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| Jury Awards $720K to Paralegal, Associate Claiming Pregnancy Bias | | 2008-08-22 09:09:31 | | Debra Cassens Weiss of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />ABA journal reports – <?xml:namespace prefix = o />A jury has awarded about $720,000 in damages to an associate and paralegal who claimed they were forced out of their New York law firm due to their pregnancies.Garden City tax law firm Siegel, Fenchel & Peddy will only have to pay about $266,000 if the verdict is upheld because of a punitive... | | By: Partha On Immigration | | |
| | A Case Study in Media Bias | | 2008-08-11 20:09:14 | | There is bias in the media, we all know it and we all accept the fact that the media is decidedly liberal. If the coverage of President Obama’s campaign stops in Europe weren’t enough to convince the last remaining hold outs to the biases of the media perhaps the following stories will help.
One of the [...]... | | By: America's Watchtower | | |
| | Yay, More Media Bias | | 2008-07-15 01:05:05 | | Looks like the MSM is starting to mirror blogtopia more and more.About the AP:Ron Fournier says he regards Sandy Johnson, his predecessor as head of The Associated Press’s Washington bureau, as “a mentor.”Johnson, though, regards Fournier, who replaced her in a hard-feelings shake-up in May, as a threat to one of the most influential institutions in American journalism.“I loved the Washington bureau,” said Johnson, who left the AP after losing the prestigious position. “I just hope he doesn’t destroy it.”There’s more to her vinegary remark than just the aftertaste of a sour parting. Fournier is a main engine in a high-stakes experiment at the 162-year old wire to move from its signature neutral and detached tone to an aggressive, plain-spoken style of writing that Fournier often describes as “cutting through the clutter.”In the stories the new boss is encouraging, first-person writing and emotive language are okay.So is scrapping the stonefaced approach to journal... | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
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| | Turkey: Court Shows Bias, Dissolves Lambda Istanbul | | 2008-06-02 13:58:00 | | Human Rights Group Ordered Closed on Procedural Grounds(Istanbul/New York, June 02, 2008) – A Turkish court’s decision to disband a human rights organization defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people shows that official repression poses a serious threat to democratic rights and freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today.On May 29, 2008, the Third Civil Court of First Instance in the Beyoðlu district of Istanbul ruled in favor of a complaint brought by the Istanbul Governor’s Office, and ordered the closing of Lambda Istanbul, a group advocating for LGBT people’s human rights. The complaint argued that Lambda Istanbul’s objectives are “against the law and morality.” The court failed to address these claims in its judgment and reached a decision that the association should be closed on purely procedural grounds. The ruling is the latest in a series of legal measures targeting organizations promoting the rights of LGBT people. “The judge... | | By: Tingplik Express | | |
| | Nutley resident arrested after alleged bias incident | | 2008-05-27 22:49:00 | | A 65-year-old Nutley resident who allegedly used racial slurs against an African-American resident has been arrested and charged with bias intimidation, aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon, said Nutley Detective Lt. Steven L. Rogers, of the department’s detective bureau.Rogers says the victim told police Steve Ferins, of an unknown address, was walking on his street uttering racially insensitive remarks. The victim told police that when he approached Ferins to try to calm him down, Ferins pulled a pocketknife on the victim and pointed it at him. The victim backed away and immediately called police, Rogers said.When police arrived, Ferins was taken into custody. He is being held in the Essex County Jail, Newark, on $30,000 bail, pending a hearing, according to Rogers.... | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| MSM Bias Update. . . | | 2008-05-12 14:01:08 | | Let's cut Obama some slack here because people make mistakes. Nevertheless can you imagine how the media would be reacting if it was McCain who said the same thing. The stories would be all about how the old codger is very forgetful and has no stamina.
The reality according to Marc Ambinder, who's traveled with both candidates is that McCain is the one with more stamina:
Those of us who...
