New York Times Tells Lie Big Enough To Earn It Another Pulitzer

New York Times wrongly suggests Tucson shooter is a pro-life
Ann Coulter, of all people, makes a heck of a catch in her latest column. So here's what ABC News reported about Loughner's time in community college: One Pima Community College Student, who had a poetry class with Loughner later in his college career, said he would often act "wildly inappropriate." "One day [Loughner] started making comments about Terrorism and laughing about killing the baby," classmate Don Coorough told ABC News, referring to a discussion about Abortions. "The rest of us were...

New York Times Lies?
In the most bald-faced lie I have ever read in The New York Times — which is saying something — that paper implied Loughner is a pro-life zealot . This is the precise opposite of the truth. Only because numerous other news outlets, including ABC News and The Associated Press, reported the exact same shocking incident in much greater detail — and with direct quotes — do we know that the Times’ rendition was complete bunk. ABC News reported: “One Pima Community ...

NY Times Hits New Low, Keeps Digging: Shamelessly Spins Quote to Imply Giffords Shooter Was a Pro-Life Zealot
Pravda is officially more credible than the New York Times. (Ann Coulter)- In the most bald-faced lie I have ever read in The New York Times — which is saying something - that paper implied Loughner is a pro-life zealot. This is the precise opposite of the truth. Only because numerous other news outlets, including ABC News and The Associated Press, reported the exact same shocking incident in much greater detail — and with direct quotes — do we know that the Times’ ...

Off The Grid
There are many ways to transcribe political philosophies into graphical form. I am rather fond of the dual-axis model, as illustrated and explained here. On the other hand, there's a large delegation of the left thinks that second axis is kind of redundant; there's a simple left-right continuum, with "left" being synonymous with 'liberal" and "good," and "right" meaning "conservative" and "evil." And then there's a third model. This is the one demonstrated by the Tucson shooter and his politic...

LIBERALS SEEK BAN ON METAPHORS IN WAKE OF ARIZONA SHOOTING (Ann Coulter)
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. Of course, to make their case, ...

Attacking Mukasey, Ridge, Townsend and Giuliani
The Post has a feature called "Taking Exception," which allows individuals to respond to opinion columns that appear in the paper -- especially when they come under personal criticism in such columns. This is based on the important journalistic principle that readers have the right to hear both sides of the story. The New York Times apparently does not share The Post's commitment to this principle. Recently, the Times published an op-ed by David Cole, who accused former Attorney General Michael...

So, How Acute Is The MSM Manipulation?
I just read the below excerpt to my husband, who is not a news junkie and tells me to "text him" (he's busy working two jobs) if/when the world is on the verge of ending and he'll leave work early to make it home. Anyhow, when I read the excerpt to him his response was, "WTF?!?" ... Yeah, WTF is what all Americans should be demanding after the last near week of MSM malpractice on display. In the most bald-faced lie I have ever read in The New York Times -- which is saying something -- that paper...

Rational Actors: Freakonomics Blog To Leave New York Times
Demand is high for inflammatory thought experiments! The New York Times' Freakonomics blog, penned by Freakonomics authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, among others, will spin off into its own site, Freakonomics.com, run by the Freakonomics documentary's producer Chad Troutwine, reports Jeff Bercovici. According to an e-mail soliciting Candidates for an editor and media Strategist, they "believe it will be a media juggernaut." "OK that may be a stretch, but we are confident in the site's ...

And Never the Twain Shall Meet
[T]he truth is that we are a deeply divided nation and are likely to remain one for a long time. By all means, let's listen to each other more carefully; but what we'll discover, I fear, is how far apart we are. For the great divide in our politics isn't really about pragmatic issues, about which policies work best; it's about differences in those very moral imaginations Mr. Obama urges us to expand, about divergent beliefs over what constitutes justice. And the real challenge we face is not how...

Dateline Pakistan: "The Jewish journalists of the New York Times... refuse to Brand Jared Loughner a terrorist"
"The radicalisation of Evangelical Christians and Jewish Europeans, particularly in the United States, cannot he hidden anymore. Inflammatory language, threats and instigations to violence have become inherent to European-western political culture through their controlled media." May we now have a frank discussion on Immigration?...

Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba...
The Obama Administration will soon ease some restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba and other sanctions following Havana's promise to free Political Prisoners, according to people close to the administration. A senior administration official has confirmed that President Barack Obama will loosen Cuban travel policy to allow Students and church groups to go to the Communist country. In maintaining Cuba on the official list of State Sponsors of Terrorism for another year, the Obama administratio...

Arizona Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner Posed in Pictures in Red G-String with Glock, Say Police
Source: CBS News Police say Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Arizona shooting rampage that left six dead and over a dozen wounded including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, posed in photos with a Glock 9mm while wearing a red g-string, according to a report. Walgreens turned the photos over to police, according to a police source that spoke to CBS News. Police say Loughner had dropped the photos off to be developed. The New York Times reports that according to police, in some photos Loughner is hold...

