What a shock… Fox News appears to have again lied to us about how they were treated by the protesters in Wisconsin. From Raw Story and there wasn’t a better headline for this than the one they already posted — Fox News reporter appears to have lied about being ‘punched’ by protester : Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being “punched” by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn’t happen. Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration on Friday, claimed that one of the protesters “punched” him in the arm. In another broadcast, he claimed a man threatened to break his neck . In both cases, supporting evidence for these claims was not broadcast — yet still, Tobin’s reports have been widely cited across conservative blogs that seem eager to depict union workers as hateful and violent. What’s worse, Tobin’s allegation that he was assaulted might have slipped past without rebuttal were it not for a camera-equipped bystander, who captured the scene. Turns out, someone merely touched his shoulder, as evidenced in the video below. The incident he claimed was a “punch” could instead be described as a pat, at most. That was apparently enough for him to later declare that even after being “punched, he was just too nice of a guy to press charges . More there so go read the rest but as Raw Story and our own Dave Neiwert also reported, apparently Fox anchors and reporters really don’t like it when Madison protesters tell the truth that Fox lies to their viewers . Too bad they also feel the need to make up being punched by them as well. It looks like they’re taking a page straight out of Andrew Breitbart’s school of “journalism” here.
Continue reading …What a shock… Fox News appears to have again lied to us about how they were treated by the protesters in Wisconsin. From Raw Story and there wasn’t a better headline for this than the one they already posted — Fox News reporter appears to have lied about being ‘punched’ by protester : Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being “punched” by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn’t happen. Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration on Friday, claimed that one of the protesters “punched” him in the arm. In another broadcast, he claimed a man threatened to break his neck . In both cases, supporting evidence for these claims was not broadcast — yet still, Tobin’s reports have been widely cited across conservative blogs that seem eager to depict union workers as hateful and violent. What’s worse, Tobin’s allegation that he was assaulted might have slipped past without rebuttal were it not for a camera-equipped bystander, who captured the scene. Turns out, someone merely touched his shoulder, as evidenced in the video below. The incident he claimed was a “punch” could instead be described as a pat, at most. That was apparently enough for him to later declare that even after being “punched, he was just too nice of a guy to press charges . More there so go read the rest but as Raw Story and our own Dave Neiwert also reported, apparently Fox anchors and reporters really don’t like it when Madison protesters tell the truth that Fox lies to their viewers . Too bad they also feel the need to make up being punched by them as well. It looks like they’re taking a page straight out of Andrew Breitbart’s school of “journalism” here.
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BREGA, Libya – Rebel forces routed troops loyal to Moammmar Gadhafi in a fierce, topsy-turvy battle over an oil port Wednesday, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. The daylong fighting blunted the regime’s first counteroffensive against opposition-held eastern Libya. At least 10 anti-Gadhafi fighters were killed and 18 wounded in the battle over Brega, Libya’s second largest petroleum facility, which the opposition has held since last week. Citizen militias flowed in from a nearby city and from the opposition stronghold of Benghazi hours away to reinforce the defense, finally repelling the regime loyalists. The…
Continue reading …The lead National section story in Wednesday's New York Times by Michael Cooper was an odd choice, hitting President Obama from the left on a rather obscure newly established tax break not even liberal economists have found much fault with: “ A Tax Cut May Carve Into Budgets Of 19 States .” Cooper melodramatically fretted that it “could blow a hole in state budgets.” The story is based on report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , a liberal group and popular source for the Times that the paper consistently fails to properly label ideologically. Included in the tax-cut package Obama signed in December extending the Bush tax cuts, was legislation allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment from their taxes immediately. Cooper found fault: Struggling states could lose as much as $5.3 billion in tax collections during the next few years in an unintended consequence of one of the lower-profile federal tax cuts that President Obama signed in December, according to a report released Tuesday. The tax-cut package the president signed in December is best known for extending the Bush-era tax rates for two years and giving a one-year payroll tax cut to most Americans. But it included a business tax cut that could blow a hole in state budgets : a provision allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment purchases from their taxes through 2011. That cut, intended to spur the economy by encouraging businesses to spend more money on equipment, could end up costing 19 states as much as $5.3 billion in lost revenue over the next few years, according to the report, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization based in Washington. The 19 states stand to lose money because they link their state tax laws to federal tax law. So the newly allowed federal tax deductions that businesses in those states take will lower their taxable incomes, which would in turn have the effect of driving down state corporate and income tax collections. Nowhere in the ten-paragraph story does the Times quote an opposing source making a case for the tax break as a job creator.
