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      • Lutheran Medical Center Appoints New Auxiliary Leaders March 11, 2010
        Auxiliary Board Members Re-elected On January 27, the Lutheran Medical Center Auxiliary re-elected its members of the board and appointed new leaders. The 120-member auxiliary appointed Josephine Cashman as president, who has served with the auxiliary for 13 years, Claireann Gent, a 27-year-veteran as first vice president, and Jane Kelly, who has been with t […]
      • Stars To Align for Brooklyn’s Pink & Black Tie Gala March 11, 2010
        The Brooklyn Regional Office of the American Cancer Society (ACS) will be hosting a “starry night” on May 6, at its second annual Pink and Black Tie Gala. With a roster of celebrities donating their time and efforts to the success […]
      • Atlantic Yards Opponents Protest Near Groundbreaking March 11, 2010
        Mock Funeral for the ‘Soul of Brooklyn’ By Jess Goodwin Brooklyn Daily Eagle PROSPECT HEIGHTS -- Protestors gathered Thursday outside Freddy’s Bar to hold a mock funeral for the “soul of Brooklyn,” in response to the Atlantic Yards groundbreaking nearby. After speeches were made by life-size bobbleheads of Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City May […]
      • Long-Awaited Groundbreaking Held for Atlantic Yards March 11, 2010
        Jobs, Housing and Basketball Are Seen in Brooklyn’s Future By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN – “The next best thing to being at this groundbreaking will be going to opening day for the Nets at the Barclays Center.” Borough President Marty Markowitz spoke these words Thursday at the long-awaited groundbreaking for the Barclays Center, centerpiec […]
      • Three Fires Plague Brooklyn; One Proves Deadly March 11, 2010
        Five Firefighters Injured in Devastation of Concord St. Home By Samantha Sherman Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn woke up on Thursday morning to the news that three separate fires had occurred in the borough, two in the downtown area. The third fire, at a brownstone at 732 Decatur St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, proved deadly, killing 35-year old David Ortiz and inj […]
      • James Modafferi, Bay Ridge Film Center Owner, Dies at 66 March 11, 2010
        Longtime professional photographer James Modafferi, owner of the Bay Ridge Film Center, died last week of cancer. He was 66. The Bay Ridge Film Center at 9425 Third Avenue at the corner of 95th Street has been in business for decades. […]
      • Suspect Charged in Brooklyn Hit-Run March 11, 2010
        A suspect in last month’s Brooklyn hit-and-run accident in Prospect Heights that left an employee of the Mayor’s Office in critical condition surrendered to police Thursday and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, according to the Daily […]
      • Brooklyn Today: Thursday March 11, 2010 March 11, 2010
        Good morning. Today is the 70th day of the year. It is the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Ten terrorist bombs exploded on four commuter trains in Spain’s busy capital on this date, killing 191 people and injuring […]
      • ‘Salt of the Earth?’ March 11, 2010
        No, Says Ortiz According to the Daily News, Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill to ban the use of salt from New York City restaurants for health reasons. Some of the city’s top chefs, as could be expected, slammed […]
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        A new coffee house is rumored to be opening on Atlantic Avenue, called 139 @lantic. Tweeter ejcory posted a picture of a sign in the window, which boasts that the new shop will offer “exotic teas, Fair Trade coffee, live entertainment, interesting furniture, contemporary artifacts,” and “a unique atmosphere.” Under the large apartment complex at 725 […]

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        For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca
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        March 11, 2010
        Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked popular music as "propaganda" that is helping to advance a progressive agenda and undermine America. Fox example, Beck warned that Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" is "about a progressive utopia" and that the Beatles' "Revolution" "spell[s] it all out" abou
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        March 11, 2010
        Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy baselessly claimed that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is offering a way to pass health care reform legislation "without actually voting on it." However, the House has already voted on and passed a health care reform bill, and a legislative rule reportedly under consideration would still require the House to vote o
      • Double standard: After defending Hastert over Foley scandal, Fox now attacks Pelosi over Massa
        March 11, 2010
        Fox News has trumpeted stories that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff -- but not Pelosi herself -- may have been made aware of some concerns regarding Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) last year. However, following the revelation that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert had likely been personally informed of email then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sent to a congressional
      • Fox accuses admin of "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab" land
        March 11, 2010
        Seizing on allegations made by Rep. Bob Bishop (R-UT), Fox & Friends accused the Obama administration of moving ahead with a "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab 12, 13 million acres, designating them as federal monuments." In fact, there is no such plan; the allegations are reportedly based on a "very preliminary
      • Cato's Tanner twists facts in NY Post op-ed on Dems "twisting arms" for health care votes
        March 11, 2010
        Referencing HBO's "The Sopranos," Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner wrote in the New York Post that Democrats "are willing to use every trick in the book to get this [health care] bill passed." However, many of Tanner's allegations of suspect tactics by Democrats are not supported by the facts.Tanner baselessly claimed
      • Rove's anti-health care reform column full of misinformation
        March 11, 2010
        In a March 11 Wall Street Journal editorial, Fox News Contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the Senate health care bill has "abortion-funding language," adds to the deficit and contains no immediate benefits. In fact, the Senate bill prohibits federal funding of abortion, contains numerous immediate benefits, and, according to the Congressiona
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        March 11, 2010
        On March 3, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that "we're going to pay taxes on this bill what for three, four years, before the bill is even implemented." In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Hannity: "We're going to pay taxes" for years before the
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        March 10, 2010
        Seizing on an absurd claim spread by right-wing blogs that President Obama wants to ban sport fishing, Glenn Beck stated on his Fox News program that Obama is attempting to prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing on some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, and great lakes "by executive order." In fact, there is no evidence of any such order, bu
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        March 10, 2010
        Glenn Beck claimed that President Obama was drastically changing the poverty scale in a way that would effectively classify Beck as "in poverty" because other people in his community are wealthier than he is. In fact, the measurement would supplement, not replace, the poverty measurement currently in use, and it would not count Beck as poor. From t
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        March 10, 2010
        Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson stated that appeals court nominee Judge Robert Chatigny "gained notoriety" for "fight[ing] the execution of convicted serial killer and rapist Michael Ross," adding that "[s]ome are concerned he may be biased in favor of sex offenders." However, an appeals court panel -- which included
      • Hannity latest Fox News employee to defend Beck's claim that Obama is "racist"
        March 10, 2010
        On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity became the latest Fox News personality to defend Glenn Beck's statement that President Obama is "a racist," joining News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch and Fox News president Roger Ailes. Discussing Beck's comments, Hannity stated, "When the president hangs out with Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, I'
      • Thiessen falsely claims all Senate Judiciary Republicans echoed Cheney's DOJ attack ad
        March 10, 2010
        Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen falsely claimed that "all the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee" were asking questions similar to those posed by Liz Cheney's controversial ad campaign attacking Justice Department attorneys who previously represented terrorism detainees. In fact, Sen. Lindsey Graham -- a Republican member of
      • Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"
        March 10, 2010
        Following the lead of an ESPNOutdoors.com opinion writer, who provided no evidence for his claim that a federal strategy "could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing," right-wing blogs have advanced the outlandish charge that Obama "wants to ban sport fishing." These media outlets cited the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's interim
      • Thiessen brings "shameful" attacks on DOJ lawyers to Fox
        March 10, 2010
        Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen appeared on Fox & Friends to promote his attacks on Department of Justice lawyers who previously represented or advocated for terror suspects and other detainees. Thiessen claimed the lawyers were "trying to spring terrorists out of Guantanamo" and again distorted DOJ lawyer Jennifer Daskal's past le

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