Accuracy In the Media

Accuracy In Media

For Fairness, Accuracy and Balance In News Reporting
  • U.S. Enemies are Iran’s Friends
    The Associated Press reported to its horror, a “secret police document” revealed that the “New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists.” The implication is the police do not have any basis to conduct surveillance on followers [...]

  • David Brock Out of the Closet, Again
    It has been apparent for some time that ex-conservative David Brock has been masquerading as a “media critic” while at the service of the Democratic Party.

  • BREAKING NEWS: Komen exec quits after funding flap
    ATLANTA (AP) — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported [...]

  • Fox News Now Worth $12.4 Billion
    Last month Fox News celebrated its tenth consecutive year as the number one cable news channel. Now comes a report that shows just how that ratings success has translated into huge financial gains for the channel’s owner, News Corp. Multichannel News took a look at Fox News and found that not only has their average [...]

  • Clint Eastwood speaks out on Super Bowl ad
    LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (TheWrap.com) – Clint Eastwood is setting the record straight about his improbably controversial Chrysler ad that aired on Sunday’s Super Bowl. The “Gran Torino” director went on the defensive Monday, dismissing suggestions that the ad is a partisan love letter to President Obama. Speaking to Ron Mitchell, a producer at Fox [...]

  • U.S. authorities looking into Murdoch foreign payments
    LONDON Feb 7 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are stepping up investigations, including an FBI criminal inquiry, into possible violations by employees of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire of a U.S. law banning corrupt payments to foreign officials such as police, law enforcement and corporate sources said. But U.S. investigators have found little to substantiate allegations of [...]

  • Obama reverses self, endorses super PAC
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing his bid for a second term, reversing Obama’s opposition to “super” political action committees that can spend unlimited amounts of cash to influence elections. Obama’s campaign urged wealthy fundraisers in a Monday night conference [...]

  • Axelrod defends administration birth control rule
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A political adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday the administration didn’t intend to “abridge anyone’s religious freedom” with its regulation requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their workers. “This is an important issue. It’s important for millions of women around the country,” said Axelrod, the political adviser to Obama’s [...]

  • U.S. Intelligence Chief Warns of Cyber “Cold War”
    The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate should pass legislation to increase cyber security — in both public and private sectors — since the country is involved in a “type of cyber Cold War,” stated the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Thursday during a congressional presentation. Clapper told the panel of lawmakers [...]

  • Chrysler Flacks for Obama in Super Bowl Ad [Video]
    The Super Bowl last night proved to be yet another epic battle between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots with the Giants coming away with their second straight Super Bowl victory against the Pats. Beyond the game, though, the Super Bowl is also closely watched for the advertisements, which cost an average [...]