATE: A commenter observes that Jane Stone is a faculty member for the journalism institute at New York University. Her email is jane.stone@nyu.edu in case you were wondering.

August 24, 2009

Over the weekend, I reported that the Columbus Dispatch reporter covering the Rifqa Bary saga, Meredith Heagney (mheagney@dispatch.com), has a very friendly, unquestioning relationship with the extremist mosque attended by Rifqa's parents, the Noor Islamic Cultural Center, going so far as to parade around the mosque in a hijab while conducting her "reporting". Just how many questions did Ms. Heagney ask about the mosque's former scholar-in-residence and Protocols of the Elders of Zion enthusiast, Salah Sultan?

But the roots of the relationship between Noor and the Dispatch go much deeper than Ms. Heagney's dhimmitude, as exhibited by a seminar conducted for the mosque last November by the paper's publisher emeritus, Mike Curtin (mcurtin@dispatch.com) and the current Insight editor, Mark Fisher (mfisher@dispatch.com) on the topic of "Learn to Communicate with the Media". Joining them on the panel was none other than CAIR-Ohio President Asma Mobin-Uddin. Last week I noted that Jawa operatives who have attended recent strategy sessions organized in response to the negative publicity caused by Bary's escape from the clutches of the Islamic extremism have directed their supporters to attack Rifqa's character, claim that she was brainwashed and abducted by Christians, and blame the "Islamophobia" of Florida authorities for why her parents are being "persecuted".

This continuing episode should give us all pause to ask: who is your local media in bed with?

Learn to Communicate with the Media Saturday Nov 01, 2008

NICC invites you to attend to a workshop on Saturday Nov 15 2008 to
"Learn to Effectively Communicate with the Media"

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Place: NICC, 5001 Wilcox Rd, Dublin Ohio 43016
Ph: 614 527 777

The purpose of the workshop is to train and motivate all community members to effectively communicate with the print/broadcast media as well as community at large to voice the concerns of Muslim Community.

Speakers:

1. Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin, President of CAIR-Ohio

2. Mike Curtin, Associate Publisher Emeritus of The Columbus Dispatch

3. Mark Fisher, Editor at The Columbus Dispatch

4. Fred Andrle, Host of WOSU Radio Talk Program (Open-line with Fred Anderle, weekdays, 10am - 12 Noon and 7pm - 9 pm)

Please contact us at www.noorohio.org, or email [xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx] if you are planning to attend this program.

In the likely event that the Noor/CAIR/Dispatch event announcement disappears down the internet memory hole, I have included a screen capture of the page below the fold:

August 22, 2009

Last week Columbus Dispatch reporter Meredith Heagney (mheagney@dispatch.com) published an article attacking the credibility of potential honor killing victim Rifqa Bary. In that article, Heagney quoted a Columbus Police official who assured the public there was NOTHING to worry about, flatly contradicting her claims of potential danger from her family. This quote has been reprinted and widely circulated by her parents' supporters, including the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in their claims that she has been brainwashed and abducted by Christians.

But speaking to sources in the Columbus area, it seems that Ms. Heagney is more than just a neutral or objective observer. According to these sources, Heagney has used her position with the Dispatch to serve as the de facto press agent for the extremist Noor Islamic Cultural Center, where Rifqa's parents attend (the mosque's ugly ties to terror covered here at Jawa a few days ago).

One such example is an article in the Dispatch yesterday where Heagney promotes Noor's current "Holy Month" celebrations. Earlier this year, Heagney penned a glowing account of the Islamic hajj featuring the outreach coordinator for the Noor Center. Last November, she plugged the mosque's Somali conference, failing to note the presence of Hassan Mohamud, who has recently been in the news for a promotional video complaining about "the hell of living in America" and for his advocacy in support of suicide bombings (something a real reporter, Katherine Kersten of the Star-Tribune, has been willing to cover) . Mohamud and his mosque have been mentioned in connection with the current nationwide counterterrorism investigation concerning young American Somalis who have left the country to train in the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab camps. But no need to worry - the Dispatch waved off any Columbus connections to the terror case long ago.

