Commentary By Karl Frisch Vote for Media Matters in the Shorty Awards Media Matters has been nominated as the top nonprofit in the Shorty Awards honoring the best producers of short, real-time content on Twitter. Be sure to cast your vote by clicking here, and let your friends know why[Read More…]
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Mark Halperin Wants a Prom King, Not a President
Commentary By Jamison Foser Reading Mark Halperin’s assessment of Barack Obama’s first year in office, one thing is immediately clear: The silliness of his criteria is matched only by his inability to properly apply them. The problem isn’t just that Halperin assesses Obama’s attainment of Halperin’s remarkably shallow goals; it’s[Read More…]
Fox News: Keeping the Faith
Commentary By Simon Maloy Religion is … tough. The collected spiritual teachings of the world’s various deities, messiahs, prophets, monks, yogis, gurus, and shamans are so deeply ingrained in human culture and consciousness that they essentially tell the history of mankind. Their cosmological and philosophical differences have proved to be[Read More…]
How About Some New Year’s Resolutions for the Right-Wing Media Machine?
Commentary By Karl Frisch It’s that time of year again. Some have vowed to hit the gym more often. Others are swearing off cigarettes. For some, coffee has been replaced with copious amounts of socialist green tea. Still others are signing up for community service projects to help improve the[Read More…]
Politico Reports Beck Has Had ‘His Own Minor Tax Problems’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In a January 8 Politico article, Kenneth Vogel writes: No one has been less forgiving than Glenn Beck when it comes to Democrats with tax problems. Not just the well-known ones like Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, but less serious ones such as Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, whose husband[Read More…]
Myths and Falsehoods Surrounding the Christmas Day Terrorist Attack
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Conservative media figures have politicized the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack to criticize President Obama’s handling of national security matters. But their assertions about Obama’s and former President Bush’s handling of terrorism and national security are replete with myths and falsehoods. MYTH 1: Trying Abdulmutallab in civilian court[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Public’s Help Sought in Search for Murder Suspect Gregory Haynes, Jr.
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in locating an individual wanted in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old Chicago man in March 2008. GREGORY HAYNES, JR., age 27, whose last known[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Deoquisto D. Dennis, 24, Arrested in Connection With Burbank Bank Robbery
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD); Thomas Dart, Cook County Sheriff; and Bruce Radowicz, Chief of the Burbank, Illinois Police Department, in announcing the[Read More…]
New Study Shows Health Reform Will Create Up to 4 Million Jobs
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2010. A new report being released today by the Center for American Progress and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center at the University of Southern California shows that health care reform will create up to 4 million more jobs than would be created without reform. Read the full[Read More…]
Illinois Weekly H1N1 Influenza Activity Estimates, January 8, 2010
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of January 6, 2010) Allocated 4,229,000 Ordered 3,514,000 Shipped 3,502,720 * The above table represents H1N1 vaccine allocation for the 10 million people in Illinois who live outside the city of Chicago. Chicago receives an H1N1 vaccine allotment for its3 million residents[Read More…]
