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December, 2008

The latest from TheMediaReport.com ...

This is only a partial list of posts by this writer.
For some more, go to Newsbusters.

As Christmas Approaches, LAT Goes After Catholic Church; Reader Hits Back

Stepping it up.

- December 2008 -

AP Fact Check: Gen. Shinseki 'Forced Into Retirement' By Bush Administration

Debunked four years ago.

- December 2008 -

'60 Minutes' Logan Doesn't Let Facts Get In Way Of Swipes At U.S. Military

Logan is the worst.

- December 2008 -

LAT's Rutten: 'Both Sides' in Calif. Gay Marriage Debate 'Need to Cool Down'

Really, Tim?

- November 2008 -

LAT Headline: 'Nobody's Asking' For Fairness Doctrine

False ... false ... false.

- November 2008 -

Not the Catholic Church? (Part III): LAT Misses Further Sex Abuse Charges Against School Aide

Hello?

- October 2008 -

NBC's Williams Hits Palin With 'Abortion Clinic Bomber' Stereotype

Yuck.

- October 2008 -

Awful: LAT Op-Ed Claims Obama a 'Bridge Builder' on Abortion

Simply awful.

- October 2008 -

LAT's Brooks: Obama's Point 'Correct' In Saying Our Troops 'Just Air-Raiding and Killing Civilians'

Yup.

- October 2008 -

Swoonfest: LAT Trumpets 'Longtime Republicans' For Obama

LAT and BHO ... TLA.

- October 2008 -

Not the Catholic Church? (Part II): L.A. School Sex Abuse Scandal Continues To Grow; Where's the MSM?

Not 'Cardinal' or 'bishop' or priest'? Never mind.

- September 2008 -

LAT, NYT Near Silent On Palin E-Mail Hack

Different.

- September 2008 -

LAT Headline: 'Before Palin, Republicans Had Quayle'

Yawn.

- September 2008 -

Compare the Pictures (II): Day Two DNC vs. Day Two RNC at the LAT

Bias.

- September 2008 -

Compare the Coverage: Day One DNC vs. Day One RNC at the LAT

Bias.

- September 2008 -

60 Minutes's Kroft Lobs Them Nice and Easy to Obama and Biden

Soft ... pitch.

- September 2008 -

O'Reilly on MSNBC Graphic: 'One of the Most Outrageous Things I've Seen in My 35 Years of Journalism'

Outrageous indeed.

- August 2008 -

LAT Blames Obama Poll Erosion On 'Attacks' By McCain

C'mon, now.

- August 2008 -

Obama Supporter On FNC: Jesus Would Be O.K. With Abortion

Sorry ... man.

- August 2008 -

VP Cheney's Own Words Debunk LAT's Rutten, Suskind Book

Just wrong.

- August 2008 -

LA Times Staffer: Rush Limbaugh Show Is 'Mean-Spirited,' 'Invective'

Johanna Neuman: Ignoramus.

- August 2008 -

LAT Front-Page Headline: 'War On Terror Loses Ground'

Geesh.

- July 2008 -

LAT Muzzles Staff On Edwards Story, Trumpets Obama (Again) with Huge Photo

Quiet!

- July 2008 -

LAT Trumpets Disputed Maliki Report As Fact, Props Up Obama Again

Yuck.

- July 2008 -

Clueless on Catholicism V: LAT Wrong on Papal Infallibility - Again

More buffoonery.

- June 2008 -

Clueless on Catholicism IV: More Dishonest, Error-Laden Articles From LAT

Yes ... again.

- June 2008 -

Readers Cite LAT For Anti-Catholicism - Again

So why does it still happen?.

- March 2008 -

Obama Fact Check: Illinois 'Only State That Still Requires Phys Ed For Schools'

File under: Oops.

- February 2008 -

Cartoonist Belittles Bush Africa Commitment

C'mon now.

- February 2008 -

AP Hints Pro-Lifers Bigger Terrorists Than Foreign Radicals

Wha-?

- February 2008 -

LAT Reports Abortion Clinic Atrocities; Will They Follow Up?

Kudos to the Times; but will they dig deeper?

- February 2008 -

LAT Fails To Identify Public Activism of Letter Writers

In case you missed it the first and second time..

- December 2007 -

Newspapers Continue Not to Label Democrats Caught In Scandal

In case you missed it the first and second time..

- December 2007 -

LAT Scores Trifecta With Obama-Oprah Parade

In case you missed it the first and second time..