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| | Anti-Clinton Media Bias? | | 2008-02-28 16:24:40 | | The Daily Show's Samantha Bee reports on media bias in the campaign from the Anti-Hillary War Room in the Paula Jones Conference Center:... | | By: Political Realm | | |
| | Ponder This… Six-Pack #14 (Documented Media Bias) | | 2008-02-06 15:06:21 | | 1. Last week I talked to the world at-large about how the greatest grassroots campaign in American political history was being ignored by the big media. Today I am here with some hard proof. Please check out this link to Journalism.org’s analysis of presidential contenders in the news. If you scroll down [...]... | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | Online Gambling Sites Rated & Reviewed without Bias | | 2008-01-22 08:21:47 | | Sportsbook-Watch.com is a comprehensive resource website for gambler to find information related to gambling, especially Sportsbook betting. Featured at the top of the website’s main page are Sportsbook Reviews, Poker Reviews, & Casino Reviews. Sportsbook-Watch.com also has a Today’s Recommended Section where recommended Sportsbook facility, Poker Websites, & online casinos are featured. One the same page below the daily recommendations, there are also other listed Sportsbook facility, Poker Websites, & online casinos inclusive of brief descriptions. The gambling sites listed on the website have passed the standards set by Sportsbook-Watch.com & do not pay to be listed on the website.Hence, gamblers will understand that the gambling sites seen on Sportsbook-Watch.com have been genuinely rated & reviewed without bias. The Best Gambling List & reviews of gambling sites are among the best that gamblers can find on the internet. The information which include short f... | | By: internet executive log | | |
| | Liberal Media Bias | | 2008-01-15 17:49:17 | | I have always stayed away from politics here, and I’m not sure why… it’s not because I’m scared of stirring up controversy or driving readers away. I don’t really care, and I’ve always spoken my mind about everything else here. Maybe it’s just the fact that politics really annoy the fuck out of me. They are exciting at times, I suppose, but only if you get to the root of the matter, not the smoke that the media and politicians are trying to blow up everybody’s ass. It’s really hard for me to care about a candidate when I don’t ever feel like I know their real views, just what they think will get them elected. I guess I can’t even blame them; honestly, it’s simply the political culture that America has fostered. But before this turns into a rant about a different subject, I’m not going to move away from “politics, and just ramble on about “political science”. What no one seems to get is that “liberalism” isn’t just a political buzz word. I’m not even sure how it gained the negative connotations, but every time I hear it used as such, a little part of me dies. Liberalism is an idea, an ideal, a philosophy… it is what The United States was founded upon, everything that it stands for and one of the greatest achievements in human history. It is “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”, “We the People” and “Give me liberty or give me death”. It is the topic of every great speech in American history, and everything that is great about America. Most of all, it is all those freedoms, those “inalienable rights”, and the progress towards something better. When my grandfather mentioned how one of my cousins was, “too liberal” the other day, I asked him what exactly he meant. His response was pretty amazing, and honestly hurt me. “She’s just against everything that I am for.” He went on to complain how colleges warp people’s minds and he wouldn’t want his children learning that sort of... | | By: Blast Shields Down | | |
| | Katie Couric Invents News to Fit Her Liberal Bias | | 2008-01-15 13:10:10 | | In case you needed proof that there is a liberal media bias, watch the video below on how Katie Couric invents the news in order to suit her own political agenda. No wonder Republicans are angry; these political hacks disguised as "Journalists" are intentionally destroying Conservatives. Below you will see very clearly how Couric is given the real story, and explained the real situation in the...
