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Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Conservative radio launches sexist attacks against Snowe, Collins After Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voted for the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) stated that she "share[s] the goal of passing health care reform," several right-wing radio hosts have launched sexist attacks against the senators. For instance, Rush Limbaugh proclaimed that "the voice of the new castrati" applauded Snowe's support of health care reform and declared, "Women, damn it," in response to Collins' statement, and Michael Savage asserted, "Jezebel is Olympia Snowe." Read More Fox & Friends distorts news on Social Security benefits to suggest "Washington waging a war against seniors" On Fox News, Steve Doocy asked whether the fact that "for the first time since 1975, there will be no COLA -- no cost-of-living increase -- for Social Security recipients" indicated that "Washington [is] waging a war against seniors," continuing Fox & Friends' pattern of repeatedly fearmongering about how health care reform will harm senior citizens. In fact, the Social Security Administration has used the same formula to index benefits to inflation since the 1970s, and although 2009 reportedly marks the first time the formula will translate into no cost-of-living increase, the Obama administration is urging Congress to provide seniors with tax rebates that are equal to a cost-of-living adjustment, as the hosts of Fox & Friends themselves reported. Read More Fox trumpets CAIR conspiracy theory charges made by author with anti-Islam history Repeated Fox News segments reported that, in Bret Baier's words, "Republican lawmakers say the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, is trying to infiltrate Capitol Hill by placing interns in key positions," an allegation stemming from a right-wing book whose author has a history of making outrageous and anti-Islamic assertions and is published by WorldNetDaily, which has its own history of making outrageous allegations and inflammatory remarks. Moreover, the document that Republican Reps. Sue Myrick (NC), John Shadegg (AZ), Paul Broun (GA), and Trent Franks (AZ) cited as evidence of CAIR's alleged activities is stolen and does not support their claims. Read More Breitbart websites' specious claim: Volunteer opportunity search engines have liberal bias In October 15 and September 18 posts, bloggers for Andrew Breitbart's BigHollywood.com and BigGovernment.com have denounced search engines used to promote volunteer opportunities by the Entertainment Industry Foundation's "I Participate" initiative and the federal United We Serve program, condemning the former for including volunteer opportunities with Planned Parenthood and the latter for including a volunteer opportunity for ACORN. However, neither post noted that the search engines promote volunteer opportunities with a wide array of groups, including the National Right to Life Committee and the Tea Party Nation. Read More Beck falsely claimed Anita Dunn "worships" "her hero" Mao Zedong Throughout most of his October 15 Fox News program, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that White House communications director Anita Dunn "worships" and "idolizes" "her hero" Mao Zedong. In fact, in the video that Beck aired as evidence to support his claims, Dunn offered no endorsement of Mao's ideology or atrocities -- rather, she commented that Mao and Mother Teresa were her two of her "favorite political philosophers," and based on short quotes from them, she offered the advice that "you don't have to follow other people's choices and paths" or "let external definition define how good you are internally." Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Thursday, October 15, 2009 Funeral held for mom killed at bus stop | VIDEO A memorial service was underway for a Chicago mother of three shot to death last week while waiting for a CTA bus. Mayor discusses 2010 budget plans | VIDEO Chicago Mayor Richard Daley talked Thursday about how he will address a city budget deficit of more than half a billion dollars without a tax hike. Lanes reopen on Kennedy Expressway | VIDEO All lanes of the westbound Kennedy Expressway and connecting ramps are now reopened to traffic after crews worked through the night to fix buckling pavement at Adams. Teen killed in nightclub shooting A shooting inside a Logan Square nightclub has claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy. Person injured on CTA tracks Underground Red Line service was restored after a person fell on the tracks at the Jackson stop. MORE STORIES Strange Survey says Mexicans curse 20 times a day Church plans to burn Bibles, Christian books More than 200 Elvis items to be auctioned | VIDEO Mayor censured for drunken YouTube video Icelandic translation of Dan Brown novel stolen Consumer United could be fined for towels in engine Nokia's first US laptop to cost $300 from AT&T | VIDEO Coke launches new size of soda can Bank of America tests out credit card fees System outages affect bank's ATMs Healthbeat End-of-life care may do more harm than good Cell phone cancer risk depends on study Bike injuries becoming more severe Kids under 10 may need 2 swine flu vaccine doses Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off MOST POPULAR I-Team Report: The Underground Priesthood Web Exclusive: Mob's Rudy no role model 18 cars stolen at two luxury dealers Teen killed in nightclub shooting Twin brothers charged in bus stop murder All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 44°F 37°F Cold with on-and-off rain and drizzle Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM FlashForward 8:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 9:01 PM Private Practice 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope I-Team Report: The Underground Priesthood A Chicago woman is the latest to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. Oktoberfest at Hawthorne Race Course In the spirit of all things German, and to help commemorate one of the world's most traditional horse races, Hawthorne Race Course will be celebrating Oktoberfest this weekend Sausages and Pork Chops Baked with Fruited Sauerkraut Smoked Pork with Braised Sauerkraut Potato Salad with Bacon-Vinegar Dressing and Dill Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage and Fennel Pretzel Rolls SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North Sign up for news alerts

