Barry Farber asks if there isn't a constitutional solution to bias in media

"In politics, negative stories about a candidate’s floundering campaign discourages volunteers, energizes his opponents with false stimulation, panics prominent allies who were all set to endorse and inspires donors to put their wallets back in their pockets."

Why not journalistic malpractice?  . . . "For a while it looked like the wavering Castro regime might fall, but he was rescued by President Jimmy Carter, whose State Department issued a statement emphasizing, “We see no threat to the stability of the Castro government.” The following night there was a huge anti-Castro rally in Miami’s “Little Havana,” which I witnessed from an upper floor of a nearby building.

"Now I’m going to ask you to trust me on this one. In the Boy Scouts I was a miserable failure at tying knots, camping out, even identifying common birds. I was a whiz, however, at estimating how tall a flagpole was, how far it was from the mess hall to the lake, how many people were in a crowd – that sort of thing. I figured there were 8,000 Cubans at that Miami rally, and the police agreed with me. After the rally I hurried to a bar on South Beach so I could see how local TV covered it.

"And when I saw their coverage I wanted to throw the piano through the plate-glass window of the bar. The anchorman, contemptuously and dismissively said, “A few hundred anti-Castro dissidents joined the protest”!"

And on to today: ABC Refuses to Call Milwaukee Violence 'Riots'

Glenn Greenwald: The U.S. Media Is Essentially 100 Percent United Against Donald Trump   . . . "media in the United States has decided to band together in a last-ditch effort to stop the rise of 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump."

Networks Ignore Anti-Israel Bullying by Muslim Nations at 2016 Olympics

Full story here:   . . . "None of the networks – especially NBC, the channel hosting the Olympics – seemed to notice at all on their newscasts. They can all champion the Muslim-American fencer, and then ignore the Muslim abuse of Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported the trouble began on the way to the opening ceremonies:"

. . . 

"Where is the diversity-and-inclusion crowd from NBC? If a country blocked a set of LGBT athletes from boarding a bus, they would have had a fit. But bullying Israel is apparently acceptable. The Times of Israel added that in judo, a Saudi competitor forfeited before having to face an Israeli." . . .  
By the way, see this update:

Ibtihaj Muhammad: Meet USA’s America-Hating, Jew-Hating, Racist Olympian & Over-Hyped “Heroine”

. . . "Here are the CliffsNotes on Ms. Muhammad you should know. Her parents are converts to Islam, who joined via the racist, bigoted Nation of Islam, which–to date–embraces Black supremacism(sp), Jew-hatred, and White-hatred. But you never hear the media ask her to denounce it." . . . 

Bad Lip Reading Gives The DNC The Parody It Needs And Deserves

RedState  "The YouTube channel, Bad Lip Reading, has been diligent in mocking the events of the election, as it always has. It's a welcome brand of humor during a time when everyone is taking everything so seriously.

BLR has so far voiced over Ted Cruz's speech at the RNC, and even made a video about the Michelle/Melania speech comparison. Each video is complete nonsense, but hey, what political convention isn't lately?

"This time, BLR gave its attention to the recent DNC. Hilariously, the channel doesn't focus on just one person, but jumps from politicians like Bernie Sanders, and Bill Clinton. He even tackles Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton, and some weird moments in between." . . .

Remember when Obama promised that he would not take vacations if elected President?

Just Playing Through

"Generally speaking, we think the British exhortation to "Keep Calm and Carry On" in times of turmoil is highly laudable. Unfortunately, Barack Obama is taking that adage to a new extreme which borders more on laudanum than laudable.

"Believing with all his heart that "when the going gets tough, the tough go golfing," the president has not missed a stroke to evince any particular interest in the violent race riots in Milwaukee, nor the human suffering of the victims of catastrophic flooding in Louisiana." . . .

americanthinker

Obama To Louisiana Flood Victims As They Recover: “Don’t Be Racist!”

Not many things get me seething, but this does. The narrative of this Administration as dividers instead of uniters is real. Look no further than this “guidance” press release telling us in the middle of it to be sure not to be racist, y’all. Meanwhile, our President enjoys golfing and Martha’s Vineyard and sunny skies. No visits, not even that reviled Bush flyover. Just politically motivated, racially laced memos. Meanwhile, we’ll keep on keeping on. Thanks, Obama.

