In the interest of full transparency, we are informing readers today that 25 Gannett Wisconsin Media journalists, including seven at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, signed the recall petition. It was wrong, and those who signed the petition were in breach of Gannett’s principles of ethical conduct.

h/t K. Shaidle

The White House’s campaign to scrub a story from the internet yesterday about Malia Obama’s trip to Mexico has gone meta: a media reporter’s blog post about the administration’s efforts to scrub the story has now been scrubbed of certain details…

Via

“French Spree Shooter is a Muslim Named Mohammed Who Fought With the Taliban in Afghanistan Other Than That He Fits The Media’s ‘Far-Right’ Profile Perfectly.”

Now you see it, now you don’t!

NOTE: This American Life has retracted this story because we learned that many of Mike Daisey’s experiences in China were fabricated.

From the comments – “Figures. They take the one guy in Detroit who actually uses birth control and whack him.”

(h/t Joe)

How did [Soledad O’Brien] get the definition? Here’s a clue – near the end of the interview, she couldn’t hear what Joel was saying because “someone was talking in my ear, so I couldn’t hear what you said.”

(edited March 12)

Soledad O’Brien and her CNN panel manage to stumble into Contessa Brewer territory in this appearance by attempting to paint Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak as a racist for making a point about Barack Obama’s support for a proponent of “critical race theory” during his days at Harvard Law School. Joel ends up in an argument with a woefully unprepared O’Brien on the theory itself, but the actual facepalm moment goes to one of her panelists, who asks Joel why he’s so afraid of black people:

Hot Air provides the punchline.
Update: Bill Whittle Responds to Soledad O’Brien

@aaronleewudrick: The guy currently on CBC representing “Canadians Against Electoral Fraud” was also a spokesperson for Occupy Ottawa. I’m just sayin’.
…and I’m sure that the CBC didn’t know this. /sarc.

Newt Gingrich isn’t likely heading to the White House anytime soon but he sure knows how to handle mainstream media buffoons like David Gregory, who are clearly taking their marching orders from Obama Inc.

The story was too good to be true… (h/t K. Shaidle)

If one didn’t know better, you might conclude that the entire script of Charlie Rose was written by the Obama regime:

Hopefully all Republican candidates have learned what John McCain failed to.

Why the World Needs Better Science Journalism

Sure, knowing whether cows line up with the Earth’s magnetic field will probably not change your life, but climate change and electric vehicles will.

Related… (h/t Manny)

Looks like they came up empty;

A little after 1 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2009, Karl Frisch emailed a memo to his bosses, Media Matters for America founder David Brock and president Eric Burns. In the first few lines, Frisch explained why Media Matters should launch a “Fox Fund” whose mission would be to attack the Fox News Channel.
“Simply put,” Frisch wrote, “the progressive movement is in need of an enemy. George W. Bush is gone. We really don’t have John McCain to kick around any more. Filling the lack of leadership on the right, Fox News has emerged as the central enemy and antagonist of the Obama administration, our Congressional majorities and the progressive movement as a whole.”
“We must take Fox News head-on in a well funded, presidential-style campaign to discredit and embarrass the network, making it illegitimate in the eyes of news consumers.”
What Frisch proceeded to suggest, however, went well beyond what legitimate presidential campaigns attempt. “We should hire private investigators to look into the personal lives of Fox News anchors, hosts, reporters, prominent contributors, senior network and corporate staff,” he wrote.

Related – US senator calls for News Corp probe and The curious link between Media Matters and the White House war on Fox

Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination with White House and news organizations

#luser