Month: January 2014

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 14, 2014

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING OBAMA ORACLE
*Obama to bailout insurance companies, mask Obamacare costs
 
*Obamas’s Energy Dept. seeks energy ratings for homes
(For your own good, of course!)
 
*Half of U.S. counties haven’t recovered from recession
*New Jan. 1 gas-price record set — for fifth straight year
(The News has yet to tie Dear Leader to high gas prices.)
*Medicare overpaying millions for ‘erection pumps’
Meanwhile, The News’ “news”

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 13, 2014

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING MOVEON.ORG NEWS
*Obama’s executive decrees face Supreme Court reckoning
*Cruz: Obama administration ‘lawless’
(This is considered crazy talk at The News. Didn’t see any crazy people at Cruz’s sold-out Saturdayevent in Allen, though.)
Meanwhile, The News’ “news”
*Embracing uphill fight, p. 1A – Holy crap! Gotta say “kudos” for the front-page feature on tea-party challenger Katrina Pierson. (And Michelle Malkin in the pic?!! ID’d and everything? Gotta be a DMN first.) Dem scribe Gromer Jeffers Jr. does a nice job too. No snark, no sneer. … That’sprogress, baby – the conservative kind!

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 11, 2014

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING COLLECTIVIST CALLER
*Home Depot co-founder: Obamacare’s worst still to come
*Daily pot use tied to age of first psychotic episode
(From reading The News you’d think weed harmless. See below, “Fretful Stevie” Blow’s recent chirpy column. But this supposedly delightful plant has higher levels of certain toxic compounds than tobacco and is linked to respiratory disease and lung cancer. Blow, The Liberal Baptist, left that out. … As with homosexuality, at The News, you need not know the down side.)

Must Read Texas – January 10, 2014

1st Cornyn Campaign Tv Ad, “Astonishing”;
RRC Porter Says TX RRC is Hiring Quake Specialist;
Davis Attacks Abbott on Payday Lenders;
DMN: Dunn Provides 99% of Empower Texans’ Funding;
Branch Will Report $4.9M Cash on Hand;
Emmett Backs Simpson over Woodfill for Harris County GOP Chair
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Good morning from The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island.
The honeymoon continues.  Fortunately for you, dear reader, Suzanne takes a very long time to get ready!

Here’s the end of week brief:

Your absolute must clicks:
> The re-election campaign of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) released its first TV ad this morning, “Astonishing.”
Continue reading “Must Read Texas – January 10, 2014”

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 10, 2014

No Obamacare news again today! It’s simply not a “forefront” issue for 2014 – at least not if The News can help it.
NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING MOTHER JONES NEWS
*Thousands find health insurers have no record of them
(AP has this. This News ignored it.)
*Iraq ambassador blasts Obama, praises Bush
OP-EDS YOU WON’T SEE IN THE DALLAS MORNING MOTHER JONES NEWS
Christie and The IRS
What Happens When Jobless Benefits Are Cut
Meanwhile, The News’ “news” and opinion

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 9, 2014

RickCartoon200140109Received voice-mail response from DMN editor Mark Edgar (sp?) about yesterday’s claim that The News edited references to al-Qaeda from WashPo’s p. 12A Benghazi probe story. The piece appeared to contradict a recent NYT story on The News’ front-page which claimed al-Qaeda had nothing to do with the attack.
 
Edgar: “There was only so much room we had for [The WashPo] story. … The references to al-Qaeda were 15 or 16 paragraphs into it and it was just a matter of editing by inverted pyramid. We didn’t have room to run the whole story.”
 
You decide, folks. But recall, The News had plenty o’ “room” on its front page for The Times’ piece — which backed Dear Leader’s and Susan Rice’s specious accounts.
 
(To make good, I’ll say it’s no coincidence that, today, The News runs “AL-QAEDA’S RESURGENCE” across the top of its front page. Not about Benghazi, and Dear Leader’s not mentioned, but I’ll take it.)
 
NOT NEWS IN TODAY’S DALLAS MORNING DAILY KOS
*Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record
(Lotsa data you’ll not see in The News!)
 
*Time magazine blamed ‘polar vortex’ for 1974 ‘global cooling’
(Simply not context you need to know)
*Denver attacks may be ‘knockout’ related
(A National round-up story, perhaps? No. … BTW: race is no issue for Eric Holder here.)
 
OP-ED YOU WON’T SEE IN THE DALLAS MORNING DAILY KOS

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 8, 2013

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING DEMOCRAT DEALER

*Judge overturns Chicago’s ban on gun sales
*Obama’s EPA seeks new restrictions on wood stoves
(Yes – wood stoves.)
SUNDAY OPINION FEATURE YOU WON’T SEE IN THE DALLAS MORNING DEMOCRAT DEALER
The Unalarmed Climate Scientist
Meanwhile, The News’ “news” and opinion

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 7, 2014

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING MOVEON.ORG NEWS

*GOP Rep. sues over Obama’s congressional health exemption; ‘legal authority exceeded’
*In Nev., 75% of illegal immigrants fail written driving test   
(Nevada is 11th ignorant state to offer this. Newsworthy, of course – but not at The News.)
*Obama recently warned of ‘excessively high temperatures harming public’
(C’mon. Great irony!! But at The News, these yuks are reserved for Republicans.)
*HHS uses deadly Arctic blast to push Obamacare sign-ups
(About to die? We’ll save you!!)
Meanwhile, The News’ “news” and opinion

Must Read Texas – January 6, 2014

Texas Abortion Law Facing Federal Court Review;
TT: Rift Among Pro Life Groups;
Business Group Plans Tea Party Counter
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Good afternoon.
Suzanne and I had a magical weekend — thank you everyone, for everything.

Here’s the brief:

Your absolute must clicks:
> The Texas abortion law is being reviewed by a federal court.
> TT reports on the “rift” between pro life groups.
> DMN’s Christy Hoppe reports that a business group plans to counter balance the tea party in this year’s elections.

#txlege Continue reading “Must Read Texas – January 6, 2014”

Dallas Morning News Bias – January 6, 2014

NOT NEWS TO THE DALLAS MORNING DAILY KOS

*FBI drops ‘law enforcement’ as primary mission
(Nothin’ to see here. Move on.)
*NSA won’t say whether it spies on Congress
(Let’s see – Dear Leader already used the IRS to go after tea partiers. Think of the fun he’ll have with the NSA!)
*49,000 Medicaid cards mailed to wrong addresses
(Ain’t Medicaid expansion great? More totally unnecessary “temporary chaos!”)
Meanwhile, The News’ “news”
*Health law rule alarms volunteer fire chiefs, AP, p. 4A – They’re probably just racists. … Continue reading “Dallas Morning News Bias – January 6, 2014”