Foreign/Non-English Media
Is NYT Writer Sympathetic to Conservative Speech Suppression
June 11th, 2008 3:31 PM
The New York Times is in the midst of publishing a series of articles called "American Exception." Its purpose is to "examine commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are virtually unique in the world." The latest in the series is by Adam Liptak. It carries a June 12 date, and is called "Out of Step With Allies, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend." If you think this is yet another "…
Hollywood Miscasting: Danny Glover as President of the U.S
June 4th, 2008 12:41 PM
In a movie role miscasting that would be akin to picking Michael Moore to portray George W. Bush, a new flick that is starting production soon will feature an unlikely actor as the president of the United States of America. Leftist activist, and virulent anti-American Danny Glover has been tapped to star as a U.S. president that will be confronted with a "global cataclysm" in the film "2012."…
Media Ran Charges Israeli Troops Killed Boy, Ignore Evidence Israel In
May 29th, 2008 8:45 AM
When France 2 TV helped stoke a new wave of anti-Semitism and anti-Western sentiment and violence by presenting the world footage it claimed to show the Israeli military targeting and killing a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Dura, a scene that has been invoked by Osama bin Laden and many other terrorists and suicide bombers, the American news media also ran the story, showing the footage numerous…
Reuters Worries About 'Diplomacy' with News of North Korea-Syria Nucle
April 24th, 2008 4:07 PM
Reuters, the British newswire notorious for refusing to call terrorist organizations anything more incendiary than "militant," is now worrying that a Bush administration decision to declassify intelligence that makes Syria look bad may harm "diplomacy."In their April 24 article, "U.S. lays out Syria intelligence, may harm diplomacy," reporters Arshad Mohammed and Paul Eckert seek to lay blame at…
Loony British Journos Fall for Bulletproof Hoodie Foolishness
April 4th, 2008 5:11 PM
The bulletproof hoodie that has so many in the British press up in arms today is more than likely a cynical fraud by a company that obvious knows how to play up the easily excitable U.K. press, but who doesn't have much of a chance of following through with a product that can do what they claim. According to the company's web site: Bladerunner have now created " The Defender Hoodie " which is…
Independent's 'Great Depression' Photo Was From 2005 Coat Drive
April 2nd, 2008 3:41 PM
The April 1 Independent story about a looming "Great Depression" in the United States was positively risible. But as Jim Geraghty at National Review Online noted yesterday, the stark-looking photo for the paper's story (at right via Getty Images) was three years old.:Their caption: "Disadvantaged Americans queue for aid in New York."Here's the actual caption from Getty Images:
15 Countries Land on Reporters Without Borders 'Internet Enemies' List
March 12th, 2008 1:01 PM
International journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is declaring March 12 "Online Free Expression Day" to raise awareness to government repression of Web-based journalism in over 20 countries throughout the world.RSF now lists 15 countries as "Internet enemies" (such as Cuba, Iran, and North Korea) and 11 other nations in a less-severe but nonetheless troubling designation as…
BBC Removes Initial Democratic Label on Spitzer Story
March 10th, 2008 5:02 PM
Update (18:18 EDT): BBC has updated their article to note the Democratic party affiliation in the 3rd graf (link). Our tipster DB informs us that the BBC's North America editor Justin Webb replied to his e-mail with a promise to "try to get it changed." The BBC initially noted Gov. Eliot Spitzer is a Democrat, in an early draft of an online news article. The mention was in the 6th paragraph. But…
Press Defends Illegal Leaking - Again
March 6th, 2008 12:52 PM
The US media seems to think that their job description includes deciding what information is and is not legal to leak and print- never mind that we elect Presidents, Senators and Representatives to do this, not members of the scribbling class. This arrogance and complete lack of care for their fellow Americans was famously demonstrated in the NSA and SWIFT banking exposes by the New York Times…
Danes, CNN On the Run, Cuz Granny's Got a Gun
March 4th, 2008 1:10 PM
In rural parts of the country, it happens from time to time; a person appears uninvited on someone's property, and the landowner tells them that "elsewhere" is a better place to be. Typically these confrontations are benign in nature, even when on occasion either the property owner or the trespasser turns out to be armed. Such was the case in Texas this past weekend when a Danish reporter…
Expert: IDF Didn't Shoot Intifada Icon Mohammad al-Dura; Media Yawn
March 3rd, 2008 7:11 AM
An important trial in France revealed the Pallywood fauxtography machine and its media pipeline. Last week, expert testimony supported media critic Philippe Karsenty's claim that France 2 reporter Charles Enderlin's coverage of the Mohammad al-Dura affair was doctored and staged. Karsenty appealed a verdict that he libeled Enderlin when he questioned the claim that Israel killed the boy who was…
ManBearPig Kills Nessie
February 14th, 2008 2:31 AM
First it killed adorable polar bears and caused Darfur; now the Loch Ness Monster! (h/t Ace)A February 13 article in the UK's Daily Mail reporting the retirement of legendary American Nessie hunter Robert Rines, alerted the world to yet another example of the growing devastation of global warming. The 85-year-old WWII veteran said after 40 years, he is “running out of age” but will try one more…