If this bill passes the Senate it just might do that.
“A bill that for the first time would give journalists limited protection from efforts to force them to reveal their sources in the federal courts will be taken up by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, and its sponsors said its prospects are good.
“It’s balanced, [...]

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This editorial in the LA Times is the latest MSM salvo against bloggers. Writer Michael Skube lends us to believe that “real reporting” is best left the professionals.
“In our time, the Washington Post’s reporting, in late 2005, of the CIA’s secret overseas prisons and its painstaking reports this year on problems at Walter [...]

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I haven’t blogged about the - now false - “Badhdad Diarist” simply because others such as The Weekly Standard were on it since the get go. Then I read fellow Heading Right blogger, Rick Moran’s post which got a lot of airing out yesterday - especially by Ace.
Now it appears that in fact [...]

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CNN vs. Michael Moore:
“In response to a letter Michael Moore wrote about CNN’s reporting on his documentary “SiCKO,” a CNN spokesperson released the following statement:
“It’s ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensitive to having his own work held up to the light by impartial journalists, [...]

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The Tarrance Group, run by Ed Goeas and part of the esteemed Battleground Poll (done in conjunction with Celinda Lake), has done polling on immigration, too.  And Ronald Kessler at NewsMax reports that when the american public find out the provisions, they like the bill.  77% of Republicans go for it, so do 72% of [...]

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All the left’s whining about radio being dominated by conservatives shows exactly why they can’t make it in radio.
“The Center for American Progress and Free Press today released the first-of-its-kind statistical analysis of the political make-up of talk radio in the United States. It confirms that talk radio, one of the most widely used media [...]

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When all is said and done, Time Magazine’s Tim McGirk should be brought up on charges of falsifying an incident. Opinion Editorials Robin Mullins Boyd, writes:
“It started in November 2005. It became a political witch-hunt after Time’s Tim McGirk plastered the media with half-truths, suspect statements from eyewitnesses and a great deal of hearsay. [...]

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At least according to William Safire, speaking on proposed legislation to protect bloggers as well as media type against revealing sources in their stories with the Free Flowing of Information Act.
“William Safire, a longtime New York Times columnist and former Nixon administration speech writer, praised the bill’s current definition because he said it focuses on [...]

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It seems the House Democrats are trying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine.
Folks, this should put the lie to¬†notions from the left of “tolerance” and seeking debate.¬† They are openly trying to get Limbaugh and the Salem Radio Network.
In the name of tolerance, free speech has been largely suppressed on college campuses.  Now, left-wing Democrats are aiming [...]

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The press hasn’t. The most amazing side to this non-story is how the press tries to make a story out of new non-stories. Case example:
“A U.S. attorney in Seattle was singled out for dismissal in part because he clashed with senior Justice Department officials over the investigation of a federal prosecutor’s murder, [...]

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