- December 2007 -

*SPECIAL* 'Deliver Us From Evil' Does Not Deliver Truth *SPECIAL*

Trailer for the Academy Award-nominated film has glaring falsehood.

- 2007 -

Pleasant Surprise: LAT Article On Life/Abortion Issue Actually Decent

How about that?

- November 2007 -

St. Patrick's, Catholics Getting Raw Deal In 'Sweatshop' Claim?

And the proof is?

- November 2007 -

LAT Does Not Identify 'The Man'; Can You?

Give it up for the guy!

- November 2007 -

Following NB Post, LAT Staffer Admits To Faulty Mexico Abortion Figure

Chalk one up for the little guy.

- November 2007 -

Critic Medved on 'Redacted': 'It Could Be the Worst Movie I've Ever Seen'

Wow.

- November 2007 -

Reader Writes About Clergy Abuse Story In Way That LAT Staff Won't

Thanks, Larry.

- November 2007 -

PBS Slammed For Error-Laden 'Nova' Episode

Whoa.

- November 2007 -

LAT to Pope Benedict: Don't Listen to Conservative Catholics

No ... respect.

- November 2007 -

LAT Spreads Church Abuse Falsehoods But Ignores Teacher Abuse Study

Desperately trying to keep the scandal alive.

- November 2007 -

LAT Continues to Propagate Abortion Falsehoods

And ... again.

- November 2007 -

LAT Inflates Numbers, Propagates Mexico Abortion Falsehoods

And ... again.

- November 2007 -

Missing Information From LAT in Coverage of Church Abuse Suits

Same ol' - Same ol'.

- October 2007 -

LAT Columnist, Lib Author Smear Catholic Church With Abortion Falsehood

Awful.

- October 2007 -

CNN Highlights E-Mail Calling Bush a 'Born-Again Idiot'

Yuck.

- October 2007 -

Facts, Fairness Out the Window In LAT Op-Ed Attack On Calif. Bishop

Surprise! More bogus reporting by LA Times on a bishop.

- October 2007 -

Jesse Jackson Fact Check: 'More Blacks in Jail Than College'

Oops.

- September 2007 -

LAT Also Omits Griffin's 'Suck It' Remark In Reporting Story

Same ... old.

- September 2007 -

LAT Buries News of LA Mayor's Fines, Campaign Violations

Bury the bad news for Dems.

- September 2007 -

LAT Omits Dangers of Deadly Abortion Pill and Abortion

Los Angeles Times and Abortion: TLA.

- September 2007 -

No Letup In LAT's Steamy Love Affair With Obama

Los Angeles Times and Barack: TLA.

- September 2007 -

Vile, Vicious, and Anti-Catholic: Comedian's YouTube Video Sets New Standard For Bigotry

*WARNING*OBSCENE LANGUAGE CONTENT WARNING*

- July 2007 -

Frantic for Revenue, LA Times Plans to Break Tradition, Place Ads On Front Page

Low ... cash.

- July 2007 -

LAT Writer: Joining Military Not 'A Well-Informed Choice,' But A 'Product of Manipulation'

Yuck.

- July 2007 -

'Wait Wait!': NPR Quiz Show - and the AP - Miss the Fact Benchmark

Oops.

- July 2007 -

Good Grief. Time Magazine Calls Democrats 'The New Moral Majority'

They're not kidding.

- July 2007 -

LA Times Columnist Exposes Paper's Double Standard

Double trouble.

- July 2007 -

Any Way To Make Catholics Look Bad: LA Times Claims Latin Mass 'Leaving Some Polarized'

Bogus.

- July 2007 -

Hot Air: NBC's 'Emotional Terrorism' Following 'Bogus' Armor Report

Hot Air.

- July 2007 -

Villaraigosa vs. Gingrich at the LA Times (Plus a Must-Read From The LA Daily News)

What a difference 8 years makes.

- July 2007 -

God, Prayer (and More) Absent From '60 Minutes' Rwanda Story

Left ... a few things out.

- July 2007 -

Where Is Reporting On Michael Moore's Investments in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare?

Just asking, folks.

- June 2007 -

Only in the LA Times: Infamous Anti-Catholic Touted As a 'Devout Catholic'

Just awful.

- June 2007 -

Oops. Left-Wing Think Progress Misquotes Laura Bush

Oops.

- June 2007 -

Michael Moore Espouses Jesus, Yet He Mocked the Crucifixion, Supports Pro-Choice, And ...