Bible verse ban spawns 'wave of support for Christ'

Can't see this email? View the online version. Zero-tolerance policies Advertisement Webcast DVDs Available for Purchase Bible verse ban spawns 'wave of support for Christ' A controversial school policy in northern Georgia has compelled many students to passionately defend their free-speech rights and proclaim their Christian beliefs. State custody step for Rifqa 'just a guise' A Florida-based organization believes immigration papers may be the only thing that will prevent a 17-year-old Christian convert from Islam from being returned to her Muslim parents in Ohio. Parents voice opposition to Obama 'praise' song New Jersey school officials responsible for having elementary school students sing an anthem of praise to President Obama remain under fire from parents who accuse the district of political indoctrination. Suspended 1st-grader can return to school A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve. POLL: What's your take on 'zero-tolerance' policies? VOTE Homosexuality 'not a civil right' The chairman of the Orange County (California) Board of Education says she is "appalled" that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking schools to set aside a day to honor a controversial homosexual activist. More of today's news Zero Tolerance ... Sweat Lodge ope... Runaway Convert SoCal storm menaces neighborhoods near burn areas LOS ANGELES  A powerful fall storm packing strong winds, drenching rain and heavy snow has moved into Southern California where residents near fire scarred hillsides braced Health care legislation back behind closed doors WASHINGTON Health care talks slip back behind closed doors Wednesday as Senate leaders start trying to merge two very different bills into a new version that House panel to begin push on financial overhaul WASHINGTON Small neighborhood banks and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are overshadowing the nation's biggest banks in influencing lawmakers as Congress begins the AP sources: Afghan corruption worries McChrystal WASHINGTON The top military commander in Afghanistan is asking for up to 80,000 more American troops even as he warns that rampant government corruption there may prevent victory Mass Moonie wedding ASAN, South Korea From South Korea to South America,  Sun Myung Moon married tens of thousands of couples in the Unification Church's largest mass wedding in a decade and potentially Amp Up Before You Score? PepsiCo Inc. decided that since energy drinks are supposed to be edgy and cool and drunk by young guys, they would release an iPhone application for their Amp Energy drink that appeals to those young men. See FOX News. Limbaugh's NFL Ownership Attempt Likened to A Plantation Owner Pulitzer Prize winner Karen Hunter appeared on MSNBC yesterday to discuss Limbaugh's NFL bid and her opposition to it. Hunter said "I can just see the visions of plantation grandeur dancing in his head as we speak," Hunter said. "Yeah, White House Goes After FOX News There's a column at The Washington Post site this morning by Howard Kurtz about his interview with Anita Dunn, the White House Communications Director. The interesting part ofthe Kurtzinterview is what Dunn had to sayabout FOX News. She stated Compromise? Sometimes You Can’t by David P. Smith We hear a lot about compromise these days. Compromise is defined as “a settlement of differences by mutual concessions.†In everyday life, we have to make compromises all the time in order to be able to Chris Matthews Wishes Rush Would Explode Already Check out the video below (courtesy of Hot Air)as Chris Matthews muses about Rush Limbaugh as Mr. Big in the movie Live and Let Die. Matthews says You guys see Live and Let Die, the great Bond film with Yaphet Are Christians Demented? by Jerry Richardson Christian people are often angry and surprised when people of the world declare them to be mentally unbalanced. Many of us are concerned that persecution of Christians around the world is on the rise and that criticism Lurching toward Sodom and Gomorrah by Bryan Fischer, AFA Director of Issue Analysis Judge Robert Bork wrote a book a number of years ago in which he described an America that was "slouching towards