Daily Archives: December 17th, 2008 «

 

Sarah Palin one-ups Barack Obama

Posted by: ST on December 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm » 7 Comments

While PEBO’s in the middle of not only appointing/nominating cronies to serve in his administration, but trying to tamp down on the speculation about what his admin knew and when they knew it on the Blago scandal as well, Gov. Palin’s solved an international crisis of sorts in Alaska. Via Don Surber, who makes it [...]

 

WaPo’s pro-Obama bias continues

Posted by: ST on December 17, 2008 at 6:44 pm » 1 Comment

When last we left you, the WaPo’s ombudsman Deborah Howell was admitting to readers post-election that, yes, the Washington Post was biased in favor of Barack Obama at least ‘for the last year’ or so of his campaign. Today, Fishbowl DC reports how the WaPo is now soliciting for positive-only ads for a section they [...]

 

Obama is Time’s “Person of the Year”

Posted by: ST on December 17, 2008 at 10:55 am » 3 Comments

And look at how Drudge is reporting it on his home page: LOL. That is so like Drudge I think he’s got a picture of himself like that somewhere. The (typically) fawning Time article, complete with photos, can be read here. PM Update: Fausta quips, “Considering how he appared in half their covers, that comes [...]

 

Scientists dispute biased AP report on global warming

Posted by: ST on December 17, 2008 at 10:30 am » 3 Comments

Doesn’t sound like a “consensus” on gw to me. Prior this week: Prime example(s) of advocacy journalism