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Undercover video shows Bachmann’s clinic engaging in ‘ex-gay’ therapy

By Andy Birkey | 07.12.11 | 10:00 am

On Monday, ABC News posted undercover video of Michele Bachmann’s Christian counseling clinic which shows one of her employees performing “reparative therapy,” a controversial therapy that attempts to turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals. The video was captured by Truth Wins Out, a LGBT group that opposes such therapy.

Cheney: ‘I was aware of’ waterboarding and ‘I supported it’

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.18.08 | 11:44 am

On ABC News Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged knowing about and approving of the torture technique known as waterboarding.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency in effect…

The media on (and the machine behind) the Palin interviews

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.12.08 | 11:24 am

Local media watchdog site Cursor.org offers a series of links on the machine behind this week’s interviews with ABC’s Charlie Gibson. The New York Times looks at the “squad of GOP aides” assigned to Palin interview duty, noting everything from a “partywide, all-hands-on-deck” alert about responding to attacks on her record to the “several veterans” of the Bush campaign who are fighting internet rumors about Palin.

And ABC is rolling out the interview, well, everywhere: Excerpts are being released in dribs and drabs on “World News,” “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline,” with the bulk of it coming out during tonight’s special edition of “20/20,” dubbed “The Interview: Sarah Palin with Charles Gibson.”

VP or not VP: T-Paw stays below radar in new poll

By Chris Steller | 05.13.08 | 7:36 am


A new Washington Post-ABC News poll asked people leaning Republican who they’d like John McCain to choose as his vice presidential running-mate. The results of the national survey show Gov. Tim Pawlenty with an asterisk, in…

Media Monitor: Bush on torture, Barack on Bush, the Voice on local rightwing bloggers

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.16.08 | 8:42 am

Bush approved interrogation techniques, media yawns: On Friday, ABC News reported that George W. Bush knew of detailed discussions with top brass about the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” including waterboarding, on al-Qaeda detainees and…