Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two Decade Low Public Evaluations of the News Media: 1985-2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys, and Americans’ views of media bias and independence now match previous lows.
Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media’s performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.
... Read more: http://people-press.org/report/543/
Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media’s performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate. That percentage had fallen sharply by the late 1990s and has remained low over the last decade.
... Read more: http://people-press.org/report/543/
Fiscal Conservatives Plan ‘Largest Gathering Ever’
Sunday, September 6, 2009
By Katharine Q. Seelye
A demonstration against government spending and “socialized health care” planned for Sept. 12 in Washington could become “the largest gathering of fiscal conservatives ever,” organizers said on Thursday.
Among the sponsors of the march is FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group that was instrumental in fueling opposition to health care overhaul at town-hall-style meetings this summer. The National Taxpayers Union and the Tea Party Patriots are also major sponsors.
The groups began building momentum earlier this year with opposition to President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan and bank bailouts. Over the summer, their opposition to big government spending found an outlet at the health care gatherings.
... Read more: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/fiscal-conservatives-plan-largest-gathering-ever
A demonstration against government spending and “socialized health care” planned for Sept. 12 in Washington could become “the largest gathering of fiscal conservatives ever,” organizers said on Thursday.
Among the sponsors of the march is FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group that was instrumental in fueling opposition to health care overhaul at town-hall-style meetings this summer. The National Taxpayers Union and the Tea Party Patriots are also major sponsors.
The groups began building momentum earlier this year with opposition to President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan and bank bailouts. Over the summer, their opposition to big government spending found an outlet at the health care gatherings.
... Read more: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/fiscal-conservatives-plan-largest-gathering-ever
White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism
Updated 12:53 a.m.
By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut
White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism.
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."
He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."
... Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/06/van_jones_resigns.html?wprss=44
But don't think that we have won... he is still working with the administration:
By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut
White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism.
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."
He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."
... Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/06/van_jones_resigns.html?wprss=44
But don't think that we have won... he is still working with the administration:
Obama to speak to Alachua County school children
Friday, September 4, 2009
School District encouraging schools to show Obama speech to students Thursday
Published: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
In other areas of the state and country, some school districts plan to tune out Tuesday when President Barack Obama makes his televised speech to schoolchildren amid opposition from some parents who allege the speech will serve as a political platform.
In Alachua County, Superintendent Dan Boyd is encouraging all schools to show the speech to students.
"We are going to respect the president of the United States of America, and we are going to provide an opportunity for the president of the United States of America to address teachers and students," Boyd said.
...
The article states that as of Friday morning (9/4/2009) only 10 emails from parents in Alachua county have been sent to Superintendent Boyd complaining about the speech... Surely more than 10 people think that the President speaking directly to our children is not a good thing. Not because he is a Democrat, not because we have different political views, and not because of race. Because his moral values do not match mine, because his friends and acquaintances' morals do not match mine, and because he has done more to harm our children's future through out of control spending and overwhelming debt than any one man in the past 100 years.
Please wake up America... our responsibility to our children requires it.
... Read more: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090904/ARTICLES/909049919/1002?Title=School-District-encouraging-schools-to-show-Obama-speech-to-students-Thursday-
Published: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
In other areas of the state and country, some school districts plan to tune out Tuesday when President Barack Obama makes his televised speech to schoolchildren amid opposition from some parents who allege the speech will serve as a political platform.
In Alachua County, Superintendent Dan Boyd is encouraging all schools to show the speech to students.
"We are going to respect the president of the United States of America, and we are going to provide an opportunity for the president of the United States of America to address teachers and students," Boyd said.
...
The article states that as of Friday morning (9/4/2009) only 10 emails from parents in Alachua county have been sent to Superintendent Boyd complaining about the speech... Surely more than 10 people think that the President speaking directly to our children is not a good thing. Not because he is a Democrat, not because we have different political views, and not because of race. Because his moral values do not match mine, because his friends and acquaintances' morals do not match mine, and because he has done more to harm our children's future through out of control spending and overwhelming debt than any one man in the past 100 years.
Please wake up America... our responsibility to our children requires it.
... Read more: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090904/ARTICLES/909049919/1002?Title=School-District-encouraging-schools-to-show-Obama-speech-to-students-Thursday-
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