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Bias Evident in Latest Coverage of Sarah Palin

September 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Media bias reared its ugly head again over the weekend as big outlets such as MSNBC, ABC and The New York Times opted to forgo mentioning the record crowd size at a Sarah Palin campaign event in Florida Sunday.
An MSNBC article, Palin goes after Obama on economy, energy, posted at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Sunday offered [...]

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AP Correction: ‘Grandma Obama’ is a Muslim!

March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Associated Press reported in an article March 5 that Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother in Kenya was a Christian. Six days later, AP issued a correction: “Grandma Obama” is a Muslim after all. How did such a blatant falsehood — known in journalism circles as an “error in fact” — [...]

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Why is ‘Grandma Obama’ Still Living in a Hut?

December 29th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Speaking before a crowd of would-be voters in Coralville, Iowa, yesterday, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said the following, according to ABC News Political Radar:
“It’s that experience, that understanding, not just of what world leaders I went and talked to in the ambassadors house I had tea with, but understanding the lives of the people [...]

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