The leaked Soros documents

comicallyincorrect.com

Full Media blackout on Soros hacked emails.  
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/762427968287182848

"Soros Hack Reveals Plot Behind Europe's Refugee Crisis; Media Manipulation; Cash For "Social Justice" 

"In the two days since the Soros Open Society Foundation hack by the DCLeaks collective, several notable revelations have emerged among the data dump of over 2,500 documents exposing the internal strategy of the organization, which expose some of Soros' tactics to influence and benefit from Europe's refugee crisis, the opportunistic funding and influence of media organizations, providing cash for assorted "pro-democracy" groups including the infamous La Raza, Soros' funding of various "social justice" organizations while paying to track unfavorable media coverage including that of Pamela Geller.
"One particular leaked memo, profiled earlier by the Daily Caller, argues that Europe’s refugee crisis should be accepted as a “new normal,” and that the refugee crisis means “new opportunities” for Soros’ organization to influence immigration policies on a global scale. OSF program officer Anna Crowley and program specialist Katin Rosin co-authored the May 12 memo, titled “Migration Governance and Enforcement Portfolio Review.”. . . 

The Slyville Smith Case: It Doesn’t Matter

Posted by Mike McDaniel in Courts and Cops 
"Circa August 18, 2016, with the Milwaukee case leading the news, it is instructive to review the pantheon of Black Lives Matter, holy social justice martyrs, all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Democrat Party."

‘Now y’all see his face if he’s seen anywhere in the city drop him,’ read one post. Another called for a gun so the person could ‘shoot him right in his head.

The posters gave the officer’s name, Dominique Heaggan, and some included his home address.

"In this case, it appears one can’t readily blame this media outlet for releasing his name. However, it’s an indication that the BLM movement and its political and financial abettors care nothing for fact. If the police shoot and kill a black man, the reasons don’t matter. Riots, arson, and blood will be the immediate result, and few, if any authorities seem serious about stopping rampant lawlessness if someone screams “racism!' ”

. . . 

"Ueal’s comments are representative of a trend emanating from President Obama, through the DOJ to the streets: black people should be essentially immune from police contact and from arrest. From even Ueal’s account, it seems Heaggan was precisely the kind of officer high crime, poor neighborhoods need. However, not every black person is onboard with Social Justice:

After watching the officer’s body camera footage, Flynn said the entire incident took about 25 seconds, from the start of the traffic stop until shots were fired. He said Smith ran ‘a few dozen feet’ after being stopped, and turned toward the officer while holding the gun. He said it was unclear how many rounds the officer fired in response.

Lecturer-in-Chief Obama irks La. flood victims with memo warning them not to discriminate

How can this petulant juvenile manage to stay so popular?

Washington Times

"President Obama has refused so far to survey the Louisiana flood disaster, but he did let state and local officials know that he’s watching to make sure they don’t engage in racial discrimination.

"In a 16-page guidance issued Tuesday, the Obama administration, led by the Justice Department, warned Louisiana recipients of federal disaster assistance against engaging in “unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency).”

"The guidance’s frameworks “highlight the importance of complying with nondiscrimination requirements of civil rights statutes, addressing the needs of the whole community, and ensuring equal opportunity to access recovery efforts.”

"Needless to say, some Louisiana residents were offended, including the American Conservative’s Rod Dreher, who took umbrage at receiving an anti-discrimination lecture from Washington, D.C., as locals struggle to rescue, house and feed their neighbors.

“ '[E]verywhere you look you can find black folks and white folks loving on each other, helping each other through this crisis,” Mr. Dreher said in a Thursday post.

"He referred to the guidance as a “long bureaucratic memo” issued by the “Department of Justice and many other agencies of the executive branch overseen by He Who Cannot Be Troubled to Leave Martha’s Vineyard.' ”

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Colin Powell did it’ defense of her email practices is just plain wrong

Oh, by the way; this sailor got one year in the slammer 

Saucier's defense had asked for probation, in part by invoking the Justice Department's decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over the classified emails authorities say were found on her private server.

Anyway, on to the main story to wit:
Washington Post

. . . "The implication here is clear: Clinton told the FBI that Powell advised her to use a private email account since he had done so while in the same job. Therefore, Clinton's assertion that she was simply following the accepted practices of previous secretaries of state is entirely proven out. Done and done!

"Um, not really. Let me count the ways in which the Clinton email setup ≠ the Powell email setup:

1. Clinton exclusively used a private email account to conduct State Department business. Powell did not.

2. Clinton had a private email server, located at her house. Powell did not.

3. The rules governing electronic communication changed considerably — and got more strict — between Powell's time in office and Clinton's. This from the essential WaPo Fact Checker:

. . .

 

. . . "For whatever reason — and despite the fact that Clinton has said on several occasions that she knows she made a mistake — she seems incapable of accepting that responsibility and moving on. No secretary of state — up to and including Colin Powell — handled their email setup like Clinton. That's a fact."

Powell has 'no recollection' of Clinton email dinner conversation

. . . "A spokeswoman for Powell's office issued a statement following the Times' story: "General Powell has no recollection of the dinner conversation. He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department." . . .

