10-14-10: Are Media Manipulations Setting the Political Agenda?

Are Media Manipulations Setting the Political Agenda? The Editor When journalists make the news, rather than report it, is democracy safe? * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * Americans See Children's Future Dim in Poll NY Times: ‘No Such Thing' as a Shovel-Ready Job Audio: Glenn Beck: ‘Much To the Chagrin of Half the Country, I'm Not Dying' Video: Matthews to AFL-CIO chief: If Those Chilean Miners Were Tea Partiers, They'd Be Dead Video: U.S. Navy - The Best Navy of the World Audio: Michelle Obama Thanks Supporters for "Keepin' the Spirits Clean Around Us" Video: Joy Behar Denounces Super-Mom Michele Bachmann: ‘She's Against Children' Geert Wilders Acquitted Of Insulting Muslims Ghailani Trial Underway... and Predictable Andrew McCarthy The trial of Ahmed Ghailani who is accused of bombing American embassies in 1998, is playing out with all the charades expected of a civilian - rather than a military - court. From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday Military History, W. Thomas Smith, Jr. This Week in American Military History, from the birth of the Navy to a heroic WW2 air mission that cost the lives of 600 servicemen. Keep Scrolling Of Federaphobia and Islamophobia Edward Cline Two public bodies are currently describing their opponents' concerns as "phobias" but as well as mangling the meaning of speech they deny others' freedom of speech. A Review of R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s "After The Hangover" Herbert London Conservatives sometimes seem unsure of their identities. Perhaps if they read this book, with its emphasis on American exceptionalism, that could change. "Obama's Wars:" Commander-In-Defeat? Tom McLaughlin Do the revelations from Bob Woodward's latest book help to explain the administration's apparent reluctance to face down the Islamist enemy? Keep Scrolling Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. Canada's Failure to Win A U.N. Security Council Seat Follows Years of Sparring With Islamic States (CNS) In online journal, al Qaeda pushes 'lone-wolf' attacks (WT) Chilling Account of Fort Hood Shooting (FOX) Illinois Military Absentee Ballots May Not Be Counted (EXAMINER) Ahmadinejad heads to border with Israel (FOX) N.Y. To GIs: No Votes For You! (IBD) Triumphant Ground Zero Mosque (HUMAN EVENTS) Falcon Lake Murder: Mexican Investigator Beheaded (PAJAMAS) Tears at Gitmo Detainee Trial: survivors of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing (FOX) 50 States Launch Bank Foreclosure Probes (AP) The Marxist Roots of Obama's Rage, Part One Cliff Kincaid According to Paul Kengor, the head of the current administration is only the latest progressive to be manipulated by people who do not fully embrace the American Dream. What on Earth is Bob Ward? James Delingpole Meet the Australian activist and pundit of man-made climate change, lacking in real scientific credentials but acting as an academic at London's School of Economics. Keep Scrolling Quote of the Day - October 14, 2010 Wise words from a Muslim who followed a school of Islam that is now extinct... Blind Minority Support for Democrats is Racist Gabriel Garnica, Esq. Democrats, it seems, seek to perpetuate a dependent minority base and have no interest in helping that base become self-sufficient, independent, or successful. *** NEW*** Caption Contest - October 14 - 19 Caption Contest Can you come up with the funniest photo caption? Click here to sign up for FSM’s e-mail updates!