OOPS! A little truth about the liberal media comes out.

"I think the press still likes this story a lot, the media is very susceptible to doing what the Obama campaign wants, which is to focus on this," said Halperin." -WEEKLY STANDARD

A little truth from Halperin about the bias inside the echo chamber of the mainstream liberal media. Though I and I'm sure others have known this for awhile now. Which is why the mainstream old media is becoming increasingly irrelevant.  

IMMIGRATION: HOW LIBERALS GOT IT WRONG!

William McGowen has a look back to the the 1965 immigration act and how Liberals like Ted Kennedy and those at the New York Times got it wrong and shaded their reporting. Here are some of the money quotes:


"As historian Otis Graham has written, the law of unintended consequences “was about to produce a major case study.” Under the new system, the total numbers of immigrants would triple to one million annually and the source countries of immigration would radically shift from Europe to the third world — two consequences that supporters of the 1965 reform bill guaranteed would never happen."
 
"When Times news coverage did get into technical details of the reform bill at all, it ignored the reform’s “hidden mathematics.” Uncritically relaying unfounded forecasts and glib assurances in the service of wishful thinking, it overlooked the elephant in the next room — i.e., massive potential third-world influxes. “The bill would greatly increase immigration from such nations as Poland, Greece, Italy and Portugal,” one particularly incurious Times report maintained, failing to even mention India, China, Africa and Latin America, where populations were rapidly expanding."

"Years later, surveying the impact of the legislation, journalist Theodore White said the 1965 reforms were “noble, revolutionary and one of the most thoughtless of the many acts of the Great Society.” If that is the case, The Times bears a good share of the responsibility for bringing us to a demographic milestone Americans were promised they would never see."

Why you can't trust Liberals

Here's one for the WHY YOU CAN'T TRUST LIBERAL FILES:

Lacey Bassett teaches web design at Provo College in Utah and works as a graduate-level instructor at the University of Utah. But, it seems she has a dual personality as the Daily Caller exposed:


"In an attempt to trick national news outlets, Lacey Bassett, masquerading as tea party activist Anna Jones, claimed last week that her Facebook page had been hacked and vandalized. TheDC’s investigation, however, indicates that Bassett organized the vandalism herself. [UPDATE: 90 minutes after this story was published, Anna Jones' page vanished from Facebook."- DAILY CALLER
 
Performance artist or just another Lying Liberal? You decide!

EVEN THE EUROPEANS ARE CATCHING ON TO OBAMA'S TRICKS

I guess it's too much to ask the White House Press Corp most of whom are really Obama's stenographers these days. Even America's  most influential political "newsman" missed it. I'm talking to you Jon Stewart! No, it took Thomas Buch-Andersen, host of the Danish TV show Detektor to point out something awfully familiar in President Obama's photo op's with heads of state:



Yes, it seems it's often Groundhog Day at the White House when Obama's in charge. But, Obama's known to do this done this in other areas too! Like when discussing policy:



Clearly Obama is phoning it in!

TRUTH, LIES AND VIDEO TAPE FROM WASHINGTON

So I'm listening to WCBS Newsradio in New York and the CBS network news comes on and says several members of the Congressional Black caucaus namely John Lewis and Emanual Cleaver D-Mo. where called "nigger' by protesters against President Obama's healthcare bill. Also one of the congressmen was spat upon. Here is how it was reported by McClatchy news:

"Lewis said he was leaving the Cannon office building across from the Capitol when protesters shouted "Kill the bill, kill the bill," Lewis said.
"I said 'I'm for the bill, I support the bill, I'm voting for the bill'," Lewis said.
A colleague who was accompanying Lewis said people in the crowd responded by saying "Kill the bill, then the n-word."
"It surprised me that people are so mean and we can't engage in a civil dialogue and debate," Lewis said. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver , D- Mo. , said he was a few yards behind Lewis and distinctly heard "nigger."

McClatchy tried to blame the "Tea Party".  The only problem is this did not happen. But, the pack mentality of today's mainstream media once again fails to verify the facts for us . Lucky for us as the famous quote about blogging says "WE CAN FACT CHECK YOUR ASS!" Which is what is shown here:


Do you hear anyone yelling the "N" word? Notice that a few in the Lewis's entourage are carrying camera phones too. Don't you think if they had video proof of such calls we would have seen it by now? All we have is the word of Congressman Cleaver and you know how much the word of a member of congress is worth. Just another example why one should not trust the mainstream media to provide the facts of what is really going on Washington.

New York Times: Even if it does not bleed it leads!

Headline at the New York Times this morning:

"No Injuries Reported in Iraqi Elections "

What the F?
Here is the exhibit A, the lead paragraph:

"BAGHDAD — Voters turned out early and calmly on Saturday for Iraq’s provincial elections, the first in the country for four years. By noon, halfway through the voting, no one had been reported injured or killed."

Sounds like the editors were dissappointed that nobody was killed or even injured.

Mainstream media gets it wrong. Again!

Howard Kurtz in today's Washington Post has a look at how the mainstream press is got it wrong in new Hampshire. Mu take is that the mainstream media and the campaigns still do not realize that they are losing control of the rudder of the political ship. Bloggers have taken over the engine room. While the pundents continue to talk among themselves and reinforce their own views. That's why they are getting it wrong more and more.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner or nightmare?

For the second week in a row I've watched the mainstream media stoke up the hype machine for another U.S. corporation. Last week it was Apple's Iphone. I think the I stands for idiot especially those that stood on line for three days waiting to buy it. Yesterday the mainstream media hype machine was gaga over the new Boeing 787 Dream liner plane. But, like the run up to the Iraq war the mainstream media is not asking some tough questions about the new "green" airliner. From watching the reports one of the things that makes the 787 so green and efficient is that it's body is made of a light weight carbon fiber composite. This worries me. From my reading about carbon fiber for use in sailboats carbon fiber is light and strong. But, it must be protected fron UV rays from the sun. That's not a problem because the carbon fiber is usually coated with a protective plastic but this covering can also hide cracks and fractures underneath. Carbon fiber also has a nasty habit of shattering when struck by lightning. On a sailboat this would mean it's time to turn on the engine. On an airplane flying at thirty thousand feet it could be a disaster. But. It does not even have to be that high for carbon fiber to show it's dark side when it comes to failures. Remember this crash of a plane with a carbon fiber tail? Maybe the engineers at Boeing have solved some of carbon fibers problems. All I know is I won't sleep easy on a Dreamliner until has a fairly good track record.