Not cool.

- June 2007 -

Alan Colmes Asserts, 'Most Americans Are Pro-Choice'

It depends where you look.

- June 2007 -

Harvard Professor Smears Catholic Priests With False Claim

Surprise! Harvard.

- June 2007 -

LA Times Admits To False Reporting On Cardinal Mahony

Check this out. The Times didn't.

- June 2007 -

O'Reilly Guest Implied '10 Percent of the Population' Is Gay

Fact ... check ...

- June 2007 -

Following Our Post, LA Times Acknowledges Lack Of Disclosure

Disclosure!

- May 2007 -

'¡Asking For Honesty!' About LA Times Book Review

No disclosure.

- May 2007 -

Ugly Stereotypes, Bias Rampant With LA Times and Abortion Issue

Bias 101

- May 2007 -

Laugh of the Day: Michael Moore Says, 'Every Fact In My Films Is True'

LOL

- May 2007 -

LA Times Silent On Planned Parenthood Scandal In Own Backyard

Hello?

- May 2007 -

Outrage? Obama Campaigned In Church, Congregation "Prayed For Him to Become President"

Double standard, anyone?

- May 2007 -

New Yorker Tagged For 'Falsehoods,' 'Mis-readings,' and 'Errors' In Article On Pope

Lack of Research

- April 2007 -

LA Times Swoons For Producer of Anti-Catholic Films

Anti-Catholicism, anyone?

- April 2007 -

Retaliation? After Diocese Criticizes Its Coverage, LA Times Slams Cardinal Mahony

Cheap ... shot.

- April 2007 -

LA Times Staffer Wrong In Negating Abortion-Breast Cancer Link - Again

Science - out the window.

- April 2007 -

LA Times Silent On Feinstein Resignation, Charges Of Ethical Problems

Good grief.

- April 2007 -

LA Times Slammed For Two Faulty Articles, 'Insulting To All Catholics'

Business as usual.

- April 2007 -

LA Times' Pat Tillman Coverage Exceeds Sandy Berger Theft Case By Nearly Five Times

Lunacy on the left, Brooks-style.

- March 2007 -

Following NewsBusters Post, LA Times Admits It 'Oversimplified' Views of Planned Parenthood Founder

Yup.

- March 2007 -

LA Times Writer Eludes Truth On Planned Parenthood Founder

Truth, Simon-style.

- March 2007 -

Why? Yet Another Profile Of Obama From The LA Times!

Repeat.

- March 2007 -

Labeling Imbalance, Biased Sources As LA Times Trumpets 'Evangelical Agenda Fight'

Sorry, Stephanie.

- March 2007 -

Today's LA Times On Libby Case: 8 Articles, 20 Photos, and 8,406 Words (Plus 1 Half-Truth)

Excited, anybody?

- March 2007 -

LA Times Trumpets Hillary, Barack On The Front Page ... And Then Some

Wowee, zowee.

- March 2007 -

LA Times' Brooks Attacks 'Lunatic Right,' Vietnam Vets Group, Michelle Malkin

Lunacy on the left, Brooks-style.

- March 2007 -

Time Magazine's 'Pilfering Priests' is a Make-Believe 'Crisis'

Simply awful.

- February 2007 -

After Bogus Attack, Catholic Charities Debunks LA Times Columnist

That's Dee-bunkt.

- February 2007 -

LA Times Still Has The Love For Obama

Again!

- February 2007 -

LA Times Weaves Around Abortion Risks, Waxman 'Study,' and Planned Parenthood

Limbo.

- February 2007 -

LA Times Promotes Film On Church Abuse On Its Front Page

Why buy an ad?

- February 2007 -

Little Love for Romney from LA Times; Lots o' Love for Obama

Yup.

- February 2007 -

LA Times and Barack Obama: Still Hot and Heavy

Good grief.

- February 2007 -

'Lib-pedia'? Anti-Conservative Bias Rampant At Wikipedia

Nothing neutral about the online encyclopedia.

- February 2007 -

Yet Another Fawning Portrait of Obama From LA Times!

Los Angeles Times and Obama, TLA.

- January 2007 -

LA Times' Glowing Coverage Of Obama In Full Throttle

Los Angeles Times runs front-page ad - oops, I mean - article on Obama.

- January 2007 -

Update: No Sign That LA Times Will Clarify Or Correct Negligent Passage

Let's sweep this under the rug ...

- January 2007 -

Words: 'Abortion Opponents' and 'Emily's List' at the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times keeps its practice going.

