The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Gregory Allowed 61-detainee Falsehood to Stand Unrebutted on Meet the Press
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–On the January 25 edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, host David Gregory allowed House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to repeat the falsehood that, in Boehner’s words, “we’ve already found” that 61 detainees released from the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay are now “back on the battlefield.” In[Read More…]
Cancer-Causing Gene Discovery Suggests New Therapies
(Vocus) January 23, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer’s progress. Up to now, research has largely focused on how the mutated gene, Myc, disrupts the ability of DNA to be[Read More…]
President Barack Obama’s Weekly Address – January 24, 2009
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, January 24th, 2009 We begin this year and this Administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action. Just this week, we saw more people file for unemployment than at any time in the last twenty-six years, and[Read More…]
Mayor Daley on Gov. Blagojevich in One Word
Priceless.
The Media Myth About the Cost of Obama’s Inauguration
by Eric Boehlert Did you hear that “some are saying” Barack Obama’s inauguration will cost “$160 million,” which is $100 million more than George W. Bush’s last swearing-in? That’s the tale the crew at Fox & Friends was telling on January 15. “Why does the thing have to cost so[Read More…]
Media Promote False Calculation of Job-Creation Costs in Stimulus
Washington–(ENEWSPF)– Numerous media figures, including David Brooks, Larry Kudlow, Brit Hume, and George Stephanopoulos, have asserted that the proposed fiscal stimulus package supported by President Barack Obama would amount to spending at least $223,000 for every job created, echoing a January 15 “Stimulus Quick Facts” press release, issued by the[Read More…]
Limbaugh Falsely Claimed Clinton ‘Imposed’ International Family Planning Funding Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– On the January 21 edition of Fox News’ Hannity, speaking of President Barack Obama’s reported plan to issue an executive order rescinding the U.S. government’s Mexico City policy on disbursing family planning funds, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed “[former President Bill] Clinton imposed it, [former[Read More…]
CNN, AP Falsely Claim that Pentagon Says 61 Guantánamo Detainees Have Returned to Terrorism
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– In a January 22 article, the Associated Press falsely stated, “The Pentagon recently reported that 61 former prisoners at Guantanamo have returned to the fight against the U.S. and its allies.” Similarly, during the 1 p.m. ET hour of the January 22 edition of CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra[Read More…]
Media Make False Comparison of Inauguration Costs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Leading up to President-elect Barack Obama’s January 20 swearing-in ceremony, several media outlets have advanced the claim that Obama’s inauguration will cost significantly more than President Bush’s 2005 inauguration. Citing “estimates” ranging from $150 million (MSNBC) to $170 million (ABC News) in total costs for Obama’s inaugural events,[Read More…]
