Five teenagers between ages 12 and 16 allegedly robbed Nashville singer Kyle Yorlets as he stood in his back yard. They demanded his car keys. Yorlets refused. One of the teens then shot Yorlets and all of the assailants fled in a stolen vehicle. The singer dragged himself back into his home and died a short time later. The 12-year-old criminal detailed for police the details of their crime spree including the murder and various car thefts, one from Oak Grove, Kentucky. The Nashville newspaper refused to identify the teens because of their "young age(s)." Is this responsible journalism? Shouldn't the public be informed of the identities of murderous citizens? What if any of these criminals somehow makes bond and is released?
Tag: media malpractice
Film: a media coronation of Barack Obama bolstered the impossible quest of John McCain and Sarah Palin
On the death of American hero John McCain, former WHAS talk show host John Ziegler reissued his 2009 MEDIA MALPRACTICE film. It's Ziegler's comprehensive takedown of partisan media skewing news during the 2008 presidential campaign. With all of the understandable talk this weekend about John McCain & Sarah Palin, I decided to post a totally free copy of my film "Media Malpractice" about that election to refresh memories of what really went down then. It seems like most have forgottenhttps://t.co/bQOB1o2abC— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) August 26, 2018
Our partisan media in a nutshell: false equivalency
Five-time Super Bowl champs the New England Patriots visited the White House yesterday. Some players choose to politicize the moment by announcing that they won't attend to show opposition to President Donald Trump. The New York Times tweeted comparison photos from 2017 to the Patriots' last visit in 2015 when Barack Obama was in office. Patriots' turnout for President Obama in 2015 vs. Patriots' turnout for President Trump today: https://t.co/OxMEOqZonI pic.twitter.com/pLmJWhOw1j— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 19, 2017 One problem. The arrangements were significantly different but left out of the N.Y. Times demeaning visual comparison. These photos lack context. Facts: In 2015, over 40 football staff were on the stairs. In 2017, they were seated on the South Lawn. https://t.co/iIYtV0hR6Y— New England Patriots
He’s been there. He’ll be there. He’ll do his best to remember what happened.
Suddenly, NBC news anchor Brian Williams is on a self-imposed hiatus. I'm not sure that I believe the self-imposed part of this story. It keeps getting worse for America's top rated news anchor. The lies are stacking up. NBC news anchor Brian Williams, celebrated in NBC promos as an anchor who has "been there" and "will be there," is being roundly mocked online after the revelation that his decade old war story was a massive lie. "The View" co-host Rosie O'Donnell isn't having any part of Lyin' Brian Williams' story. Others now claim Williams lied during his award-winning broadcasts during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in New Orleans. Slate.com offers a timeline of NBC and Brian Williams advancing the same untrue story of the