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Americans Ask Media, ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

High noon showdowns took place at some 100 locations around the country Saturday as conservatives and anti-socialism Americans gathered for “Can You Hear Me Now” rallies focusing attention on mainstream news media outlets’ blatant bias and consistent failure to report both sides of important news stories.
The video below shows how KSDK, the NBC affiliate in [...]

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Local News: St. Charles Tea Party Set for Oct. 2 (Update)

September 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

UPDATE 10-2-09 11:43 p.m. Central: Saint Charles Tea Party Video

I don’t make it a practice to share much news about events in my local area, but I’m making an exception when it comes to the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  I’ll be attending the event Friday, Oct. 2, 4 to 7 p.m., at Frontier Park [...]

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Thoughts on Pravda, Izvestia and President Obama

May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate student studying Russian language at Oklahoma State University almost 25 years ago.
Under the tutelage of Dr. John Schillinger almost 25 years ago, I learned a [...]

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Double Standard Revealed in Mainstream Media Coverage of ‘Fail’ Comments by Carville, Limbaugh

March 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.”
The words above appeared as the lead paragraph of a must-read article by Fox News’ [...]

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Obama Has Yet to Fulfill Pledge of Transparency

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments

It seems I’m on the same “sheet of music” with Mary Katherine Ham when it comes to recognizing President Barack Obama’s inability to fulfill his pledge of transparency:

In a Jan. 21 post, I pointed out the fact that, nearly 24 hours after the new president had delivered his inaugural speech, the text of his speech [...]

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