- January 2007 -

For 2008 Race, LA Times Giving Way Better Coverage to Democrats Than Republicans

Los Angeles Times runs front-page ad - oops, I mean - article on Hillary.

- January 2007 -

Update: Columbia Journalism Review Sees "Galling Negligence" In NY Times Piece

Don't you love it?

- January 2007 -

Disparate Treatment As LA Times Toasts Obama's Announcement

Los Angeles Times runs front-page ad - oops, I mean - article on Obama.

- January 2007 -

NY Times Study On "Women Without Spouse" Included 15-Year-Olds

Totally misleading.

- January 2007 -

LA Times Columnist Says American Culture Is Being "Undermined" By Social Conservatives

Los Angeles Times keeps its practice going.

- January 2007 -

LA Times Continues To Ignore Or Downplay Unflattering Actions By Democrats

Los Angeles Times keeps its practice going.

- January 2007 -

CNN, Others Tout Bad History For Christmastime Viewing

Misleading, unfair, unwarranted

- December 2006 -

In This Case, Headline In LA Times Unfair To Cardinal Mahony

Misleading, unfair, unwarranted.

- December 2006 -

LA Times Columnist Debunked In Same Day By Her Own Paper

Same newspaper. Same day. Two different stories

- December 2006 -

Mel Gibson vs. Michael Richards at the Los Angeles Times

The Times found they could use Gibson's episode for anti-Catholicism, but not for Richards.

- November 2006 -

LA Times Editor: Times' Op-ed Page Is 'Reliably Liberal' On Social Issues

LA Times continues its pattern of downplaying unflattering news for Dems.

- November 2006 -

Why Is the MSM Ignoring This Priest Scandal? Could It Be ...?

Could it be ...?

- November 2006 -

Clueless on Catholicism (III): Errors, Poor Information Mar LA Times Op-Ed

LA Times continues pattern of misinformation.

- November 2006 -

LA Times Muffles Kerry Remarks

LA Times continues its pattern of downplaying unflattering news for Dems.

- November 2006 -

Juan Williams Agrees CNN 'Is In The Tank' For the Dems

Yuck

- October 2006 -

Will MSM Highlight Bob Casey's Possible Abortion Waffle?

Hello?

- October 2006 -

More Disparate Coverage at LA Times: Barack Obama vs. Bill Cosby

Yessiree.

- October 2006 -

LA Times Columnist Joel Stein: Christianity Is A "Death Cult"

Yuck

- October 2006 -

A Lot Missing In LA Times' Coverage Of Abramoff-Stayman Saga

Half of the story left out ...

- October 2006 -

David Kuo: Contract Said My Book Was To Be Released In 2007

Things that make you go, "Hmmm ..."

- October 2006 -

Couric: Conservative "freeSpeech" Segment Could Be Viewed As "Repugnant"

Did someone say "repugnant"?

- October 2006 -

Shocker: Veteran WaPo Reporter Admits MSM's Bias Is "Overwhelmingly To The Left"

Wow.

- September 2006 -

Tim Russert Plays Dirty Pool With VP Cheney's Old "Pretty Well Confirmed" Remark

Here's the truth.

- September 2006 -

Los Angeles Times Goes To Texas And Alaska For Church Abuse Scandals

How far is too far?

- September 2006 -

Los Angeles Times Downplays Arrest of Iraq's Al-Qaeda No. 2

Times yields to the Crocodile Hunter.

- September 2006 -

Los Angeles Times Writer Wrong On Sen. Santorum's 2003 "Man on Dog" Sex Comment

Here's the truth.

- September 2006 -

Why Isn't the Los Angeles Times Sharing Bill Maher's Op-Eds?

Los Angeles Times can't stand the heat?

- September 2006 -

Los Angeles Times Downplays Release of Fox News Journalists?

Yup.

- August 2006 -

Los Angeles Times' Front Page Reports on a Murder -- In Tennessee?

Beam ... meet speck.

- August 2006 -

Clueless on Catholicism (Again): LA Times Touts Women 'Ordination'

No clue.

- August 2006 -

Reader Nails LA Times Columnist for "Ignorance," "Naiveté," and "Anti-Catholicism"

Responding to Tim Rutten.

- August 2006 -

Anti-Defamation League Tags Keith Olbermann For Nazi Salutes

Busted.

- August 2006 -

Exposing Bigotry and Buffoonery at the Los Angeles Times