Continue reading …The lead National section story in Wednesday's New York Times by Michael Cooper was an odd choice, hitting President Obama from the left on a rather obscure newly established tax break not even liberal economists have found much fault with: “ A Tax Cut May Carve Into Budgets Of 19 States .” Cooper melodramatically fretted that it “could blow a hole in state budgets.” The story is based on report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , a liberal group and popular source for the Times that the paper consistently fails to properly label ideologically. Included in the tax-cut package Obama signed in December extending the Bush tax cuts, was legislation allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment from their taxes immediately. Cooper found fault: Struggling states could lose as much as $5.3 billion in tax collections during the next few years in an unintended consequence of one of the lower-profile federal tax cuts that President Obama signed in December, according to a report released Tuesday. The tax-cut package the president signed in December is best known for extending the Bush-era tax rates for two years and giving a one-year payroll tax cut to most Americans. But it included a business tax cut that could blow a hole in state budgets : a provision allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment purchases from their taxes through 2011. That cut, intended to spur the economy by encouraging businesses to spend more money on equipment, could end up costing 19 states as much as $5.3 billion in lost revenue over the next few years, according to the report, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization based in Washington. The 19 states stand to lose money because they link their state tax laws to federal tax law. So the newly allowed federal tax deductions that businesses in those states take will lower their taxable incomes, which would in turn have the effect of driving down state corporate and income tax collections. Nowhere in the ten-paragraph story does the Times quote an opposing source making a case for the tax break as a job creator.
Continue reading …The lead National section story in Wednesday's New York Times by Michael Cooper was an odd choice, hitting President Obama from the left on a rather obscure newly established tax break not even liberal economists have found much fault with: “ A Tax Cut May Carve Into Budgets Of 19 States .” Cooper melodramatically fretted that it “could blow a hole in state budgets.” The story is based on report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , a liberal group and popular source for the Times that the paper consistently fails to properly label ideologically. Included in the tax-cut package Obama signed in December extending the Bush tax cuts, was legislation allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment from their taxes immediately. Cooper found fault: Struggling states could lose as much as $5.3 billion in tax collections during the next few years in an unintended consequence of one of the lower-profile federal tax cuts that President Obama signed in December, according to a report released Tuesday. The tax-cut package the president signed in December is best known for extending the Bush-era tax rates for two years and giving a one-year payroll tax cut to most Americans. But it included a business tax cut that could blow a hole in state budgets : a provision allowing businesses to deduct the full value of new equipment purchases from their taxes through 2011. That cut, intended to spur the economy by encouraging businesses to spend more money on equipment, could end up costing 19 states as much as $5.3 billion in lost revenue over the next few years, according to the report, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization based in Washington. The 19 states stand to lose money because they link their state tax laws to federal tax law. So the newly allowed federal tax deductions that businesses in those states take will lower their taxable incomes, which would in turn have the effect of driving down state corporate and income tax collections. Nowhere in the ten-paragraph story does the Times quote an opposing source making a case for the tax break as a job creator.
Continue reading …CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it
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Hey, remember all the fun last month when Samsung’s Lee Young-hee said that Galaxy Tab sales were “quite smooth” but everyone heard ” quite small ?” Yeah, well, Steve Jobs doesn’t. Before unveiling the iPad 2 today the man in black and denim listed that early misquote — which was widely and officially corrected — as evidence to prove that the iPad ‘s competition was floundering. Admittedly that isn’t far from the truth, but there’s no need to go putting words in other executives’ mouths to make a point. Continue reading CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it
March 2, 2011 No CommentHey, remember all the fun last month when Samsung’s Lee Young-hee said that Galaxy Tab sales were “quite smooth” but everyone heard ” quite small ?” Yeah, well, Steve Jobs doesn’t. Before unveiling the iPad 2 today the man in black and denim listed that early misquote — which was widely and officially corrected — as evidence to prove that the iPad ‘s competition was floundering. Admittedly that isn’t far from the truth, but there’s no need to go putting words in other executives’ mouths to make a point. Continue reading CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it
March 2, 2011 No Comment
Hey, remember all the fun last month when Samsung’s Lee Young-hee said that Galaxy Tab sales were “quite smooth” but everyone heard ” quite small ?” Yeah, well, Steve Jobs doesn’t. Before unveiling the iPad 2 today the man in black and denim listed that early misquote — which was widely and officially corrected — as evidence to prove that the iPad ‘s competition was floundering. Admittedly that isn’t far from the truth, but there’s no need to go putting words in other executives’ mouths to make a point. Continue reading CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Steve Jobs misquotes Samsung, asks what you’re gonna do about it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple’s Digital AV Adapter also works with iPhone 4, fourth-gen iPod touch, and first-gen iPad
March 2, 2011 No Comment
In case you’re wondering whether Apple’s forthcoming Digital AV Adapter is worth your $39, you might be pleased to know that said HDMI dongle is also compatible with the latest crop of iOS devices before the iPad 2 . This includes the iPhone 4, fourth-generation iPod touch, and even the first-generation iPad. Alas, both movies and slideshows will be capped at 720p output from these older devices, whereas the iPad 2 goes a little further with screen mirroring of up to 1080p — we’re guessing the beastly dual-core A5 chip is what makes the magic happen here, though movie output’s also limited to 720p. And hey, we’re only a few months away from finding out if the next iPhone will also get some 1080p love, so no pressure on buying this dongle just yet. Apple’s Digital AV Adapter also works with iPhone 4, fourth-gen iPod touch, and first-gen iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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