Gomorrah." Well, you can forget the slouching part. We are now Little Eyes description Matt Friedeman Talks About Spanking Matt Friedeman Talks to Rodney Stark Pt 2 Matt Friedeman Talks To Rodney Stark Pt 1 Matt Friedeman Talks About Marriage Matt Friedeman Daily Devotional 101409 Bryan Fischer Talks About Obama and the Nobel Prize Pt 2 Goody-two-shoes A short video about what it means to be innocent. Learn2Discern - Blackout and Whitewash Did you notice the media blackout on some 60,000 people praying in New York City’s Times Square. Join us on Learn2Discern! Learn2Discern - A Defining Moment A $3,800 penalty that would be imposed on families that don’t buy health insurance is not a tax, based upon a President's definition? Learn2Discern today! Santa Claus andEaster Bunny Seen With Halloween Candy By Sheri Cobb Last week at church I was questioned about what my kids were going to be for Halloween. The young girl who asked nearly dropped in horror when I explained we don't celebrate Halloween. 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Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Conservative media fearmonger that Fox News is part of White House "enemies list" Following White House criticism of Fox News for its ideological slant, conservative media figures are again fearmongering that the White House has an "enemies list," and that Fox News is -- in the words of Glenn Beck -- "another enemy" that "warmongers" in the Obama administration would fight with "missiles pointed right at Fox." Sean Hannity claimed the White House is "promising retribution," and conservative radio host Mark Levin said, "[L]et me be clear -- there is an enemies list, a political hit list that this administration has. Just as Castro did, and Chavez and Stalin." Read More Washington Examiner falsehood: "$373 million in stimulus money for better vending machine food" On October 14, The Washington Examiner ran the false headline, "Michelle: $373 million in stimulus money for better vending machine food." However, Michelle Obama, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Examiner article itself contradict the headline; HHS will award $373 million to communities through a competitive grant process for "comprehensive" programs -- one component of which could include healthier  vending machine food -- that would "reduce obesity." Read More Serial smearer Corsi's explanation for mortgage bubble loaded with falsehoods aimed at Dems Appearing on Hannity to promote his latest book, America for Sale, author Jerome Corsi purported to explain the causes of the mortgage bubble by advancing a litany of falsehoods and misinformation: repeating the myth that the Community Reinvestment Act was responsible for the bubble; claiming that President Obama was tied to the housing bubble through conservative bogeyman ACORN; and falsely suggesting that Obama lowered interest rates to "zero or close to zero." Corsi has previously written falsehood-laden books about Obama and Sen. John Kerry, has claimed that Obama posted online a "false, fake birth certificate," and has a history of controversial comments about Islam, Catholicism, progressives, and other matters. Read More Fox and other media conservatives still in denial about cost and popularity of public option Fox News personalities and other conservative media figures have recently claimed or suggested either that a public health insurance option is unpopular among the American public, that it is costly, or both. But they ignored that numerous major public opinion polls contradict their claims; that both the House and Senate health care reform bills require the public plan to be self-sustaining; that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluded that a public option did "not have a substantial effect on the cost" of the Senate health committee bill; and that numerous experts agree that a public plan is important to help control the cost of health care. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

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The long-simmering tension between insurers and congressional Democrats is erupting into open warfare, with lawmakers stepping up their push to revoke a key federal protection for the insurance industry.

