Issue 7 - Media Research Center

VOLUME 13
ISSUE 7
JULY 2006
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The Media Research Center’s Monthly Members’ Report
Left-Wing New York Times
Endangering U.S. National Security
Dear Friend,
“Loose lips sink ships” was a phrase used
As a result, at least three ongoing
during World War I to remind people who
investigations of terrorists were affected, the
worked in sensitive or war-related positions
ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the U.S.
to keep their mouths shut about their work,
government, several European countries are
lest some information slip that could be used
demanding oversight of the program and,
by the enemy.
overall, a powerful weapon in the war against
It was good advice, and America won
terrorism has been taken away from America.
World War I and World War II, in part, because
The program is now in turmoil and American
Americans and government officials, by and
lives are at greater risk. This is exactly what
large, kept their mouths
the New York Times was
shut when necessary.
warned would happen.
Unfortunately, that’s not
If this had happenthe case today.
ed during World War
On June 23, the
II, the New York Times
New York Times publikely would have been
lished a story that
shut down. And its
disclosed a secret antipublisher, editors, and
terrorist program that
the reporters responsitracks global money
ble would have been
transfers. The program
interred until war’s end
was legal and working
and then investigated
On CBS’s Face the Nation, New York
Times Executive Editor Bill Keller
– several terrorists had
and prosecuted for
been caught and some arrogantly defends his decision to publish treason, for providing
a story that revealed and, thus, scuttled
of the financial netaid and comfort to the
a secret anti-terrorist program vital to
works of terrorist
enemy. No less should
U.S. national security.
groups had been dishappen with the New
mantled. The New York Times had been
York Times and its executives today.
repeatedly warned by the Department of
Here at the Media Research Center and
Justice, the leaders of the bi-partisan 9-11
in our TimesWatch division we monitor the
Commission, and leaders of both political parties
liberal bias of the NYT every day. The liberal
not to run the story because it would jeopardize
media do not police themselves nor hold any
the war against terrorism. The NYT, headed
of their own, especially the “Gray Lady” NYT,
by its arrogant executive editor, Bill Keller, and
accountable. But we do. We are America’s
stuck-in-the-1960s publisher Arthur
media watchdog. Your generous financial
Sulzberger, decided it knew better and ran
support makes this possible. And in this case,
Continued on page 2
the story.
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The “Worst”
of MSNBC’s
Keith Olbermann
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Bits & Pieces:
Top Media Push
John Dean’s
Conservative-Bashing
Book; Dan Rather
Still in Liberal
Denial; Newsweek’s
Eleanor Clift Calls
Bush a “Dictator”
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L. Brent Bozell’s
Syndicated Column
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About Your Estate
America’s Media
Watchdog
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Continued from page 1
the actions by the NYT are so egregious, so reckless, we are
America’s war effort? Would that have been in the “public
pushing as hard as we can to expose this newspaper’s destructive
interest”? No. It would have helped the Nazis. Today, the actions
and America-loathing actions for all of America to see.
of the NYT are helping terrorists.
After the NYT story ran, the MRC distributed a CyberAlert
Of course, when Keller’s spin didn’t wash well, he tried
to more than 10,000 conservative leaders across America and
to blame conservatives. As he told CBS’s Bob Schieffer on
posted the alert on our www.MRC.org website. Our analysis
Face the Nation, which naturally gave him a warm welcome,
was also posted on our blog, NewsBusters.org, which is read
“It’s an election year, beating up on the New York Times is red
by more than 50,000 people daily. Then,
meat for the conservative base. … And
we issued a press release warning that the
making this kind of clamor, I suspect,
NYT would stop at nothing to propel its
they hope will silence people who do
liberal agenda, not even jeopardizing
talk to the press and maybe intimidate
America’s national security. Further, our
reporters.”
TimesWatch division distributed its analysis,
No, the point is to silence left-wing
“Times Cripples Another Terrorist
radicals who expose national security
Surveillance Program,” which has been
secrets during wartime, who put
supplemented by several follow-up
American lives at risk and then rap
reports. Also, our grassroots program,
themselves in the First Amendment
MRC Action, sent e-mails to hundreds
claiming they’re the real patriots.
of thousands of Americans alerting them In a May 21 commencement speech, NYT
Neither Bill Keller nor Arthur
Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. says that
to the NYT’s treachery.
