Ever wonder why it seems only attractive white girls who turn up missing become fodder for television talkers like Greta Van Sustern, Oprah, Nancy Grace, Dan Abrams and Bill O’Reilly? Despite what some folks might have you believe, it’s simply a matter of demographics. Advertising Age ran a piece on the subject yesterday, accompanied by [...]
Missing Persons Coverage Based on Numbers
March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Search for ‘Change’ Produces Strange Results
January 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Democrat presidential candidates have used the word “change” a lot during the past week. In fact, Barack Obama used the word to win the Iowa Democrats Caucus and John Edwards appeared to embrace it during the ABC News New Hampshire Debates tonight — but they did so without offering many specifics. Curious to understand exactly [...]
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Googling Bob McCarty Produces Surprising Results
December 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
A study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project revealed that 47 percent of Americans admitted to Googling themselves, according to an Associated Press report this morning. Counting myself among that group of Googlers, I’ve decided to share the surprising results of a Google Advanced Search of my name with readers of Bob McCarty [...]
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Mystery Envelops Blogger’s Coverage of Terror ‘Dry Runs’
July 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Folks, this is difficult for me to write, so bear with me as I outline a series of seemingly-inexplicable events related to my recent coverage of terrorists suspected of conducting “dry runs” at the nation’s airports. On Wednesday, I wrote an investigative piece, Terrorists Recognize ‘Power of Cheese’, that sought answers to under-reported details of [...]
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Video: Ron Paul Speaks to Google Employees
July 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul appeared Friday as part of Google’s Candidates@Google series. Though I disagree with him on many aspects of the war in Iraq, I agree with him on 90 percent of the issues discussed in the 65-minute video of the discussion he had with Google executive Elliot Schrage appears below:
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