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Is There Anyone Out There That Still Believes In Wikipedia?

December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off

From Lawrence Solomon at the Financial Post:

All told, (U.K. scientist and Green Party activist William) Connolley created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles. His control over Wikipedia was greater still, however, through the role he obtained at Wikipedia as a website administrator, which allowed him to act with virtual impunity. When Connolley didn’t like the [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Global Warming · Internet · Media · Technology · The Left · World

Fake News Scoops Real News

December 6th, 2009 · Comments Off

Via FOX News:

ABC didn’t cover it. CBS didn’t either. And NBC apparently wouldn’t go near it.
The network news broadcasts have ignored a growing scandal over evidence of a potential climate cover-up — and now they’ve even been scooped by the fake news at Comedy Central.
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” produced its “reporting” on Climate-gate [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Global Warming · Government · Internet · Media · The Left · The US

The All Barack Channel

June 17th, 2009 · Comments Off

Says Drudge:

On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care — a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!
Highlights on the agenda:
ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Government · Health · Media · The Left · The US

No Bias In The Media?

June 12th, 2009 · Comments Off

Via CNSNews.com:

When President Obama said last week that he wants a government-run, government-owned health insurance provision to be included in the health-care reform bill being readied by Congress, only one of the nation’s top five, large-circulation newspapers thought it was worthy of front-page coverage.
USA Today, which has the largest circulation in the nation, placed an [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Government · Health · Media · The Left · The US

Early Brady Plans Revealed

December 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Alan Korwin at DOWN RANGE TV:

Plenty of gun-ban speculation is flying. I have this quote direct from Sarah Brady in a letter addressed to me: “On Election Day, we helped deliver a strong victory for President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden. They will be two of the most powerful allies we have ever [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Election · Government · Guns · The Left · The US

The Liberal Media On Sarah Palin

October 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Via the Culture and Media Institute:

Major network news shows ran 69 stories about Sarah Palin between September 29 and October 12. 37 stories were negative, just 2 were positive, and 30 were neutral. Not a single evening news show ran a positive story about Palin.
Overall, 21 network stories portrayed Palin as unintelligent and [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Censorship · Election · Media · The Left · The US

I’m Starting To Get Tired Of The Communist Chinese

March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

Until 1949, Tibet was an independent Buddhist nation in the Himalayas which had little contact with the rest of the world. It existed as a rich cultural storehouse of the Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings of Buddhism. Religion was a unifying theme among the Tibetans — as was their own language, literature, art, and world view [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Censorship · China · Crime/Law · Terrorism · War

Robbery Stopped By Armed Citizen

February 18th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

An Atlanta police recruit shot and killed a teen boy who tried to rob him at gunpoint early Saturday [Feb. 9], authorities said.
The 14-year-old allegedly had confronted the recruit while he was in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Parkside Crossing apartments.
Forest Park police Lt. Amy Wright said the teen [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Censorship · Guns

Three Arrests In Denmark Cartoonist Plot

February 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From Breitbart:

Danish authorities on Tuesday arrested three people suspected of plotting a cartoonist’s assassination for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban that enraged Muslims two years ago.
Three of Denmark’s largest newspapers said they would reprint the cartoon on Wednesday to show they would not be intimidated by fanatics. It was one [...]

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Tags: Blog · Censorship · Dhimmitude · Internet · Islamofascism · Linkfest · Media · Muslim/Islam

Fred Thompson On The Fairness Doctrine

October 10th, 2007 · Comments Off

From “Fairness Doctrine Makes No Sense in Today’s World“:

Whether it’s the situation in Iraq, talking about the economy, or the culture, conservatives and like-minded people are putting up a fight on TV, radio and alternative forms of media, and challenging what Democrats and some in the mainstream media would like to set as conventional wisdom. [...]

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Tags: Censorship · Government · Media · The Left · The US

China Government Completely Unclear On The Concept

August 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off

From MSNBC.com:

In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Buddhism · Censorship · China

Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio?

June 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Liberals feel threatened by talk radio. In their minds, if at first you can’t succeed on your own, use the government to destroy your opponents.

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Tags: Censorship · Media · The Left · The US

“Guiding” Iranian Women

May 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I suppose when the world, even the United States, gives you a pass for murdering innocent civilians worldwide, beating up and murdering your own women becomes that much easier – especially if you’re a 7th century Muslim barbarian.

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Tags: Censorship · Crime/Law · Dhimmitude · Iran · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

A Vote For A Democrat Is A Vote To Silence Opinion

October 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

When you analyze liberalism and how it works, you realize that it flourishes in an atmosphere of intimidation. The (mis-named) Fairness Doctrine would thrive on intimidation. It would also kill off any non-PC speech. And it would only be a small stretch to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the blogosphere – maybe even to your blog.

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Tags: Blog · Censorship · Election · Government · Media · The Left · The Right

Trying My Best To Understand

September 29th, 2006 · Comments Off

Berlin’s Deutsche Oper cans Mozart’s “Idomeneo”; instead open season with Mohammed’s “Eurabia Dhimmitude March”.

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Tags: Censorship · Dhimmitude · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism