The Associated Press is suing a paid news subscription company, alleging Tuesday that repackaging the wire service’s news content is a “parasitic business model.” The suit (.pdf) blasts the Meltwater Group of San Francisco, saying the 10-year-old company’s subscription service charges a fee for “content created at the expense and through the labor of others.” Meltwater [...]
The Drudge Distort by Matt Barber You’re being manipulated. A well respected, highly influential news source has cast aside all journalistic integrity to shill for the liberal, GOP establishment candidate in this presidential race. The New York Times, you say? MSNBC? The Washington Post? No. We all gave up on those “progressive” rags a long [...]
In a major step towards global centralization of election processes, the world’s dominant Internet voting company has purchased the USA’s dominant election results reporting company. When you view your local or state election results on the Internet, on portals which often appear to be owned by the county elections division, in over 525 US jurisdictions [...]
Tea Party Senator Rand Paul Returns Half Million to the Treasury Keeping his oath to the public trust Rand Paul returned money he didn’t need to the U.S. Treasury. Critics will contend that this is a drop in the bucket, but many drops can help fill up that bucket. From today’s Politico: Freshman Sen. Rand Paul [...]
Ron Paul Is No More Pro-Israel Than Barack Obama Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has been roundly criticized for his foreign policy. Sen. Rick Santorum neatly–and accurately–summarized Paul’s views as those of “the Dennis Kucinich wing of the Democratic Party” (at 6:02 in the video below): Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about [...]
RINO Two Step: Newt Yanks Chapter on Global Warming From His Latest Book Without Notifying Author No wonder he wept. DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt Gingrich says he has killed a chapter on climate change in a post-election book of essays about the environment. But the intended author of the chapter, who supports the scientific [...]
29% Say Home Worth Less Than When They Bought It Most homeowners are confident they know what their home is worth, and more of them than ever say it’s worth less now than when they bought it. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of homeowners shows that 52% believe their home is worth more [...]
38% Say United States Spends Too Much on Defense As Washington officials continue to haggle over ways to cut the federal budget, more voters than ever believe the country spends too much on the military and national security. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows that 38% think America spends too much on [...]
Of Windmill Pushers and Pinwheel Hats: Wind Lobby Blows Hard to Keep its Welfare Intact As a repository of reader insight adding context to or exposing flaw or omissions of a paper’s news and editorial pages, the letters section of the Wall Street Journal is typically unmatched among other outlets. I have spent some time [...]
Cain to End Candidacy Tomorrow? From The Washington Post: Embattled presidential candidate Herman Cain is inviting his top supporters and donors to Atlanta on Saturday for a meeting in which he will give them advance word of whether he intends to continue his campaign, sources close to the campaign said Friday. One supporter who has [...]
- Ronald Reagan, Said during a radio microphone test, 1984