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One of the two hitmen has his chest branded with a tattoo of the Virgin Maria Auxilatrix, known in Colombia as the "Virgin of the Assassins." Hitmen, or "sicarios," pray to her for protection against arrest or death and for help to carry out their killings

Watch this video - Kraft Foods will donate money to feed the hungry

Watch this video - Kraft Foods will donate money to feed the hungry Dear Friends and Family,   Watch this video and Kraft Foods Foundation will donate money to feed the hungry   More than 12,000 Kraft Foods employees recently participated in our first-ever global week of community service – "Make a Delicious Difference Week."  Employees around the world created this video to help spread the volunteer spirit.    Each time it's viewed, the Kraft Foods Foundation will donate money to Feeding America to help provide five meals to those at risk of hunger -- up to 100,000 meals through the end of October 2009.    In additon to our volunteer efforts, last week Kraft also doubled the financial contributions that we made to our favorite non-for-profit charities, totally up to $1 million dollars.  We had similar opportunity for a double match in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday in January.  7 of my favorite charities were thrilled with their matching contributions!    So, please, check out this short video, pass it along to your friends and family, put it on your Facebook page, just get the word out.  Every click before Oct 31st will provide 5 meals to the hungry.   Click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rpkyWck3A   Share it through your Facebook and Twitter accounts too!

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Loved ones mourn Naperville teen | VIDEO On Wednesday, family members and classmates gathered to remember the life of a high school freshman who died after contracting the H1N1 flu. 18 cars stolen at two luxury dealers Car thieves struck a pair of luxury auto dealerships over the weekend. Web Exclusive: Mob's Rudy no role model As the mob's family tree has spread upward, federal authorities in Chicago seemed to keep missing one piece of low-hanging fruit. Daley: Lawmakers could rethink free rides | VIDEO Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is calling the Chicago Transit Authority's proposed fare increases "ugly." New buyer needed for old post office The U.S. Postal Service needs another buyer for the city's old post office. A British developer failed to close on his winning bid. MORE STORIES Strange Mayor censured for drunken YouTube video Icelandic translation of Dan Brown novel stolen Cops: Man tried to eat evidence after pot bust Ala. party taps dead man for panel Man gets probation for stabbing fish Consumer Nokia's first US laptop to cost $300 from AT&T | VIDEO System outages affect bank's ATMs Ford adds 4.5M vehicles to defective switch recall Toys R Us adds gift registry Data, contacts vanish from Sidekick phones | VIDEO Healthbeat Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off Near half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy Early signs may indicate Alzheimer's Surgery helps boy grow new cheekbones Relaxation CDs help cure tummy aches MOST POPULAR Judy Hsu gives birth on expressway Woman killed in deadly hit-and-run 18 cars stolen at two luxury dealers Judy Hsu, baby 'Ike' doing fine Mom investigated after baby found in basement All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 48°F 40°F Rain and drizzle this morning; otherwise, cold with considerable cloudiness Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Hank 7:30 PM The Middle 8:00 PM Modern Family 8:30 PM Cougar Town 9:01 PM Eastwick 10:00 PM ABC 7 News Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Judy Hsu, baby 'Ike' doing fine "I'm having a better morning than yesterday!" Judy Hsu said Wednesday, the day after giving birth to her fourth child on side of the Eisenhower Expressway. Judy Hsu gives birth on expressway Viewers suggest baby names to Judy A Look Back: Baby Number 3 Baked by Betsy's homemade Halloween Betsy D'Attomo's grandmother baked every day when she was a child. Now, flour, sugar and butter are the tools of the trade for this lawyer turned baker. More from the Hungry Hound SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North Sign up for news alerts