Media Morality
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 02, 2009 4:10 PM
David Letterman (cbs.com)
Last night on “The Late Show,” David Letterman confessed — in an extremely peculiar and awkward way — about having engaged in sexual acts with female employees of his show.
The revelations came in a lengthy account of what Letterman said was a recent attempt to blackmail him for $2 million in connection with these liaisons. His account was interspersed with jokes, at which the audience... READ MORE
Filed under david letterman, media, roman polanski, sexual abuse
Media Calls Killer 'Pro-Life'
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:21 AM
Prayerful protesters at 40 Days for Life campaign in Little Rock, Ark.
I have found half a dozen headlines about the murder of abortionist George Tiller that use the word “pro-life” to describe his suspected murderer or his associations.
“In regular news stories, they always use the term ‘anti-abortion,” said Brian Gibson, “Now they start calling the person who did this ‘pro-life,’ when he’s not. They’re rubbing our noses in the term.”
Gibson... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, media, media bias, pro-life
The Obama Obsession
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, January 23, 2009 1:08 PM
Obama cheerleaders at the Australian Open tennis tournament. (CNS/Reuters)
If it’s true that every presidential honeymoon period soon comes to an end, President Barack Obama is likely to find transitioning to less worshipful media coverage especially jarring.
Reuters reported Jan. 21 that Obama’s inauguration generated 35,000 stories in the world’s major media outlets.
That’s about 35 times as many as were generated by George W. Bush’s inauguration in... READ MORE
Filed under barack, media
The Times Gets It Wrong
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:34 AM
Barack Obama speaks at a July 2007 Planned Parenthood conference. (Carrie Devorah/WENN)
Two New York-area bishops say The New York Times erred by implying it’s become easier for Catholics to vote for pro-abortion candidates.
In a Sept. 18 article, the newspaper claimed that recent revisions to the U.S. bishops’ statement on “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship” would “explicitly allow Catholics to vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights if they do so for... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, media, politics, u.s. bishops
Unreported Abuse
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:05 PM
The national news media gives intensive coverage to sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic clergy.
But according to online journalist Dave Pierre, the mainstream media is declining to take a similar interest in what he calls “a major child abuse scandal” in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
In an article this spring on the Media Research Centers’ Newsbusters website,... READ MORE
Filed under media, sexual abuse
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