Sulzberger, nor the scribblers who wrote
America is “fighting a misbegotten war
Thousands of Americans responded
the story, Eric Lichtblau and James
in a foreign land” and that he’s sorry
to our efforts and sent e-mails and letters
Risen, are honest journalists. They are
America’s youth still must struggle for
and made phone calls to the NYT and to
political operatives who disagree with
“the rights of gays to marry” and for
public leaders. MRC experts were
the current policy to fight terrorism and
“the rights of women to choose.”
interviewed on dozens of talk radio shows
are doing everything they can to
and Fox & Friends invited me on to discuss the explosive issue.
undermine that policy. And they don’t care who might get
By now we were reaching millions of Americans. At the same
hurt, or killed, in the process.
time, several congressmen called for an investigation of the NYT
Feeling the heat from the public, conservative leaders,
and, if the evidence warranted, a prosecution of the newspaper.
members of Congress, and a few brave journalists, the New
To be sure, numerous conservative leaders (and some media
York Times turned to its friends in the liberal media for help.
folks) stepped up to the plate and demanded a full accounting of
They obliged. Keller was given warm receptions and platforms
the New York Times. But the MRC’s leadership and unparalleled
to spin his line on CBS, CNN and PBS. Ever the liberal coward,
research and analysis complemented the work of those
Keller refused to be interviewed by conservative talk radio host
conservatives and continues to hold the NYT’s feet to the fire.
Hugh Hewitt.
For instance, confronted by outrage nationwide, the NYT’s
The New York Times is hoping this “controversy” will go
Bill Keller tried to defend his decision to run the financialaway. The MRC is not going to let that happen. We know that
tracking story as “a matter of public interest.” But as the MRC
loose lips do sink ships. And thanks to your financial and moral
and other conservatives noted and publicized, the secret
support, we are ever on the watch.
program was not illegal, did not infringe on civil rights, and
Sincerely,
had been reviewed by Congress. It was not a matter of “public
interest.” But it was of interest to terrorists.
Ask yourself this question: What if, during World War II,
L. Brent Bozell III
the New York Times had revealed a secret program to track the
Founder and President
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The “Worst” of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann
BY RICH NOYES AND BRAD WILMOUTH
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann claims he’s not
Olbermann uses his podium to attack his nonbiased. He says he likes to “go after power,” not
liberal media competitors, especially Fox News
“after a Republican or a Democrat.” Not true. The
Channel host Bill O’Reilly, whom Olbermann
record shows that on his Countdown show Olbermann
disparages as “the big giant head” or “Ted Baxter,”
repeatedly and consistently bashes conservatives and
the dim anchor from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
conservative policies, including the MRC and its
O’Reilly has been a target 42 times; in contrast,
founder, Brent Bozell. In fact, Olbermann slams
Olbermann has only bad-mouthed Saddam Hussein
conserva-tives on a nearly eight-to-one basis through
twice.
Olbermann’s other media
his “Worst Person in the World!”
targets include:
segments.
A new study by the MRC
Rush Limbaugh (11 times)
looked at Olbermann’s “Worst”
Ann Coulter (9)
segments from the show ’s
Brit Hume (4)
debut on June 30, 2005
L. Brent Bozell (3)
through June 23, 2006. While
many of his targets weren’t
Neal Boortz (3)
political, about a third of the
Glenn Beck (3)
time Olbermann’s wrath was
New York Post (2)
aimed at a notable liberal or a
Michelle Malkin (2)
conservative, or someone
flailed for an ideological
Olbermann’s Enemies List
Olbermann rudely called
stance. And then, Olbermann
“Worst in the World,” 2005-2006
columnist Michelle Malkin
threw nearly all of his punches
“crazier and dumber than we
180
at conservatives.
all thought” and a “nitwit.”
150
For instance, of the 197
Shortly after the MRC study
120
politically-salient designees,
174
was released, Olbermann
90
nearly nine out of ten (174, or
Conservatives
lashed out at the Center,
60
23
88%) attacked conservative
describing it as a “rabid right30
Liberals
targets or ideas, compared
wing spin group.” On that June
0
with 23 nominees (12%) in
28 show, Olbermann also
which liberals were on the
tagged MRC President Brent
receiving end of Olbermann’s ire.
