MSM Hit by Clue Bat?

August 22, 2008 By fern hill 1 Comment

Will wonders never cease?
Yesterday, the Globe ran an editorial titled ‘Smearing the Chief Justice’.
Snips:
Still upset over the appointment of Henry Morgentaler to the Order of Canada, a coalition of anti-abortion groups has filed a complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC), accusing Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of misconduct for her part in chairing the Order [...]

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We *heart* Antonia

August 18, 2008 By fern hill Leave a Comment

Several noble bloggers joined in to challenge the MSM to speak the truth about the vicious and scurrilous campaign by the forced pregnancy gang to somehow undo reality. (Well, we know they’re not reality-based.)
Dr. Dawg has a good account of the campaign against Dr. Morgentaler, with lots of links to the bloggers who’ve been working [...]

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Yoo-hoo! MSM! Over here!

August 17, 2008 By fern hill Leave a Comment

Oh, sure. When the Chief Justice speaks, the MSM reports. CanWest, National Pest, and the Globe.
But did any of them take a few minutes to check out her accusers? Nope.
CanWest:
A coalition of 42 religious and family values groups filed a complaint last week against McLachlin with the Canadian Judicial Council, the body that polices judges, [...]

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David’s Warren of Obfuscation

June 5, 2008 By deBeauxOs 4 Comments

What do you do when you’re a rightwing, neo-con columnist and you have an axe to grind? The obvious answer is that you seize any opportunity you can to recycle old grudges as current topics emerge.
Which appears to be the point of this recent column in the Ottawa Citizen. Unrepentant old hippie deconstructed [...]

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CNN smears rape complainant then sheds tear for fetal tragedy

January 13, 2008 By deBeauxOs 4 Comments

Does that sound trashy enough for CNN? Because if Birth Pangs is going to deconstruct the smarmy spin in CNN’s sexist news reporting, we should at least use a headline that is faithful to their style.
First, some facts. On Wednesday, January 9, a search for a missing Marine was disclosed to North Carolina media, [...]

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