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No Electronic Flaws Found in Toyota Vehicles

February 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Remember all the hullabaloo about Toyota vehicles allegedly being unsafe as a result of sticky gas pedals? Turns out it was much ado about nothing, according to a news release from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about his department’s joint investigation — with NASA engineers — into the matter: NASA engineers found no electronic flaws in [...]

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Sheriff Joe Blasts ABC Over Biased 20/20 Segment

February 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Only hours before ABC is set to air a 20/20 story that portrays the Arizona immigration law as something it’s not, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired off a scathing letter to the man behind the segment, 20/20 correspondent John Quinones. Watch the teaser for the “What Would You Do? segment below, then read Sheriff [...]

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Top Auto Story of 2010: State-Run Media Ignored GM Recall Issues at Toyota’s Expense

December 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments

I disagree with the staff at Automotive News and their selection of the Toyota recall story as the top automobile-related news story of 2010.  The story that deserves at least as much attention has to do with how members of the state-run media ignored recall issues at GM (a.k.a., “Government Motors”) at Toyota’s expense. I [...]

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Media ‘Carrying Water’ for Democrat Congress

December 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

WARNING: To ensure you realize you’re not in the middle of a bad dream, pinch yourself before watching the Breitbart.com video below. Every thinking American knows the 111th Congress was, perhaps, the worst — definitely not the “most productive” — Congress in this nation’s history as news anchors nationwide might have us believe. The new [...]

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CBS News Fails to Offer Updates on $113 Billion Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador – Why?

November 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments

More than 18 months have passed since CBS News aired the 60 Minutes segment, “Amazon Crude,” which painted Chevron Corporation in a particularly bad light for alleged wrongdoing in Ecuador.  Now that a laundry list of new and irrefutable facts has surfaced to change the complexion of this case, one has to wonder why the [...]

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Biased Media Outlets Ignore ‘CRUDE’ Outtakes

October 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Imagine the following scenario taking place on the world stage: Scene 1: Employees of one of the world’s largest oil companies are found to be in league with a right-wing film producer in an effort to produce a documentary aimed at helping the company fend off a lawsuit in a third-world country’s court that, if [...]

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National Media Ignore Energy Workers’ Job Rallies

September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Thousands of America’s energy workers attended “Rally for Jobs” events in Houston, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday, but members of the national news media refused to cover the events. Thankfully, event organizers at the American Petroleum Institute did the heavy lifting the national media outlets refused to do; they put together a video [...]

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