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| | On Media Bias: Part II (The Nature of Media) | | 2007-12-19 14:05:00 | | (Note: This post is a continuation of my initial post on media bias.)Let me address the nature of the media in general:The news media like to focus on change. News would be very boring if everything remained static, right? Imagine if the media started reporting how many people did not die on the roads this holiday season. Nobody would really care about that because it's not news. There's no "change" involved. But if 3 people died in an accident, that would be news.Here's another example: Everybody remembers Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. But how many people remember what was happening in New Orleans prior to Katrina? Probably not many because there was nothing to report. There was no "change" that had compelled us to pay attention.By definition, "conservative" means "does not change" or "changes slowly." This definition alone pits conservatism at odds with the media, which focus almost exclusively on change. A lack of change would sound the death knell for newspapers, internet sites, and television stations everywhere.Consider this: After being panned for months, the surge in Iraq is now producing positive results. And the media are covering Iraq more favorably. A "change" happened--that is, the situation in Iraq changed from ominous to more hopeful. Earlier, conservatives commonly criticized the media for focusing so much attention on car bombings, Iraqi civilian casualties, and dead American soldiers than on the rebuilding of schools, distributing toys to children, and repairing the country's infrastructure. Do you hear these conservatives complaining about "liberal media bias" now?Changes in mass communication and Republicans' political success have also given rise to increased media scrutiny, which is often misidentified as media bias.Regarding political successes, Republicans have won five of the last seven presidential elections and will have held the White House for 28 of the last 40 years by the election next fall. Republicans also... | | By: The 7-10 | | |
| | On Media Bias: Part I (The Candidates) | | 2007-12-19 14:04:00 | | (Note: This post is divided into two parts. To read the second half of this post, click here.)As the Iowa caucuses draw closer and politicians become increasingly concerned with making momentum-stalling gaffes on the campaign trail that could derail their nominations, the media they have relied on for much of the year to help shape and advance their campaigns has now become a double-edged sword.Politicians love the element of control--control over their message, control over their legislation, and control over their opposition. However, the one variable that is often out of politicians' control is the media. The media are notorious for building people up one day and then savagely tearing them down the next. The media are also infamous for catching politicians red-handed and providing a means by which moments of infamy can be replayed over and over again, as former Virginia Senator George Allen could attest to.However, one of the most enduring criticisms I hear from politicians, pundits, politicos, and partisans is the allegation of media bias, especially against conservatives and Republicans. These criticisms have led to fault lines, especially in cable news, as people view CNN and MSNBC as friendlier environs for Democrats and Fox News as more benevolent to Republicans.The focus of this particular post is not to provide a content analysis of the cable newscasts or their hiring trends. While at first glance, one may buy into this notion of bias, there are so many other examples to the contrary to suggest that even if the media are not always nonpartisan, they are decidedly not biased in that they collectively constitute an equal opportunity risk.First of all, it is important to stress that negative coverage is not always the same as biased coverage. Every campaign gets caught in stumbles, contradictions, improprieties, and awkward moments. And it is the media's duty to report on those. The media have a responsibility to their audience to address legitima... | | By: The 7-10 | | |
| | MSM Bias Watch: The Liberal Media Has Taken Over | | 2007-11-30 22:40:53 | | Let's Examine the Facts:
Hillary Clinton spent the entire month of November planting questions at her own Press Conferences and lying about where she stands on issues.
Then:
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - Bill Clinton Lies and Says He was Against the Iraq War From the Beginning.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - Hillary Clinton's staff member gets flown into the Republican CNN YouTube debate to...
