Bob McCarty Writes

On the homestretch of the 2008 presidential election season, ABC News technology writer Michael Malone expressed what so many Americans feel they already know in his article, Media’s Presidential Bias and Decline, published Friday.  It begins this way: The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game — with their readers, with the Constitution [...]

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Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign season, many have referred — often half-joking — to Barack Obama as “The One” and “The Obamessiah.”  A look at his brief track record would have you believe he doesn’t listen to experts who caution celebrities by saying, “Don’t believe your press clippings.” The video above features audio clips from [...]

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The 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul returned to normal by featuring a heavyweight lineup of speakers, including First Lady Laura Bush, President George W. Bush, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee and Democrat-turned-Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. The photos below capture some of the flavor of tonight’s activities, all of which followed [...]

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The 2008 Democratic National Convention opened today in Denver with anti-establishment liberals, anarchists and other protesters doing what they do best — causing trouble.  I found the photos above telling in that they combine to show clear evidence of disunity at the event intended to show American voters a “united” Democratic front.

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Captions for the images below describe scenes from around the world — from France to Florida and Georgia (the country, not the state) to Hong Kong — related to this week’s evidence of war, floods, famine and fire.

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Writer Paul Bedard published nearly a dozen posts today at the U.S. News & World Report Washington Whispers blog. Two of them dealt with photos and film footage of the place where John McCain spent five years as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war. Before the 2008 presidential race is over, those two should provide [...]

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In a report yesterday about Chinese efforts to ascend Mt. Everest with the Olympic torch in hand, it took Associated Press a long time to get past the fluff and address the controversy surrounding the propaganda-filled run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games. Beginning with the article’s 12th paragraph, AP wrote this: Tibetan activists continued to [...]

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