Category: Journalism

CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama

CNN’s Erin Burnett did a report, Nov. 7, on the controversy about Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill going public with the claim he was the one who fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden. The banner beneath beneath kind of undercut the credibility of what she was reporting assuming the declining network has any credibility left to undercut.

CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama

No, it didn’t just run for a second. It ran for the entire piece.

And such is the state of the old journalism outfits.

CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama
CNN Says SEAL Killed Obama

Hat tip Cathy Craddock

 

Joe Grace Ends Daily Times Deliveries

Joe Grace of Springfield, Pa., who has been bringing us the Delaware County Daily Times for about as long as we can remember included a note on his familiar green paper that he will no longer be our carrier as of Nov. 1.

“Due to circulation dropping over the years and modern technology (cell phones, iPads, computers etc. . . .) it has become necessary for me to retire the newspaper delivery service.”

He included an early Merry Christmas wish.

Merry Christmas to you, Joe, and God bless you. You were great. We will miss you.

Joe Grace Ends Daily Times Deliveries

Joe Grace Ends Daily Times Deliveries

 

Kyj’s Bakery Gets Deserved Kudos

Kyj’s Bakery at 2702 W. Third St. in Chester is the subject of a well deserved article in The Delaware County Daily Times by Kathleen Carey.

The Ukrainian bakery is 60 years old.

It was founded by Wasyl and Lydia Kyj and is now operated by their daughter Christina Pluta.

It has affiliates at 23 E. Brookhaven Road, Brookhaven which opened in 1973 and at  3372 Chichester Ave. Boothwyn (Upper Chichester), which opened in 1993.

Yes, it really does have the best babka.

When you get a chance, check it out. You won’t regret it.

Kyj's Bakery Gets Deserved Kudos

Kyj’s Bakery in Chester Pa Gets Deserved Kudos

Stonewalled Reveals CBS To Be See B S

Sharyl Attkinsson Stonewalled Reveals CBS To Be See B S

Sharyl Attkisson, a five-time Emmy Aware winning reporter who served for two decades at CBS before leaving in disgust on March 14, has written a book blowing the lid off the blatant dishonesty that runs rampant at her former employer.

The book is Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation and Harassment in Obama’s Washington.

It describes how conservative analysts must always be labeled conservatives — albeit if their opinion really upsets a supervisor they bet to be labeled “right wing” — while liberals are merely called analysts.

She describes how her reporting on the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attack  was pulled off the air starting in October and regulated to the web.

She notes how an exclusive on-camera interviewed with Nakoula Basseley, the YouTube filmmaker initially blamed by Hillary Clinton for the disaster, was squelched.

It should be noted that Ms. Attkisson covered numerous stories critical of the Bush administration and other Republicans which her organization happily ran.

The book is proof positive that the old media who many so long depended upon for their information about world and political matters is inherent untrustworthy.

Stonewalled Reveals CBS To Be See B S

 

CNN Rejects Glenn Beck, 550 Jobs Lost

The Wrap.com is reporting that unwatched CNN is about to layoff 550 employees because, well, nobody watches it — unlike Fox News — and advertisers feel it is stupid to waste money on commercials nobody sees.

The Wrap.com is also reporting that one time CNN employee Glenn Beck, who is now worth an estimated $100 million due to his success with The Blaze, has made two offers to help but neither went anywhere.

One of the offers involved The Blaze taking over the network’s HLN spot on the channel list.

In 2012, Beck made an offer to buy Al Gore’s Current TV network. Gore, instead, chose to sell it to Al Jazeera.

Apparently misogynistic propagandist for jihad and terror are more palatable to him and his kind than people who have Christian values and believe in free markets.

In fairness, The Wrap is saying one person at CNN has told it talks are not dead. Still when reports of massive layoffs come after reports of a rejected deal, one does connect dots.

Hat tip Ed Driscoll at PJMedia.com.

CNN Rejects Glenn Beck, 550 Jobs Lost

CNN Rejects Glenn Beck, 550 Jobs Lost

 

Al Gore Sues Al Jazeera

It’s the battle of the Al’s and while fun to watch it’s hard to care about which scorpion wins.

Al Gore, with Current TV co-founder Joel Hyatt, filed suit against Al Jazeera America in Delaware Court of Chancery  over $65 million being held in escrow.

Gore and Hyatt sold the unwatched network to the Jihadist propaganda machine in January 2013 for $500 million making him even more obscenely richer than he was.

As  Current-TV had a viewership closer to a public access network airing a replay of a township commissioners meeting than, well, Fox, the Arabs were not interested in its content but in the favorable cable and satellite deals the network had.

Once a former vice president was no longer on the scene, however, Al Jazeera discovered the sweet circumstances to be rather ephemeral. It found itself in litigation with DirectTV and AT&T, along with being dropped by Time Warner Cable albeit it has since returned.

So they’ve be slow to give Gore and Hyatt all the money, which Gore and Hyatt want as the obscenely rich can never have too much.

Al Jazeera has not been doing much better than Current in its ratings, by the way.

Gore’s attorney in the lawsuit is again David Boies who represented him in the 2000 battle over the Florida election recount.

Al Gore Sues Al Jazeera

Al Gore Sues Al Jazeera

 

Ebola Coverage Stays Quiet

With all the stories regarding celebrity deaths and such, it sure is easy to see why its hard for the old media to find some room concerning the West African Ebola epidemic.

Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer did manage to sneak in a few paragraphs on page 4 about how its going to last six more months.

As of yesterday, Aug. 15, the reported toll was 1,145 deaths and  2,127 cases of the disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) claims the reported toll “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak.”

The New York Times, to its credit, is taking the matter seriously, as is Matt Drudge.

Other stories of interest not getting much mention is a report that Ukraine has attacked Russian troops — something denied by Russia —  and leaves changing color in Pittsburgh due to record cold temperatures pretty much putting paid to all claims of global warming.

Ebola Coverage Stays Quiet

Ebola Coverage Stays Quiet

 

Media Priorities Regarding Suffering

The Philadelphia area papers today, Aug. 14, continued to carry stories about a celebrity death that happened three days ago.

Meanwhile, nothing about the status of courageous Christian missionaries Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol who are fighting for their lives after contracting ebola in Liberia.

The latest reports have Mrs. Writebol and Dr. Brantly improving.

Keep them in your prayers.

Media Priorities Regarding Suffering

Media Priorities Regarding Suffering

Gary Cobb Fights For Fathers

Gary Cobb

Gary Cobb Fights For Fathers

Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Gary Cobb is seeking the vacated Congressional seat long held by Rob Andrews in the staunchly Democrat 1st District of New Jersey.

He’s running as a Republican. Cobb, like many, started off as a D went to the GOP  after watching how the policies of the Democrat Party destroyed African American families.

“(They were) an incentive for the man to leave the home, and it’s destroyed African-American families throughout the country,” he said.

“All my brothers and sisters have gone to college,” Cobb said. “The reason we were able to have some success was our dad was there, there was some discipline in the home.”

The 1st District includes Camden County and  parts of Burlington and Gloucester counties..

He will face state Sen. Donald Norcross, who is brother of George Norcross, the one-percenter Democrat power broker who just lost control of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.

The publications’ parent company, Interstate General Media, is now under the sole control of H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, who bought out the shares of Lewis Katz following his death.

Gary Cobb Fights For Fathers