Networks Ignore Manufacturing 'Contraction'

julia.seymour — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:10:35 +0000

U.S. manufacturing worst in four years, but not a word from ABC, CBS, NBC evening broadcasts.

Mike Ciandella

Manufacturing activity dropped to its lowest pace in four years, according to The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index for the month of May, released June 3. However, none of three broadcast networks’s evening shows made any mention of it that night.

Times Botches Rachel Corrie Incident

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:21:00 +0000

The Times leaves a lot out of its potted history of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist for a group that supported "armed struggle" against Israel whose death was a flashpoint in the Israel-Palestine propaganda wars.

Clay Waters

Sabrina Tavernise and Michael Slackman reported from Istanbul for Wednesday's A1 on the "Freedom Flotilla" incident in Gaza in which pro-Palestinian "peace activists" attacked Israel Defense Forces who had boarded a cargo ship: "Turkish Funds Helped Group Test Blockade."