And during last year's Eid al-Fitr celebrations, Heagney authored a whining piece about the mosque's services entitled, "Muslims still look for acceptance". While conducting her reporting at the mosque she was photographed sporting her hijab along with her Dispatch ID card:

We will have more on the Dispatch's Dhimmitude in the coming days, but newspaper subscribers and the Columbus-area public should take this into consideration when weighing Meredith Heagney's "reporting" (or anyone from the Dispatch for that matter) on the Rifqa Bary case.

July 30, 2009

Former mainstream media (MSM) stalwart Dan Rather was quite emotional in a speech Tuesday before the Aspen Institute as he called on President Obama to save the press.

“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said. [...]

“A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” Rather said in an interview yesterday afternoon. “This is not something just for journalists to be concerned about, and the loss of jobs and the loss of newspapers, and the diminution of the American press’ traditional role of being the watchdog on power."

July 02, 2009

Except in this case, it isn't just bias. It's activism.

They're acting as middlemen (while trying to wet their beaks in the process) between lobbyists (who Obama, their boy, pledged to have little or nothing to do with in his Administration) and the Administration itself, who they're in bed with.

When a doctor gives a lecture or presentation at a medical meeting, he has to list his disclosures and all relationships with industry in which he potentially stands to make money from the information he is presenting (standard conflict of interest law requires it).

I'm just wondering when members of the media will be disclosing their relationships with government officials, their political campaign contributions, and their votes in a consistent, open and forthcoming manner. Don't we have a right to know what the conflicts of interest of the self-appointed "fourth branch of government" are? Hence, when you donate money to Barack Obama or the Democrats, you are not allowed to cover their policies or their "beat," because you have a conflict of interest.

(Click to view Washington Post pimp-tastic flier urging lobbyists to get in bed with the Administration - with the Washington Post as the Innkeeper.)

July 01, 2009

Compare: Helen Thomas, in typical form, asking a routine rant question at to President Bush in July 2007 (just about two years ago).

Today: Helen getting miffed - the first time that Helen Thomas has acted like Helen Thomas during this Administration - at the notion that the Obama Administration is obsessed with controlling the media and manipulating the media to suit its political objectives.

Maybe this is just muscle flexing by the old media, and this is their way of firing a warning shot across the bow of this power-hungry, young Administration. To me, when in reference to the Obama clan's attempts to control the news I hear Helen say things like"We've NEVER had that in the White House," that to me is a signal sent to Gibby and the Obama Administration (or at least it should to the attuned ear).

The subtext?

"Listen, you motherf*ckers. We made you, and we can just as easily break you. Don't forget who brought you to the dance, you miserable little twerps."

(gets popcorn)

June 16, 2009

Graphic from Michelle.

Don't you wingnuts listen? The President said it's a crisis. That must mean there is a crisis and that only his proposed solutions are the right ones. It's time to shut up, silence dissent and MARCH, people. For the children.

Apparently, the revolution will be televised...by Charlie Gibson and the Official Enchanted Media Outlet of the Obama Administration.

So ABC and NBC have both gone down on their knees and become the American versions of Pravda (with the sole exception of Jake Tapper, perhaps). Now all that's left is for CBS to implant Katie Couric in the WH for six months for a new reality TV/news series called "Living with the Obamas." Coming soon for fall sweeps!

Bias? What bias, wingnuts?

June 02, 2009

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced that its 2009 Magazine Cover Contest will have a new category. For the first time, a winner will be selected in the category of Best Obama Cover along with a variety of other categories such as sports, business, news, nature, etc.

The best in each category will compete for Cover of the Year as determined by voters on Amazon.

It seems to me that including a separate category for Obama goes beyond even the loosest definition of journalism and enters the realm of hero worship or, maybe even, butt-kissing. Readers can make the call.

May 10, 2009

The Mother's Day edition of the New York Times provides a collection of opinions by women's health experts on how to improve the well-being of mothers in the developing world. A variety of useful recommendations is presented regarding medicine, counseling and education and all are premised on the notion that somebody should be giving developing-world mother's something.

In total, the ideas are worth considering, however, I contend that the listing of helpful ideas is notable by what it doesn't address. The chief difficulty for mothers and mothers-to-be in the developing world is to simply live. Just living is a necessary prerequisite to being a mother and it should come before, or at least along with, any discussion regarding how well that being is.

The Times skated on the opportunity to raise the issues of honor killings, infanticide of female babies and strapping bomb belts on young girls for man-caused disaster incidents. Through these practices, the developing world annually kills an outrageous number of mothers and mothers-to-be.

