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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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Consumer Confidence Numbers Reflect Lack of Confidence in Obama Administration

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments

I just finished a 10-minute interview with Jeff Horwich, a reporter with American Public Media’s “Marketplace“, a program carried on more than 500 public radio stations across the country. Asked questions about the recently-released consumer confidence numbers and the relationship between those numbers being down and the news media’s reporting on the economy, I focused [...]

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Lieutenant Michael Behenna Needs Your Help

December 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna is an American hero now serving 20 years at Fort Leavenworth after killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in self-defense.  The fact that his clemency hearing is set for Jan. 7 in Arlington, Va., makes it imperative that we raise awareness of his plight by sharing news of his situation [...]

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Three First-Generation Americans Offer Advice

November 1st, 2009 · No Comments

An estimated 200 anti-socialism protesters carried signs and waved at passing motorists for more than two hours yesterday afternoon as they have almost every Saturday for six months at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.  Among those participating were three first-generation Americans who took time to share powerful messages every freedom-loving [...]

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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 [...]

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Barack Obama Tops Jesus Christ in ‘Hero’ Poll

February 20th, 2009 · 8 Comments

He’s been called, “The One” and “The Messiah,” so I cannot say I was surprised by a headline I read in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times: Obama beats out Jesus as America’s hero That headline, spawned by the results of a recent Harris Poll®, simply reflects the fact that President Barack Obama receives more frequent and favorable [...]

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Ties to KGB-Friendly Think Tank Should Disqualify Panetta for Central Intelligence Agency Post

January 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Members of the mainstream news media seem to have no interest in Leon Panetta’s past open involvement with the Institute for Policy Studies, an anti-CIA think tank closely linked to the former Soviet Union’s KGB spy agency.  But they should. Such disinterest is evident in the results of a Google News Search of “Panetta” and [...]

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