News Roundup: Monday 19th November 2007

WABC - Channel 7 Eyewitness News: More racy photos have emerged showing the Hoboken Police Chief and other police officers posing with weapons and "Hooters" girls.

WJLA - ABC 7 News Washington DC: Disgraced Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick has surrended to US Marshals ahead of his sentencing on December 10th.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australian PM John Howard has denied that he has delayed campaigning in Tasmania because he has given up on two marginal seats.

Al Jazeera: Iraqi Police have arrested 43 foreign security guards after a woman was shit in central Baghdad.

BBC News: Zimbabwe's goverment is accusing the UK of planning an invasion and assassinations of the country's leadership.

This one belongs in the Ridiculous News File! The trouble is, they actually believe this rubbish!

Capital News 9: The Schenectady County District Attorney announceed a grand jury had found numorous problems with the way the local Police Department handled evidence.

CBC News: The government of British Columbia has ordered an inquiry into the death of a man at Vancouver International Airport after he was tasered.

New Dehli Television: The UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia has arrested the former Khmer Rouge head of state after he was released from hospital.

And Finally...

Sky News: After a whirlwind 3 day romance,Britain's oldest newleyweds have just tied the knot.

She is 85 years old, He is 93!

News Roundup: Sunday 18th November 2007

France 24: Greece and Turkey launch their first ever shared gas pipeline.

I hope this is a first step to the reunification of Cyprus.

Agence France Presse: Voters in Kosovo have voted for a pro-independence leader's party in key legislative elections.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: All 27 miners who were trapped in a Ballarat gold mine have been brought to the surface.

KCBS All News 740: An expert in time management is causing controversy by suggesting entrepreneurs go on an email diet.

Sky News: One of America's best known brands, MTV, is now trying to enter the Arab world.

WJLA - ABC 7 Washington DC: The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says a man has died after a deputy used a taser to break up a fight.

And Finally...

BBC News: A 5.5m long Minke Whale has been spotted almost 1000 miles from the ocean in the Amazon rainforest.

Newsbusters actually reports factually, whilst trying to insinuate bias!

Newsbusters is a blog from the right wing Media Research Center which supposedly highlights liberal media bias. However, this time, they actually managed to report something completely factually, whilst trying to insinuate that bias was involved.

The entry by Brent Baker highlights comments by syndicated columnist Mark Shields, on the programme Inside Washington, produced by Washington DC ABC affiliate WJLA. Mark Shields describes how right wing radio attacks will make Hillary Clinton somewhat as a sympathy figure, in the same way, as NPR's Nina Tottenberg pointed out, as she was elected to the New York Senate seat in her first Senate run.

The whole entry is written with lots of quotes, to insinuate that there is bias in the statements, whereas in fact, what was stated was factual. We have seen it happen before, we could see it happen again.