I suggest that any serious discussion on improving the well-being of mothers should start with ideas on how to stop killing them.

April 24, 2009

Update on: CNN Cries Copyright, YouTube Pulls Founding Bloggers Susan Roesgen Video

I wish them luck.

Yesterday, we officially filed our DMCA counter-notice in the matter of CNN’s censorship of Founding Bloggers’ coverage of the Chicago Tax Day Tea Party. A copy of the counter-notice is available at Ben Sheffner’s blog Copyrights & Campaigns, where he’s been devoting much of his valuable energy toward documenting and publicizing what CNN has tried to do in this case. Read the rest

Be grateful for the pwnage you are about to receive for the next 5+ minutes.

April 19, 2009

Hide it and pretend it never happened I suppose except for one thing. Others have uploaded it and posted at YouTube:

Patterico: I’m sick of people knocking embarrassing videos off YouTube with bogus copyright violation claims.

The latest culprit is CNN, a network that was recently embarrassed by a video of reporter Susan Roesgen cutting off tea-party protestors in Chicago, and assailing them with silly liberal talking points. The blog Founding Bloggers showed up on scene and caught her in further arguments with angry citizens who noted her biased coverage. I posted the Founding Bloggers video on Thursday.

But guess what happens when you click on it now?

More from Founding Bloggers

April 16, 2009

MSM is way off base here, ghey terrorist supporters are teabaggers, ask Samir Khan aka Inshallahshaheed, Joey Cohen aka Yousef al-Khattab, Alex Stewart aka Al X or the worst teabagger abu Abdullah As-sayf

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word "teabagging" in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don't live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person's face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax "tea party" protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests -- who for weeks had all but ignored the story -- covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed "teabagging" references with analyst David Gergen's more staid commentary on how Republicans are still "searching for their voice."

"It's hard to talk when you're teabagging," Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC's David Shuster weaved a tapestry of "Animal House" humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to "Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it."

He described the parties as simultaneously "full-throated" and "toothless," and continued: "They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending." Shuster also noted how the protesters "whipped out" the demonstrations this past weekend.

Related: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) blasted "tea party" protests yesterday, labeling the activities "despicable" and shameful." Drudge had the headline up with Flashback: Dear hubby was convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2005.

Update: MM vs Matt Taibbi

April 15, 2009

Update: Video below fold for comparison of the word "reporter harassment"

Don't know what scrunt means? See Ace.

Meanwhile, Obama is unaware of the tea party protests:

None so deaf as those who will not hear, or....

h/t guest for link to video below:

April 09, 2009

A good post, if only for additional evidence of the media malfeasance that we know goes on every day. Media Matters could not be reached for a comment about this post, because they, as a philosophical matter, have a problem with political partisans trying to insert partisan political agenda items into the news (LOL).

It's a simple formula - a small, focused group of leftwing Obama supporters (in this case, a leftwing group pushing for universal socialist health care) gives talking points to sympathetic "journalists" in the press, and the press just runs with it as if this group's cause is a "story." Other outlets see their competitors picking up the "story" and don't want to be left without their "coverage." No balance, no challenge, no refusal to print the activist group-generated Democrat talking points as if they're "news." Just unquestioning, lethargic acquiescence and complicity.

Case and point (from the link above):

• Third of Illinoisans went without health insurance in last 2 years: Sun-Times
• Report: 2.5M in Michigan lacked health insurance: Chicago Tribune
• Study: 29% of Ohioans have gone without health insurance: BizJournals
• Report: More NJ residents lacking health insurance: Forbes
• Study: Many Kansans are uninsured: BizJournals
• Report tallies uninsured in Hawaii: KPUA AM 670
• Study: 1 in 3 Alabamians have no insurance: BizJournals
• 1 out of 4 NH residents lacked health insurance within last two years: WBZ
• 1 out of 3 Coloradans lacked insurance in past two years: Denver Post
• Nearly 1 in 3 Idahoans lack health insurance, study says: Idaho Statesman
• One in four nonelderly Minnesotans has been without health insurance, study shows: Twin Cities
• 1 in 3 are uninsured in Georgia, study says: Augusta Chronicle
• 1.3 million Louisiana residents uninsured: Independent
• Millions in N.C. lack health plan: Winston-Salem Journal
• Uninsured are mostly working: Sun-Herald
• Nearly one-third of Wyoming residents went without health insurance in past two years: Wyoming Tribune
• Report finds health insurance lacking in W.Va.: Charleston Gazette
• Nearly 1/3 Of Kentuckians Uninsured Says Report: WFPL Radio
• REPORT: 254K Rhode Islanders Uninsured at Some Point from 2007-2008: ABC 6