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| | Mountain Time Zone Bias | | 2007-11-21 17:38:35 | | Bernie Lincicome of the Rocky Mountain News believes that Matt Holliday was the NL's MVP in 2007. He just isn't sure why.Stiffed again. Were we the only ones watching? Was all that happened with the Rockies just air guitar baseball and shadow puppets? Pay no attention to the man behind the screen. He has no MVP vote, anyhow. This one is worse than the other two because Matt Holliday was not only the most valuable player in the National League he was practically in his own league.I'll ignore try the absence of commas in that last sentence, and focus instead on the content of the statement itself. Lincicome implies that Holliday's performance placed him so far above his competitors that one would have to be a fool to deny him an MVP vote, but in fact, Holliday was probably not even one of the best three players in his league. I'll refer you to the great Joe Sheehan's MVP analysis, since I agree with his conclusions. If you're not a BP subscriber, just know that Sheehan looked at VORP, WARP, and everything in between, and came up with the following player rankings:1.) Albert Pujols, 2) David Wright, 3) Jake Peavy, 4) Matt Holliday, 5) Chase Utley, 6) Jimmy Rollins, 7) Miguel Cabrera, 8) Chipper Jones, 9) Hanley Ramirez, 10) Prince FielderFeel free to disagree with this list, but it's pretty safe to say that Holliday was not "in his own league" in 2007.The numbers are as obvious as they are tedious, to be chewed on by more serious stat pets than me, but Holliday became more than this season’s poster prop for the Rockies, not the usual Coors Field inflated creature, though that seems to be the most common mark against him.Perfectly understandable position here. Why should an important writer like Bernie Lincicome be forced to pore over tedious statistics before concluding that Holliday was the NL's most valuable player? Especially when the numbers are so "obvious?" He'd rather leave that to the poor saps who are actually interested in discovering the truth... | | By: Between the Lines | | |
| | This Liberal Media Bias | | 2007-11-03 19:41:05 | | A couple of months ago I read a post over on Buck Naked Politics titled What Liberal Media?in which WMD attempted to use the lack of Ron Paul coverage after he won various networks online and text polls (post debate) to try to prove a lack of a liberal media bias stating,"If we really had a "liberal media" wouldn't you expect them to be shining the spotlight on the dark-horse underdog who is upsetting the Rudy McRomney apple cart?" Unfortunately I read it at work didn't email it to myself and forgot about it until now. (I'll get to what reminded me in a bit)As for WMD's examples, at the time Ron Paul was considered by all outlets of the media to essentially be some libertarian longshot kook with a snowball's chance of being in the race a month later. Secondly, online/text polls are in no way shape or form an indicator of actual public opinion. They are an indicator of how motivated and engaged the candidates' supporters are. Nothing else. Therefore the media doesn't cover their ... | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
| | I’m Bias, But He IS Cute! | | 2007-08-13 23:02:17 | |
Brushin’ my teeth like a big boy!
Man I wish this was a donut!
FANGS! No front teeth just bloodsucking FANGS!
He truely is part Canadian! Wearing a touque in 99 Degree August heat!!
Mood : sleepy Background Noise : Shut Up And Drive - Rihanna Ethan's Age : 52 Weeks... | | By: Shiny Dust Bunnies - Happenings | | |
| | More Media Bias? | | 2007-08-03 07:27:38 | | Is it me or is much of the MSM seems to really be pulling for Hillary Clinton? I mean now that Edwards is barely in the race they seem intent on dissecting every word Obama has said since the youtube debate. I have a bit of a anti-Hillary Clinton bias so I thought I'd check.
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| | Beyond Bias | | 2007-07-20 04:00:00 | | Law enforcement won a big victory last week, but you'd never know it by listening to the mainstream media. When the Tiahrt Amendment passed the House Appropriations Committee, it meant that law enforcement can continue to use ATF trace data to prosecute criminals, and people like Mike Bloomberg can't use it to try and harass law-abiding gun owners and gun sellers. But the media told some real whoppers. The Associated Press story, for instance, said, "Pro-gun rights Democrats teamed with House...(read more)... | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | What Bias Does Your Technology Head Have? | | 2007-06-29 12:41:18 | |
We can all be creatures of our past. If we are brought up to be a hammer, we can see everything as a nail. One of the biggest tools you’ll use in your company will be the technology that drives the information technology. IT has become an even bigger resource to companies during the past two decades as more power has been pushed out to users, we now have the internet and we know have email as an additional way to communicate.
That makes it all the more important to make sure that we’re getting effective use of our technology and that we’re headed in the right particular direction. You might have a head of information technology or you might happen to be relying more on an outside technology advisor. It’s really important to know where is there background and what perspective are they coming from. You need to make sure that this will match up with what you’re going to need for your particular business. If you find that there’s anything missing, how can you fill in the blank... | | By: Ask Jon Paul | | |
| | No Bias here, Just move along | | 2007-06-21 20:26:16 | | MSNBC.com identified 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the...