Owners seek stallion for champion mare
VERSAILLES, Ky., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The owners of racing champion Zenyatta said they will soon announce their pick of stallion to father the mare's offspring in Kentucky. Jerry and Ann Moss of California said 7-year-old Zenyatta, who won 19 of 20 starts, will be bred at Lane's End Farm in Versailles with the chosen stallion, which is expected to be announced Monday, in the hopes of creating foals with their mother's knack for speed, The New York Times reported Friday. "Maybe most important of all,...

The Week in Pictures for Jan. 14
See the Slide Show Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include Coptic Christmas in Brooklyn, more snow, what remains of the Deutsche Bank building downtown and more. This weekend on “The New York Times Close Up,” an inside look at the most compelling stories in Sunday’s Times, Sam Roberts will speak with Amy Virshup, Dave Itzkoff and David W. Chen of The Times, as well as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Tune in at 1...

FBI pays visit to blogger as potential "threat"
 This local ABC report out of southwest Missouri suggests a law enforcement response to the Mass Shooting in Arizona that has, until now, been conducted behind the scenes: CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. — A local blogger who was critical of Rep. Billy Long during last year's congressional campaign has been interviewed by the FBI about his encounters with the congressman. Clay Bowler, who lives in Christian County, says he was shocked to find an agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation at...

Loughner posed in g-string with Glock (Politico)
Police said Friday they have semi-naked pictures accused Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner took of himself posing with a Glock 9mm gun while wearing a g-string, police said Friday. In photos turned over to the cops by a Walgreens drug store, Loughner posed bright-red g-string underwear with the same type of gun recovered at Saturday’s shooting at a Tucson Safeway. In some photos, Loughner is holding the gun near his crotch, The New York Times reported. In others that appear to have been sh...

NJ kicks off blood donation campaign
Erin Roff hates needles. Yet the 20-year-old Rutgers University Student willingly rolled up her sleeve during a blood drive Thursday in New Brunswick that helped kick off a statewide campaign to recruit Donors. "So many people need it. It is such a necessity," said Roff, a Hazlet native who organized blood drives in High School. "One bag of blood can save up to three people’s lives." There are too few people like Roff in New Jersey, where just 3.6 percent of those eligible to donate blood d...

Freakomonics leaving New York Times
Jeff Bercovici scoops that the New York Times's popular Freakonomics blog is leaving the mothership, where it's been docked since 2007, and heading back out on its own. There are protestations from all sides that this has nothing to do with the planned New York Times Paywall, but Bercovici notes that the new Freakonomics.com site will probably not have one of its own. ...

Tucson shooting aftermath: What it means for Obama
By the way, my American Enterprise Institute colleague Dr. Sally Satel, in an article in the New York Times, provides backing for my understanding, which I referenced in my Wednesday Examiner column, that the law in Arizona, more than the laws in most states, would have permitted an involuntary commitment of the Tucson shooter. Of course, hindsight is perfect. And most people are rightly skittish about infringing on a person's Civil Liberties. But given Mr. Loughner's troubling track record-the ...

Heffernan Out at New York Times Magazine
Slowly but surely, Hugo Lindgren is making The New York Times Magazine his own. And just as important as the big names he's bringing into the building are the voices he's letting go. In December, the magazine's deputy editor, Alex Star—a brainy sort who previously created the Boston Globe's Ideas section and edited Lingua Franca—left for the Times Book Review section. And now Virginia Heffernan is departing as well. "The Medium," her column about Internet-age culture—everythi...

Worst Person in the World
Local Wingnut Talk Show host Bob Durgin: In talking about The New York Times, often seen as queen of the left by Conservatives, Durgin added, “Somebody ought to burn that paper down. Just go to New York and blow that sucker right out of the water.” Durgin now concedes that last remark may have been a bridge too far in an overheated environment. Find me one liberal Talk Radio host who has said anything resembling this. Good luck! ...

Sides split on prospects for new gun laws
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Gun-rights supporters and lawmakers said they expect little change in Gun Laws following the Tucson Shooting Spree in which six people were killed. Despite bills being drafted on Background Checks, no-gun zones and large-volume magazines for ammunition, gun-rights advocates and congressional members said chances of producing meaningful Legislation were small, The New York Times reported Friday. The Crossroads of the West gun show will go on as planned this weekend at...

Afternoon Open Thread
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A Comprehensive List of All the Bars 'That Specialize in Beer' in Williamsburg
So, we've already established that Williamsburgers hate chain stores, particularly the new Duane Reade on their beloved Bedford Avenue, which is locked in a deathmatch with a mom-and-pop pharmacy across the street. We have also established that The New York Times is somehow ignorant of Brooklyn, the most populace borough in its own backyard, a place where many of its reporters now live, no less. Today, it only got worse. Granted this story appeared in Business Day and is ostensibly about "a la...

Jeff Kass: Jared Loughner's Diagnosis
And the verdict is... schizophrenia. I thought it would be interesting to survey the various diagnoses to see what experts and others were saying. And I thought there would be a range of opinions, which might point up the futility of such an exercise, but also be a good starting point for comparative analysis. (Keeping in mind that snap judgement blogging isn't always the best place to start serious inquiries). But so far schizophrenia seems to be the most common diagnosis for Loughner, who st...