And the misrepresented facts, as well as the misleading and sometimes outright false statistics get repeated. Over. And over. And over. And over, until they become "collective wisdom." Some of the problems with the "47 million Americans are without health insurance" claim, for example, are listed at the link. Like the FACT that (according to Census data) about 9.5 million of them are illegal aliens. And another 17 million of them freely choose not to purchase insurance. Details, details, right? No wonder Obama wants to grab hold of the Census and run it from the White House.

Why, it's almost as if there exists a collective willingness on the part of most mainstream media outlets to function unflinchingly as an echo chamber of Democrat talking points and a propaganda arm of the Obama Administration.

Speaking "truth" to "power." What a joke.

March 25, 2009

Just freaking great! Legislation is proposed to make mainstream media newspapers into public-benefit, quasi-governmental house organs. Jeez, you'd think the MSM weren't already kissing the asset-guarantors in Washington.

Under this arrangement, newspapers would still be free to report on all issues, including political campaigns. But they would be prohibited from making political endorsements.

Advertising and subscription revenue would be tax exempt, and contributions to support news coverage or operations could be tax deductible.

Reporter: "Hey, Chief! Here's that puff piece on Senator Wagatongue."

Editor: "Okay, take it to the political officer for approval. It should be good since Wagatongue is one of us."

March 24, 2009

Jesus Tapdancing Christ.

Overheard in a Fox News production meeting, apparently:

Hey, I have an idea!

Let's book the most whacked out, bombastic, Jew-hating, fat, conspiratorial, idiotic 9-11-Twoof sleaze-merchant in America - one who is responsible for the continued enabling and encouragement of the self-inflicted mental illness in millions of impressionable individuals - and put him on the most watched cable news network in the world! No vetting necessary!

And we'll agree with him and call him "great!"

Who's with me?

Fox certainly has long been in need of some programming shake-up (needs more Red Eye), but this validation of fringe lunatics and conspiracy-huffing whackaloons is just stupid and saps what little credibility they may have had.

MSNBC called. They want their business model back.

March 16, 2009

I decided to post this comment for a few reasons. One is that the author has a good description of the standard alliance of the military, ruling party and Islamists that is in place in many nations. Secondly is that this is a bad scenario for Bangladesh, another immature democracy fraught with corruption and poverty where competing social forces face an uneven playing field and the media pays the price. What always surprised me about Bangladesh was how the Awami League and the BNP failed to reconcile historical hostility from events decades ago. However a more fundamental schism is between the forces of modernism and those determined to entrench power through the use of force, a basket that includes jihaddists, military elite and the ruling party. The most immediate threat to regressive forces everywhere is a free media and unfettered critical thinking.

State patronized terror is a scenario in most of the Asian nations, especially in those Muslim dominated countries like Pakistan, Iran, and Bangladesh etc. But, the most important factor here, which might be a subject of grave concern of the international community, is, in many of the Muslim nations, anti-Jihadist and anti-Islamist forces are becoming target of the Islamist-Ruling Party alliances.

In Bangladesh, on February 22, 2009, only anti-Jihadist newspaper Blitz office was attacked by a group of armed thugs belonging to the ruling party, which was co-led by an officer from the Forces Intelligence. This is certainly a new development, where anti-Islamist media is being attacked by a trio force of ruling party, Islamists and the military intelligence. Such things also happen in Pakistan as well.

Weekly Blitz editor is award winning internationally acclaimed anti-Jihadist journalist, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, who advocates inter-faith understanding and confront radical Islam.