Bozell the “Worst Person in the World!” because
the Center issued e-mails to hundreds of thousands
Among those attacked by Olbermann:
of Americans about weapons of mass destruction
Bill Frist
in Iraq.
Donald Rumsfeld
Antonin Scalia
Sneering at conservatives may make
Rick Santorum
Olbermann popular among left-wing bloggers, but
Tom DeLay
his bias makes him the obvious choice for “Worst
Pat Robertson (four times).
Anchorman in the World!”
Never targeted:
Hillary Clinton
Howard Dean
Michael Moore
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Rich Noyes is director of research at the Media
Research Center. Brad Wilmouth is an MRC research
analyst. To view the complete report, visit
www.MRC.org, Media Reality Check, June 27, 2006.
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John Dean, Again
The liberal media are once again
praising John Dean and helping promote
his new conservative-bashing book,
Conservatives Without Conscience. The
treatment by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann gives John
Dean a national platform to promote
his new conservative-bashing book,
Conservatives Without Conscience.
on July 10 was typical. On Countdown,
Olbermann nodded endlessly as Dean
ranted that modern conservatives are
moving the Republican Party toward
“authoritarianism” and that people such
as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have
an “authoritarian personality.”
Dean also labeled 23 percent of the
population as “right-wing authoritarian
followers” who are willing to “march over
the cliff.” The left-wing Olbermann did
not challenge Dean’s bizarre claims. He
instead made references to Nazi Germany
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and, quoting a passage from Dean’s book,
brought up the possibility that conservatives might intentionally “provoke potential
terrorists” in an effort to “maintain
influence and control of the presidency.”
Rather in Denial
Former CBS icon Dan Rather still
believes that his 60 Minutes story on
George W. Bush’s National Guard
service, although based on forged memos,
“absolutely” is “the truth.” The story has
been endlessly discredited by innumerable
experts and news outlets – and Rather
even apologizes for it on CBS — yet
Rather, who was disgraced by it and
forced out of CBS because of it, now
wants to re-write history. He told Larry
King Live on July 12 that “we had a lot, a
lot of corroboration, of what we broadcast
about President Bush’s military record. It
wasn’t just the documents.”
Dan Rather tells Larry King Live that
he believes the Bush National Guard
story, based on fake memos, is
“absolutely” the “truth.”
Instead of owning up to the truth,
Rather blamed his critics for his ouster.
“It’s a very old technique that when
those who don’t like what you’re
reporting believe it can be hurtful, then
they look for the weakest spot and attack
it, which is fair enough. It’s a
diversionary technique.” When asked
about CBS’s liberalism, Rather replied,
“They call you names when you insist
on being independent.”
Rooney Slams Rather
The agnostic and liberal Andy Rooney
revealed what every conservative has long
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Andy Rooney reveals that Dan Rather
is a liberal and that his reporting at
the CBS Evening News was infused
with liberalism.
known about Dan Rather: He is a liberal
and his liberalism was projected through
his reporting. On the June 22 Imus in
the Morning, Rooney revealed, “My
problem with Dan was always that you
knew where he stood politically. And the
fact that he stood on my side didn’t have
anything to do with it. I thought he was
a bad representative of the liberal side
because he was so obvious with his
opinions. There were just little words
he used when he was on the air that
made it apparent to everyone that he was
a liberal Democrat.”
Rooney then incredulously insisted
that while Walter Cronkite “had just the
same liberal Democratic opinions as
Dan,” it was something “you would
never know” because he kept it off the
air.
Press Corps Nabobs
Fox reporters Fred Barnes and
Morton Kondracke blasted the White
House press corps for its unwavering
left-wing questions of the President
during a June 14 press conference.
“These questions tell you what reporters
are interested in and not what is really
important or what the American people
would like to hear about,” snapped
Barnes on Fox’s Special Report with
Brit Hume. “The President just went
on a trip to Iraq to demonstrate that he’s
not pulling out the troops right away. If
you couldn’t realize that that’s what that
trip was partially about, you’re an idiot.
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Pieces
And yet the first question was about a
troop pullout. The second question was
about getting out of Guantanamo. I
mean, it just went on and on.
“Two questions about Karl Rove.
Karl Rove has just been vindicated ….
