Accuracy In Media

Halftime for Obama

Daniel Greenfield — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:25 +0000

"Halftime in America" is a punchier version of Wag the Dog's reelection slogan, "Don't Change Horses in Midstream".

Washington Post Hopes Less Is More

Don Irvine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:16:30 +0000

In an effort to boost profitability, The Washington Post is going to reduce its workforce by offering buyouts to newsroom employees. Politico managed to get a hold of the memo announcing the “voluntary buyout.” To the staff: Today, we are announcing that we will offer a voluntary buyout to some Newsroom employees. Our objective is a [...]

Watch CPAC 2012 Live

Accuracy In Media — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:35:08 +0000

AIM Making a Splash at CPAC

Roger Aronoff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:18:42 +0000

CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference begins in Washington on Thursday, February 9th. AIM will be honoring two distinguished journalists, and an American hero who has volunteered for AIM for 15 years. The winner of the Reed Irvine Award for Grassroots Journalism is Dana Loesch, the Editor-in-Chief of Big Journalism, and the winner of [...]

Taking Hostages: Tehran in 1979 – Cairo in 2012

Alan Caruba — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:58:16 +0000

As someone who vividly recalls the Iranian “students” who took our diplomats hostage in 1979 and the 444 days it took to get them back, the repeat of this by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, putting 19 pro-democracy, non-government organization (NGO) Americans on trial on trumped up charges has an ugly repetitive feel to it. [...]

Cable News Beats Social Media As a Campaign News Source

Don Irvine — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:50 +0000

Social media may seem all the rage, with Facebook filing for a public offering last week and the use of Twitter spreading like wildfire, but cable news is where Americans are turning for their news on the presidential campaign, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The study, which was conducted between Jan. 4th [...]

U.S. Enemies are Iran’s Friends

Gregory D. Lee — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:08:38 +0000

The Associated Press reported to its horror, a “secret police document” revealed that the “New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists.” The implication is the police do not have any basis to conduct surveillance on followers [...]

David Brock Out of the Closet, Again

Cliff Kincaid — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:53:14 +0000

It has been apparent for some time that ex-conservative David Brock has been masquerading as a “media critic” while at the service of the Democratic Party.

BREAKING NEWS: Komen exec quits after funding flap

AIM Newswire — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:14:13 +0000

ATLANTA (AP) — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported [...]

Fox News Now Worth $12.4 Billion

Don Irvine — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:12:52 +0000

Last month Fox News celebrated its tenth consecutive year as the number one cable news channel. Now comes a report that shows just how that ratings success has translated into huge financial gains for the channel’s owner, News Corp. Multichannel News took a look at Fox News and found that not only has their average [...]