Almost after 1 month of attack on the office of Weekly Blitz newspaper by armed hooligans belong to ruling party in Bangladesh, members of law enforcing agencies are reluctant in taking any action, as some high ups in the government and police administration instructed the investigation officer not to 'harass' any of the accused in this case as they belong to the ruling party. On February 22, 35-40 armed terrorists belonging to the ruling party, led by Ruhul Amin attacked the office of Blitz newspaper. They instructed the caretaker named Anwar of the commercial center named Skylark Point [where the Blitz office is located] to lock the outside gate and continued their notorious actions in the broad day light for hours in presence of members of law enforcing and various intelligence agencies. Despite lodging of a case more than 5 days back [Case No. 65, under section 143, 448, 323, 342, 384, 380, 427 and 506], members of law enforcing agencies in Bangladesh are showing extreme reluctance in arresting any of the attackers, mostly belonging to the ruling party, who attacked the office of Weekly Blitz on Sunday [February 22, 2009], physically assaulted the editor and other members, abused the female staffs and looted laptop and other valuables in a broad day light, in presence of an officer from DGFI [Forces Intelligence] named Shamim. Members of law enforcing agencies were witnessing the incident silently.

Weekly Blitz editor and other staffs of the newspaper have made an appeal to the media community in the country and in the world for their kind and immediate help in this regard.

March 10, 2009

I wonder how Obama's network, MSNBC, is going to spin this F grade:

I voted, will you?

h/t WND

February 26, 2009

Instead of opening their eyes and thoroughly investigating, CBS chose to discredit the documentary

Despite the documentary’s use of government documents and reports funded by the government, Sheikh Gilani’s own words and videotape, and on-site interviews, CBS News quickly put out a five-paragraph article on the night of the premiere, which somehow required three reporters according to the byline, in an attempt to discredit Homegrown Jihad, and in the process doing us the favor of discrediting themselves. Boasting of their investigative prowess, the article opens with “CBS News has obtained a copy of the trailer,” giving us an early glimpse into how little actual reporting CBS News decided to do.

Armed with a keyboard so they could type “Homegrown Jihad” into YouTube’s search box and an anonymous official, CBS went to work writing an article that should give hope to every journalism student who failed out of school and still dreams of a job at a major news station.

CBS then says that “officials” say the film is not credible, quoting one as saying its purpose was just to “upset and inflame people.” “No current intelligence exists to suggest any threat connected with this group, which officials describe as ‘wannabees’ and not terrorists,” the report says.

If CBS had its way, you’d dismiss Homegrown Jihad based on the words of an anonymous official with an anonymous agenda, sleeping soundly knowing that Jamaat ul-Fuqra are just “wannabe” terrorists, but not actual terrorists — a statement akin to reassuring a housewife that her husband only wishes he could be abusive, but lacks the strength to do so.

Ironically, on YouTube, the sole tool that CBS used to do its research for this article, there is an investigative piece by one of CBS’s own affiliates about one of the group’s sites in Tennessee. Not only did CBS fail to call the Christian Action Network for comment and request further documentation and fail to even bother to watch the film, but CBS didn’t even check its own reports on the topic.

h/t LeePro

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster was slamming Louisiana Governor Jindal for his rebuttal to Obama's glorious, devine address to Congress.

Newsbusters The anchor gleefully recounted an attack by liberal New York Times writer Paul Krugman: Reading from Krugman's column, he recited, "The intellectual incoherence is stunning. The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butt-head." Agreeing with the juvenile insult, Shuster added, "Beavis and Butthead? Well, Krugman didn't say which one Jindal is. Nonetheless, all of us at '1600' agree with the larger point."

February 25, 2009

For a price, you can have graffiti sprayed on the West Bank wall

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - It could turn out to be the world's longest graffiti space -- the massive concrete barrier separating Israel from the Palestinians.

Over the Internet, a group of Palestinian graffiti artists is offering to spray-paint your personal message on Israel's towering security wall in the occupied West Bank.

It costs 30 euros ($40) per message and they can be as solemn or wacky as you want. Everything goes, except for obscene, offensive or extremist hate speech. Clients get three digital pictures of the finished product[...]

But with its slit-eyed watchtowers and burgeoning Palestinian protest graffiti, it is already reminiscent of the hated Berlin Wall, which divided the German capital for 28 years before it was torn down 10 years ago.[Nice, comparing to Berlin Wall]

Organizers stress that revenue does not go to buy weapons for the Palestinians. It is intended to support grassroots social and cultural projects in the West Bank.

1) You pay (€ 30), Palestinians spray
2) You get 3 digital pictures by e-mail
3) Pictures can also be sent to a friend