Come on. These are obsessions of
reporters that don’t match the feelings
of the American people.” Kondracke
added, “What’s interesting, though, is
that there was hardly any question,
critical question from the right ….”
Bush, Dictator!
Newsweeek’s loony Eleanor Clift
revealed her true colors, yet again, by
describing Russian President Vladimir
Putin as “an effective dictator” and
President Bush “a dictator who’s
ineffective.” The leftist Clift made her
comment on the July 15 edition of The
McLaughlin Group. When challenged by
Financial Times editor Chrystia
Freeland, who has written a book on
Coulter Bad, Franken Good
Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, ever off the
deep end, declares President Bush is
“a dictator who’s ineffective.”
Putin, that the word “dictator” should
not be used “so loosely,” Clift
backtracked, saying, “Well we have an
authoritarian President who is
ineffective.”
To her credit, Ms. Freeland did not
give in, stating the obvious to the looselipping Clift: “No, he’s not authoritarian.
… You guys, you guys can elect your
Presidents and there can be a free
choice. That’s not the case in Russia.”
NBC’s Matt Lauer laughs when
liberals criticize conservatives but he is
outraged – outraged ! — when
conservatives criticize liberals. This was
obvious on the June 6 Today show, when
Lauer went nearly apoplectic in reaction
to comments by conservative author Ann
Coulter about several 9/11 widows who
have used their situations to promote
liberal politicians and liberal policies. Lauer
repeatedly challenged Coulter along the
lines of “if you lose a husband you no
longer have the right to have a political
point of view?” And so on.
Yet when Lauer interviewed liberal
author Al Franken back in October, he
laughed along with all the barbs and
nasty remarks and never challenged
Franken. When Franken snidely
commented that Karl Rove and Scooter
Libby would be executed for treason,
Lauer smiled and laughed and kept the
apparent “joke” rolling along.
☛ It’s a Conspiracy! “The White
House has deliberately inflated
its own deficit projections in the
past few years to score political points when the actual numbers came in
lower,” claims NBC’s Brian Williams on the Nightly News. ☛ “You might
get a burn if you rub these weapons directly onto your skin. They are WMD:
Weapons of Minor Discomfort,” smirks Countdown’s Keith Olbermann after
a declassified Army report confirmed WMD were uncovered in Iraq. ☛
MSNBC’s Brian Unger exclaims “the Swift-Boating of the 2006 election has
begun” with “vicious personal attacks” against anti-Iraq war Rep. John Murtha.
NBC Nightly News anchor
☛ More CBS spin: Katie Couric is “tough, she’s fair, she’s a straight-shooter....
Brian Williams, citing
unnamed sources, claims
She’ll be terrific. Just watch,” says CBS’s liberal Bob Schieffer. ☛ NBC’s Matt
the White House conspired
“Doomsday” Lauer lectures “the stark reality is that there are simply too many
to make the budget deficit
of us, and we consume too much …. It will take a massive global effort to make
numbers look positive.
things right, but the solutions are not a secret: control population, recycle, reduce
consumption, develop green technologies.” ☛ Good Morning America’s Bill Blakemore cheers for Gore:
“Many scientists say that it [the Western wildfires] fits exactly into the pattern predicted for global warming.
… That fact about forest fires is something that Al Gore also points out in his new book, and that book is now
near the top of the bestseller list. It seems that people are really starting to pay attention to global warming.”
(Reality check: While a majority of Americans agree that global warming is happening, according to a Fox
poll, 45 percent think there is nothing humans can do to stop it.) ☛ On HBO’s Real Sports, Bryant Gumbel
snidely remarks, “Finally tonight, a few words about World Cup soccer. Please spare me the stifled
yawns....Yes, I know that in soccer they score about as often as Ann Coulter makes sense.”
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Brent Bozell’s July 12, 2006, Nationally Syndicated Column
The New Gay Times
BY L. BRENT BOZELL III
There was the expected wailing and gnashing of teeth
from the left when New York’s state Court of Appeals
ruled against installing so-called “gay marriage” by judicial
fiat, as they had in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.
The New York Times, as expected, was stunned that the
judges could find a “rational basis” for traditional marriage,
and that judges would defer to elected legislators.
