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Biased Reporter to Anchor ‘CBS Evening News’ (Update)

May 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

Scott Pelley will take over the “CBS Evening News” anchor chair from Katie Couric, effective June 6, according to a story published on the network’s web site, but that’s no cause for excitement. Contrary to glowing comments made about the veteran reporter by CBS executives, the truth about Pelley’s biased reporting is quite disturbing. One [...]

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Say It Isn’t So: Schwarzenegger for President? (Update)

January 31st, 2011 · 6 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger For those who remain unconvinced that Barack Obama is a usurper, that he is ineligible to serve as president of the United States, it might be helpful to examine his qualifications side-by-side with the qualifications of three others whose eligibility has been questioned in modern times. Article II. Section [...]

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Anti-Gun Crowd Ignorant of History

January 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Within days of the shooting rampage that left U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in critical condition, killed six others and wounded 14 more, the usual suspects began coming out of the woodwork with calls to modify gun laws in the United States.  In doing so, they reveal their ignorance about history. [...]

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CBS News Airs Hit Piece on Natural Gas Industry

November 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

If you’re inclined to compare drilling for natural gas to using a straw to sip soda pop from a can, you’re sorely misguided.  In reality, extracting natural gas from Piceance Basin wells is more comparable to standing inside a freezer and trying to get frozen soda pop from a can that has no pop-top opening.  [...]

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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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Obama Hints at Fairness Doctrine on Sunday Shows

September 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Brace yourselves, conservatives:  While President Barack Obama used his appearances on the Sunday talk shows to push for government-run health care, he also fired what could be considered an Oval Office “missile” aimed squarely at conservative talk radio. During a poignant segment of his interview the president that was broadcast on FACE the NATION this [...]

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