Media Coverage of Anglo-Catholic Move Gets Ugly
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:00 AM
Well, the media mantra about the Vatican’s welcome to Anglicans has begun, and the anti-Catholicism is about as ugly as it gets.
Venues such as National Public Radio, the London Times, and the Kansas City Star describe the Church as “poaching.” USA Today says the Church is “rustling.” Other media outlets used the term “luring.” Some question whether the move was a “hostile... READ MORE
Filed under anglicans, apostolic constitution, episcopal church, episcopalian church, media bias
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
Palin on Media Bias
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:55 PM
In this video, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reflects on what she says was a powerful mainstream media bias against her candidacy for vice-president.
Palin rips into reporters for repeating factually unfounded claims circulated in the blogosphere that she’s not the real mother of her infant son Trig.
And Palin, who was described by many mainstream media commentators as being woefully underprepared... READ MORE
Filed under caroline kennedy, media bias, sarah palin
CNN’s Stem Cell Blinkers
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:46 AM
(AFP)
The lead story on CNN’s website this morning hailed a medical breakthrough: Creation of a new windpipe for Claudia Castillo, a Spanish woman suffering from tuberculosis.
But as is often the case in media coverage of stem-cell therapies, the article falsely implied that the treatment — which was accomplished using adult stem cells derived from the woman’s body — was related to the morally... READ MORE
Filed under media bias, stem-cell research
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