This outrage was plastered at the top of the Times
with two “news” stories. One was a front-page editorial
(they call it a “news analysis”) by Patrick Healy, who
focused on the “gay rights advocates” and their
disappointment. “Nowhere did gay marriage seem more
like a natural fit than New York,” he complained, where
“a history of spirited progressivism” should have made
the victory of the marriage-manglers inevitable.
Inside the Times, the slant continued with two large
photographs of gay activists protesting and consoling
one another arm in arm about the court decision. Why
not a photo of a traditional marriage supporter
celebrating the ruling? Because it seems to be in every
national-media rulebook that the “gay marriage” story
must be accompanied by gay activists protesting,
kissing, cheering, or “marrying.” Only one side matters.
This Gray Lady slant to the libertine left is no surprise.
After all, then-Times ombudsman Daniel Okrent stunned
insiders with a column two years ago that publicly admitted
the Times was a liberal newspaper, and on the social issues,
like gays, guns, and abortion, “if you think The Times
plays it down the middle on any of them, you’ve been
reading the paper with your eyes closed.”
But the Times isn’t just rooting for the homosexual
revolution on the outside and inside of the newspaper.
It has actively spread the gay gospel by funding the
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, and
adorning its conventions with recruitment booths.
The Times also is a proud corporate sponsor of
New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
Community Center, a gay-activist hub which boasts of
being the birthplace of both the radical ACT UP and the
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
This month, The New York Times has taken another
dramatic corporate step toward taking sides in
America’s culture clash. The newspaper is a “global
sponsor” of the seventh “Gay Games” taking place in
Chicago from July 15 to 22.
Yes, you read that correctly. The Gay Games.
Who would sponsor this stupidity? The New York
Times is not alone; it is joined by other “objective” news
outlets. The Chicago Sun-Times and WMAQ-TV, the
local NBC-owned and operated affiliate, are also “global
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sponsors.” They share the
Gay Games goals, to “foster
and augment the self-respect
of lesbians and gay men
throughout the world and to
engender respect and
understanding from the nongay world.”
Got that, nongayers? Whatever happened to
“objective” media outlets at least pretending to avoid
taking sides? This is the essence of political correctness:
it is better to violate openly your commitment to
journalism standards than assist the “bigots” by
attempting to appear fair and neutral.
And it gets zanier still. The New York Times is not
only sponsoring the Gay Games, it’s having a pro-gay
event there as well. As part of the “Times Talks” series,
the newspaper will host a panel discussion on July 17
at the Chicago Public Library titled (so help me, I’m
not making this up) “Brokeback Locker Room.” Times
contributor Robert Lipsyte will discuss with a panel of
six gay athletes (and no opposition) how the “climate
of acceptance” has changed in professional sports, and
“What can be done to reduce the level of homophobia
in the locker room and the media?”
These gay-friendly “Times Talks” are nothing new.
They’ve been a regular series since 1999. The Times
has attracted corporate sponsors like Audi to support
the chats in New York as well as San Francisco.
Just a few weeks ago, a “Times Talks” panel on the
25th anniversary of the first New York Times article on
AIDS included radical activist Larry Kramer, who
distributed his wild remarks in advance, claiming among
other things that “the gay population of the world has
been and continues to be targeted for extinction.” His
written remarks also called for “Nuremberg trials” to
hold not only the late Ronald Reagan, but the owners
and editors of – how’s this for gratitude? – The New
York Times to be tried like Nazi war criminals for the
AIDS holocaust.
That’s just crazy. But by placing its famous name
squarely on the side of the gay left, the New York Times is
sending a message to America’s solid majority against
putting thousands of years of tradition through the
shredder. It says: you’re all intolerant bigots on the wrong
side of history. And you will be defeated, even if we have
to make utter asses of ourselves in the process.
L. Brent Bozell’s weekly column is nationally syndicated
For more columns, visit www.MRC.org.
