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Is The Legacy Media Ignoring Story Of Muslim TV Founder Beheading His Wife?
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/16/is-the-legacy-med…noring-story-of-muslim-tv-founder-beheading-his-wife-n239866
– Power Line’s Scott Johnson explains the root causes of Mark Steyn’s classic “Headless body in gutless press” headline on Saturday, … was the leader of it, and they decided to chop off their spouse’s head, you have the sense that that might be a really big story on … contrasts the paucity of televised coverage of Muzzammil Hassan’s alleged crime; and then brilliantly contrasts the current legacy media
It Was Necessary To Destroy The Industry In Order To Save It
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/16/it-was-necessary-to-destroy-the-industry-in-order-to-save-it-n239864
– proof, check out the second article in Kathy Shaidle’s series debunking journalistic myths from the Vietnam war, this time focusing on … But after 75 years of monolithic media, the public finally has a means of talking back when they cook the books.…
Odds And Sods
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/16/odds-and-sods-n239854
– AOL-Bama: “This is what AOL’s logo looks like today on their search page.”  Perhaps AOL is merging with Borders. … Churchill Tossed Under The Bus: Obama Disses Brits, Will Media Miss? … Roger Simon Gets Red Eye: Video of Roger Blacklisting Himself on Greg Gutfeld’s late night show.…
Chavez Wins: Venezuela Loses
https://pjmedia.com/daniel-duquenal/2009/02/16/chavez-wins-venezuela-loses-n17668
– He won his gamble on Sunday in a 54% – 46% vote. … Following this, Chavez focused all his energies on winning the regional elections of November 2008. He did win them. … History tells us that when elections are won on such principles the end result is never good.…
HBO Presents: Conservatives as Ignorant Racists Who Cling to God and Guns
https://pjmedia.com/christian-toto/2009/02/15/hbo-presents-c…vatives-as-ignorant-racists-who-cling-to-god-and-guns-n17677
– They loved their country as much on Nov. 5 as they did the previous day. … It also must be said that Pelosi didn’t conjure up her interview subjects from some Media Matters laboratory. … One woman bemoans how the media treats Gov.…
Obama Doesn't Fulfill Martin Luther King's Dream
https://pjmedia.com/awr-hawkins/2009/02/15/obama-doesnt-fulfill-martin-luther-kings-dream-n17680
– Representative John Lewis (D-GA) said just that on FoxNews on August 28, 2008, the 45th anniversary of King’s famous speech. … the very steps on which King gave his speech. … As Bernard Goldberg said in his latest book on the love affair between Obama and the media, “Mainstream journalists always root for…
Beheaded in Buffalo: The Honor Killing of Aasiya Z. Hassan
https://pjmedia.com/phyllis-chesler/2009/02/14/be-headed-in-buffalo-the-honor-killing-of-asiya-z-hassan-n103997
On February 13, 2009, in Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, 44 year-old Muzzamil Hassan, a prominent Muslim businessman was arrested … I am about to publish an academic paper in Middle East Quarterly on this very subject. … Hassan and Amanat counted Nihad Awad and Ibrahim Cooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations; Imam W.…
Stop in the name of love
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/02/14/stop-in-the-name-of-love-n187272
– The Associated Press reports that the Saudi King has sacked the powerful religious authorities who authorized the murder of media figures … RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi king on Saturday dismissed the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing … And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”…
“Obviously, This Is The Worst Form Of Domestic Violence Possible”
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/14/obviously-this-is-the-worst-form-of-domestic-violence-possible-n239840
– Looking at the photo atop this post on Tim Blair’s blog, you see what appears to be a happy couple in their late-30s or early-40s, … He’s a little on the heavy side, obviously from too many expensive meals out, but his loosely-cut Brooks Brothers blue blazer, floral … tie and the long points on the white collar of his business shirt help to downplay his girth.…
PJM Political 02/14/09: You've Entered...The Stimulus Zone
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/14/pjm-political-021409-youve-enteredthe-stimulus-zone-n17681
– Tune in each Saturday to Sirus XM’s POTUS channel (#110 on Sirius, #130 on XM) at (all times eastern) 6:00 am, 11:00 am, 4:00 pm, … If you missed this week’s show, click below to listen: [audio:http://pjmedia.com/media/audio/xm/20090214-XM-PJM-SG.mp3] (Want to … Brian Anderson of the Manhattan Institute on the seemingly daily calls from the left for a return of the “Fairness” Doctrine.…
Recessional
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/14/recessional-2-n239834
– In his syndicated column, Mark Steyn writes that “So far, it’s been Obamateur Hour”, and ends on this ominous note: The Obama narrative … as packaged by the American media (another all-but-bankrupt industry, not coincidentally) is very appealing. … In 1945, America emerged from the Second World War as the preeminent power on Earth.…
Obama's Broken Promises Were Entirely Predictable
https://pjmedia.com/n-m-guariglia/2009/02/14/obamas-broken-promises-were-entirely-predictable-n17683
– We could buy real estate on Mars for a fifth of the cost. … When Obama talks on and on about “the same failed policies” that “got us in this mess,” this is emotional, populist gibberish — not … Hang on to your hats (and wallets); it might be a long four years.…
Why Britain Should Never Have Banned Geert Wilders
https://pjmedia.com/mike-mcnally/2009/02/14/why-britain-should-never-have-banned-geert-wilders-n17685