The press takes sides

Earl of Taint

The price of powerlessness

The price America and her allies paid in lives and dollars was cast away as dross by the president mentored under Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright et al., and guided by Valerie Jarrett. TD

Charles Krauthammer

This photo, grabbed from Russian Defense Ministry video footage issued Aug. 16, is said to show a Tu-22M3 long-range bomber releasing its payload above Syria after it took off from an air base in Iran.

"This week Russian bombers flew out of Iranian air bases to attack rebel positions in Syria. The State Department pretended not to be surprised. It should be. It should be alarmed. Iran’s intensely nationalistic revolutionary regime had never permitted foreign forces to operate from its soil. Until now.

"The reordering of the Middle East is proceeding apace. Where for 40 years the U.S.-Egypt alliance anchored the region, a Russia-Iran condominium is now dictating events. That’s what you get after eight years of U.S. retrenchment and withdrawal. That’s what results from the nuclear deal with Iran, the evacuation of Iraq and utter U.S. immobility on Syria. Consider:

EXCLUSIVE – Clinton Sexual Assault Accusers Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey Unite Against NBC’s Andrea Mitchell

Big Government

"Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones, both of whom have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault, are standing up for Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick."

"Willey and Jones are demanding that NBC News Anchor Andrea Mitchell issue a public apology for baselessly calling Broaddrick “discredited” during a segment that aired May 19 on the highly-rated Today Show.

"Following a letter from Broaddrick’s attorney demanding a retraction, NBC deleted the “discredited” referenced from the Internet version of Mitchell’s report. But NBC has not fulfilled Broaddrick’s request, which she says was communicated in the letter, for an apology from Mitchell on the Today Show, as well as an acknowledgement on the show and on NBC’s website that there is no information indicating that Broaddrick’s story is untrue.

"In interviews with this reporter, Willey and Jones both had strong words for Mitchell and her claim against Broaddrick. Willey called for Mitchell to resign, while Jones exclaimed, “How would she explain not supporting all rape victims, regardless of her politics, to her granddaughters?”

"Willey stated: “Andrea absolutely should apologize. Then she should resign. She never was anything but a JV ‘journalist’ when she was in her prime. What has she contributed lately besides groveling at the altar of Hillary Clinton? She should be ashamed of herself.' ” . . .

Parts and pieces of the article posted here, but go to the full article to see if you think I've changed the meaning of the article.TD

. . . "NBC has a history of minimizing Broaddrick’s rape story."

"In January, Broaddrick said that NBC’s Mitchell told her by phone that the network would not conduct a new interview with Broaddrick “because you have nothing new to add” since Broaddrick first went public in an NBC interview in 1999."

. . . 

"NBC seems to be overlooking a series of new revelations from Broaddrick, including:

• Broaddrick says Bill Clinton repeatedly called her after the alleged rape.
• Broaddrick says that Hillary Clinton tried to silence her.
• Broaddrick told me that Clinton raped her not once but twice during the same infamous encounter in 1978.

"NBC Held Interview Until After Clinton Impeachment Vote"

Emphasis in the original.

Halperin: Bannon Masterminded ‘Clinton Cash,’ the Right’s ‘Greatest Success Story’

Breitbart  "Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” while commenting on Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen K. Bannon taking on a new role as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign CEO, editor of Bloomberg Politics Mark Halperin said, “‘Clinton Cash,’ which Bannon masterminded” was the right’s “greatest success story,” and caused the media to go after Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on several fronts.

"Halperin said, “I think if Bannon plays the role of trying to solve message discipline and a message focused on change and getting Trump better press coverage, I think he could be a valuable addition. But he is, obviously, a lightning rod for criticism and plenty of enemies and galvanize the ‘Never Trump’ movement in a big way.' ”

He added, “‘Clinton Cash’ is, if you did a case study of conservative efforts to get the so-called main stream media to cover the Clinton’s background — ‘Clinton Cash,’ which Bannon masterminded, is their greatest success story.”

The Obama-Democrat-Soros Axis

Leaked memo: George Soros lobbied Obama to accept 100,000 refugees — and succeeded

". . . Earlier, we reported that Soros was Hillary Clinton’s puppet master, gave $650,000 to fundBlack Lives Matter and tried to buy a favorable Supreme Court decision on Obama’s executive amnesty.

"In short, Soros and his minions — including the man-child occupying the White House — are responsible for much, if not all, of the issues currently plaguing the Western world.

"And if voters are crazy enough to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, Soros may as well take up residence in the Lincoln Bedroom."

The hacked memo here   . . . "The information was contained in a detailed 69-page Open Society report on the agenda of an Open Society U.S. Programs board meeting held in New York from October 1 to October 2, 2015." . . .