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| | Level Platform Installation and bias correction | | 2007-06-07 20:49:00 | | Level Platform Replacement Procedure :Loosen the 4 Level Platform Motor mounting screws and move the motor toward the level cage to slacken the drive belt.loosen the 2 screws that retain the 15 pin harness connector to the top level platform assembly and remove the connectorremove the hex nut on the end of the level platform spindle and remove the level cage (the gold colored box).Place the drive belt over the pulley on the new level cage and assemble onto the spindle. Attach the belt to drive motor, pull the motor back to remove the slack in the belt and tighten then retaining nut.Replace the hex nut and tighten the nut until the endplay is just reduce to zero. Do not over-tighten the retaining nut.Replace the 15 pin harness connector and tighten the 2 retaining screws.Turn the antenna on and let it initialize. Place a bubble level on the top of the level platform. If the platform is level within 1 to 2 degrees, no level trim adjustment is required. If the platform is off level by more than 2 degrees (2 divisions on the bubble level) then level trim adjustment is necessary. Perform the adjustment procedure.Level Platform Adjustment ProcedureAt the DAC-97 front panel, press the MODE key until the display shows the REMOTE TILT window. If the display will not advance beyond the REMOTE AUX window, key 7979 and press ENTER.At the REMOTE TILT window, press the UP arrow to initiate tilt adjustment. Use the 8,2,4 and 6 keys to move the level platform Up, Down, Left and Right respectively.When the level platform is level, press the DOWN arrow to exit tilt mode, then press the MODE key to show REMOTE PARAMETERS.Press the UP arrow and ENTER to save the new tilt setting in non-volatile NVRAM in the Pedestal Control Unit.... | | By: VSAT for Marine | | |
| | It was Bias | | 2007-02-25 12:51:00 | | I was biased. That was what happened to my GBPYEN trade two weeks ago. I lost more than 400 pips because of that. I have the chance to cut the lost small, but I didn't do it. Why? Because I felt that the price will go higher and my position will go +ve. It is quite hard to describe how, I don't know how to describe it, but that is the feeling, more like hoping at the market. It is like I believed that the market that will go higher but in reality it is not, and it is going in another way, but I still believe that the price will go higher amid the reality and I held the position. I hope that will describe it.It is really hard we are in conflict with our on believe. Even when the reality have shown us the fact, but the believe in us will give us many reason not to respond to the fact. Many reasoning have come to my mind: retracements, certain formation, profit taking, and others that have made me cling to my position though in reality it not. It is about trying to be right. Yes, I think ... | | By: Forex Trading Journal | | |
| | Bias. Not Just for The TV Anymore. | | 2006-11-30 17:23:00 | | A while back, I had noticed something on YouTube that at first made me think that I was merely paranoid about conservative politics.You see, when it comes to finding a Bush-Basing, Rush Is a Dope Head, Sean Hannity is the spawn of Satan, and conservatives are actually the Morlocks that you read about in The Time Machine *deep breath* It is about as easy to find one of these on YouTube as it is to find hidden Hershey bars at a fat camp.I tested this theory. I went as far as to type in such keywords as "pro-republican" and "democrats are stupid" What came up were more anti-Bush videos! I figured that the population of liberal videos were so vast that it was a mere coincidence that they were the only things that would come up when a political term was searched.But this became obvious to other conservative bloggers too. And they did a little research.It seems the mass population of far-left tripe is caused by the fact that there are hardly any conservative videos to ever compare them with. Not because we aren't making them. But because they aren't being allowed on the site.Quoted from the Common Sense Journal'The censorship of videos about reasonable debate relating to various policies on Iraq, Lebanon, or the censorship of blogs that just want to show photos of a disabled child so that her plea might be heard are just one side of this evil scheme. It's not just what they censor things that shouldn't be censored but what they allow. (YouTube.com is not a government entity and can censor whatever they want as a private company, but it does discredit them when their partisan and extremely disgusting policies are brought to light.) 'Via Passionate America's post on YouTube VideosI read this article and was brought to the realization that I wasn't paranoid about conservative politics. Google and YouTube were.It wouldn't bother me that much if that were it. It wouldn't surprise me if conservatives being banned from anything expressing their beliefs was r... | | By: The Outlaw Republican | | |
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