– extremism in Britain, the reluctance of the government to combat it forcefully for fear of offending Muslims, and the reluctance of the media … If you practice tolerance, you will be trampled on. … As Mark Steyn writes, two decades on, Britain seems to have learned nothing from the Salman Rushdie affair.…
Gregg Withdrawal Ignites Census Rhubarb
https://pjmedia.com/jennifer-rubin/2009/02/14/gregg-withdrawal-ignites-census-rhubarb-n17687
– Then early on Thursday top Republicans held a press conference to protest the move. … And they expect us to protect the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars the government distributes each year based on Census data … During the week, some op-eds appeared and conservative media did pick up on the story.  …
The Obama administration finds a bomb in Iran
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/02/13/the-obama-administration-finds-a-bomb-in-iran-n187268
– [The following is a guest post from “TigerHawk,” cross-posted here with permission from Richard, who is on the road. … The story seems important, and has received scant attention in the media or blogosphere.] … Panetta, left little doubt about his view last week when he testified on Capitol Hill.…
Get Ready for the Robert Reich Workfare State
https://pjmedia.com/tristan-yates/2009/02/13/get-ready-for-the-robert-reich-workfare-state-n17692
media recently and was immediately followed by strong denials from Media Matters and Reich himself. … The program was also an enormous drain on the treasury and the national debt skyrocketed. … Unemployment increases and more people go on workfare. It becomes a never-ending cycle.…
Pass the Tissues: The Slobbering Love Affair Between Obama and the Press
https://pjmedia.com/christian-toto/2009/02/12/pass-the-tissu…he-slobbering-love-affair-between-obama-and-the-press-n17703
– Goldberg leans on the conservative Media Research Center and a few recent surveys to underline his points. … media bias. … But the author has more than enough ammo here to sink any charges the media was on its best behavior during this crucial election.…
Thou Shalt Have No Other Editors Before Me
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/11/thou-shalt-have-no-other-editors-before-me-n239800
– Others, such as media entrepreneur Steven Brill, recommend that newspapers charge a small fee for online content. … Update: He’s a remarkably Old Testament God, based on his supplicants’ intense fear of smiting.…
Assuming Dissent Is Still Patriotic, Count Me Out, Newsweek
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/11/assuming-dissent-is-still-patriotic-count-me-out-newsweek-n239792
– Just to follow up on our previous post about Scott Ott’s new gig, the difficult challenge of any satirist (as Malcolm Muggeridge noted … In any case, the current cover makes quite an interesting companion piece to this 2005 cover on an international edition of Newsweek … (See photo on right.)…
President Obama Believes He Can Charm the Barbarians.
https://pjmedia.com/phyllis-chesler/2009/02/11/president-obama-believes-he-can-charm-the-barbarians-n103991
on video in Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. … His mutilated body was found the next day on a walkway in the east end of the city. … Just this month, a second Muslim racist attack upon white boys took place on Kriss Donald’s street.…
Inside The Wobbly McCain Campaign Machine
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/02/11/inside-the-wobbly-mccain-campaign-machine-n239782
– I didn’t think they’d follow through on the claim the way they promised, and I expected to be reined in pretty quickly—end up working … on statements and the like. … MG: It’s unbelievable the way the media has covered this and the way the media has been played—which is partly from the bullshit inside…
PJTV to Sponsor Hearing on Stimulus Impact
https://pjmedia.com/pjmedia-2/2009/02/11/pjtv-to-sponsor-hearing-in-washington-on-stimulus-impact-n17707
– Congress, for the most part, the public hears inexact expressions such as “mortgaging our future” and “putting a financial burden on … Interest payments on past and future borrowing for bailout and stimulus packages could bring the date closer still. … Participants include: Moderator: Jennifer Rubin, Washington Editor, Pajamas Media Joe Wurzelbacher (a.k.a.…
Malvolio Obama
https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/02/11/malvolio-obama-n216797
– He’s sort of the opposite of the experience I had on Red Eye last night (I was on for the old book promo game) where Gutfeld & Company … [You’re just jealous he called on the Huffington Post at the press conference and not Pajamas Media.-ed.…
Move the UN to Elkhart -- and Presto, Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
https://pjmedia.com/claudia-rosett/2009/02/10/move-the-un-to-elkhart-and-presto-jobs-jobs-jobs-n187113
– President Obama picked Elkhart, Indiana to make a townhall-meeting pitch on Monday for the porker of an $800-billion-plus stimulus … The UN is on a spending spree that has entailed record-breaking budgets year after year, with expanding programs, reach, and jobs! … The UN is now reconsidering that policy, which is drawing protests that some members of the media, especially from poor countries, …
Obama Spinning His Wheels in the RV Capital of the World
https://pjmedia.com/steve-gill/2009/02/10/obama-spinning-his-wheels-in-the-rv-capital-of-the-world-n17711
– His pitch is based on the argument that job losses will continue unless his plan is passed immediately. … And just last week another manufacturer — Keystone — put 350 workers on the streets. The rest are hanging by a thread. … The new administration’s focus on exploiting any and all energy sources except American oil will help push gasoline prices back up…
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