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MRC IN THE NEWS
The experts at the Media Research Center are interviewed almost every day on
stories of national importance, often reaching millions of Americans daily. They
provide analysis and commentary on radio, TV, the Internet, in magazines, books
and in newspapers, always striving to help restore political balance to the major
media. Some of the MRC’s latest media appearances include the following:
PRINT
TELEVISION
☛ FNC, The O’Reilly Factor, July 24
☛ FNC, Fox & Friends, July 22
☛ MSNBC, Tucker Carlson, July 12
☛ CBN, The 700 Club, July 10
☛ CBN, NewsWatch, July 10
☛ MSNBC, Countdown, June 28
☛ RNN, Frank Rich Live, June 28
☛ FNC, Fox & Friends, June 27
☛ FNC, Hannity & Colmes, June 27
RADIO
Sean Hannity Show, July 7
G. Gordon Liddy, July 7
NRA News, nationally syndicated, June 30
Right Balance, June 29
Focus on the Family, July 20
USA Radio Network, June 28, July 21
Catholic Connections, July 24
American Family Radio, June 27, July 19
Biz Radio Network, June 28, July 5
Investor’s Radio Network, July 24
KKLA, Los Angeles, CA, June 26, July 13
KAHL, San Antonio, TX, July 3, 17, 20
WNRI, Rhode Island, July 10, 13, 14
KSFO, San Francisco, July 22
WOWO, Ft. Wayne, IN, July 13
KBEQ, Kansas City, MO, July 14
WCHS, Charleston, WV, June 26, July 14
WICC, New Haven, CT, July 12
WDRC, Hartford, CT, July 13
KOGO, San Diego, CA, June 28, July 6
WBAL, Baltimore, MD, July 1, 8
WHO, Des Moines, IA, July 10
WIOJ, Jacksonville, FL, July 5
KCOL, Denver, CO, June 27, 30, July 20
KTEM, Temple, TX, July 3
KGFW, Kearney, NE, July 3
KFTK, St. Louis, MO, June 29
WMUZ, Detroit, MI, June 26
KOKO, Kansas City, MO, June 29
WAFG, Ft. Lauderdale, June 26
KTRS, St. Louis, MO, June 27
WLW, Cincinnati, OH, June 27, July 14
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KFTK, St. Louis, MO, July 17
WBT, Charlotte, NC, July 22
WAAM, Detroit, MI, July 19
WCLO, Madison, WI, July 25
KFNN, Phoenix, AR, July 26
On The O’Reilly Factor, MRC President
Brent Bozell details how some of the
top media, especially CNN, tilt their
coverage against Israel in reporting
from the Middle East.
Business & Media Institute Director
Dan Gainor discusses the MRC Special
Report, Bad Company: For the
American Businessman, Primetime is
Crimetime, on FNC’s Fox & Friends.
WRKO, Boston, MA, June 28
WJR, Detroit, MI, June 27
WIBC, Indianapolis, IN, June 29
WQNA, Springfield, IL, June 28
WHMP, Northhampton, MA, June 29
KTOK, Oklahoma City, June 30
WILM, Wilmington, DE, June 30
WIBA, Madison, WI, July 3, July 17, 20
WZIM, Lacrosse, WI, July 6
WBIX, Boston, MA, July 4
KXLE, Ellensberg, WA, July 13
KABM, Albuquerque, NM, July 9
KONP, Port Angeles, WA, July 20
WTIX, New Orleans, LA, July 24, 2006
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Wall Street Journal, July 12, 14
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 14
Chicago Tribune, July 17
Baltimore Sun, July 13
Washington Times, July 13, 18
Melbourne Age, July 18
Sydney Morning-Herald, July 18
Investor’s Business Daily, July 12
Charlotte Obeserver, July 19
East Bay Express, July 19
Chattanooga Times Free-Press, July 14
Cal Thomas, syndicated column, July 5
The Herald, July 10
St. Petersburg Times, July 20, 27
Sun-Sentinel, July 5
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9
Monterey County Herald, July 4
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 3
Augusta Chronicle, June 28
Jewish Press, June 28
Detroit News, June 24
New York Sun, June 23
San Francisco Weekly, July 19
East Bay Express, July 19
Orlando Sentinel, July 19
Washington Business Journal, July 14
U.S. Newswire, July 11
Florida Times-Union, June 30
Salt Lake Tribune, July 19
Windsor Star, July 22
Gwinett Daily Post, July 8
INTERNET
Conservative Voice, June 13
CBS News.com, June 3
Yahoo! News, June 1
Rush Limbaugh.com, June 1
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American Thinker, June 11
National Review Online, May 17, 24
Media Matters for America, May 19
Townhall.com, May 13, 21
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