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Article by our very own Unspun: OPINION -- As the old adage goes, "You never get a second chance to cast a first impression." Whoosh. . . In just a few days, Illinois voters are caught by surprise with a brilliant new candidate. And having been on Illinois ballots in two quieter, albeit presidential primaries, Alan Keyes now seems so gifted as to disprove the above adage. But is this being allowed, or have the media delivered their own first impressions during Keyes’ senate campaign, week one? Let’s see . . . since broadcast media is king in the news...

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From the Public Editor Don Wycliff Challenging the media's `pro-gay' tenor Published July 8, 2004 `Given the Tribune's overwhelmingly pro-gay viewpoint, I doubt if this ... will be printed." So began a letter received last month from Scott Brueggeman of Chicago, who wrote to take issue with a Commentary page article by Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a former priest and a professor of psychology emeritus at Loyola University Chicago. Kennedy's article challenged the denial of Communion on Pentecost Sunday--on the orders of Cardinal Francis George--at Holy Name Cathedral to members of Rainbow Sash, an organization of Catholic homosexuals and their supporters....

    Unspun with AnnaZ January 8th, 2004 -- 10pmE/7pmP         with Special Guest Hostess incindiary!       The Jesus Hour           with special guest   author Ryan Dobson the Unspun 2003 Book Title Award Winner for         Be Intolerant Because Some Things Are Just Stupid                   Tune in. Call in.       1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya, the complacency will.    ...

Unspun with AnnaZ (& 'Feinie') - w/ guest Bob Schindler, Jr., brother of Terri Schindler-Schiavo.   Thurs. Sept. 4,  2003,   Rough transcription - minus the first few questions and using a scratchy tape - beginning, sorry. Time is short. (Terri 'collapsed' at age 26, in 1991)   A: What is your belief about what caused this collapse?   B: Well, at the time, we weren't certain. I didn't suspect that her husband could possibly be behind it.  We were all very concerned with her well being, but it wasn't until recently - last year - that some very disturbing, troubling, medical evidence surfaced -...

 You are cordially invited to join AnnaZ and Diotima for a very special Halloween Unspun! (10/30)10pm Eastern/7pm PacificVery special guest: Gary BauerCampaign for Working Families and American Values author of Doing Things RightTune in and hear terrifying stories about: LIBERAL INSANITY!!!  

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 16th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP    with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!             featuring an Interview with  Victor Davis Hanson  http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp                 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.               Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR Archives!     Click HERE for the...

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 9th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Feinie!           Wake-Up Call!      with special guests     columnist Sarah Foster       and       author Matthew Bracken (aka FR's "Travis McGee")       Plus Bone-headed Lie-beral Quotes and the new Sludge Award       (no, you really can't make this stuff up.)         CALL IN!   1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the...

    Unspun with AnnaZOctober 2nd, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Campaign 2004 Is Officially Underway       Join us tonight as we discuss the "October Surprises" launched upon Rush and Arnold and expound on the real news... (y'know, that non-tabloid-esque stuff that the media is supposed to be covering.)     Plus Bone-headed Lie-beral Quotes   (no, you really can't make this stuff up.)         CALL IN!   1-866-RADIOFR         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE            ...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 25th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Second Anna-versary!           with special guest, (who was also the first guest!)         Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of B.O.N.D.           CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 18th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           Affirmative Distraction           with special guest   Attorney Sharon Matthew of Pacific Legal Foundation       CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE for the LIVE chat room!     Click HERE for the RadioFR Archives!    ...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 11th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima!           A 9/11 Special   with one of our favorite guests     columnist and author Julia Gorin   She's back from Israel and live from New York City                 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK     New RadioFR website!     Click HERE...

    Unspun with AnnaZSeptember 4th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Feinie!           Terri's Fight (...it's for her life.)             Bob Schindler, Jr. joins us tonight       http://www.terrisfight.org/lead.htm         If you aren't already seething over this one, you really haven't been paying attention.                CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.             Brought to you by The...

    Unspun with AnnaZJuly 21st, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess "Feinie"   Live and Double-Barreled     We'll be "live on location" at "ATF Night" in Culver City, CA as the Liberty Belles host a fun, and perhaps even informative, evening.     Guests include Second Amendment Attorney Gary Gorski "Taking It To Supremes"SILVEIRA VS. LOCKYER     and     Dr. John Lott, Jr Author and Resident Scholar at The American Enterprise Institute   The Bias Against Guns by John Lott           CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE         1-866-RADIOFR  ...

    Unspun with AnnaZJuly 14th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess Diotima   Crimes of Passion     2000 years later, Jesus is still stirring up trouble.   Join us as we discuss the maelstrom over Mel Gibson's unreleased film Passion and speak with   Ted Padwe of Promise Keepers about the fight to bring the Gospel to Marion.               CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             1-866-RADIOFR   Tune in. Call in. 1-866-RADIOFR   Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.    ...

      This ThursdayJuly 31st, 2003 ~ 10pmE/7pmP with Guest Hostess"Feinie!" EDUMUCAYSHUN,MUSH IN THE MAKIN' Sissy JochmannofThe Conservative Educator's Caucuswill discuss her latest heroic pursuits and Izzy Lymanwill dicuss her book Plusas always CRB'sandBone-headed Lieberals (...because you just can't make this stuff up.)             1-866-RADIOFR     Tune in. Call in.         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.      

    This ThursdayJuly 24th, 2003 ~ 10pmE/7pmP with Guest HostessDiotima "Of Bias and Babes"   Matthew ScheffieldofRatherBiased.comdiscusses SeeBS's latest scandalous behavior and Tom SchneiderofJerseyGOP.comwill discuss the latest Republican Babes(and other less frivolous things, maybe) Plusas always CRB'sandBone-headed Lieberals (...because you just can't make this stuff up.)             1-866-RADIOFR     Tune in. Call in.         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.    

Thursday July 17 @ 10pm eastern, 7pm pacific: UNSPUN   W/ ANNAZ and Guest Hostess Diotima Special Guest ANN COULTER

    Unspun with AnnaZJuly 10th, 2003 -- 10pmE/7pmP     with Special Guest Hostess "Feinie!"     On         ...featuring an interview with Greg Lukianoff Director for Legal and Public Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education             1-866-RADIOFR     Tune in. Call in.         CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE             Because if the apathy don't get ya,the complacency will.  

      Unspun with AnnaZJune 26th, 2003 -- 7pmP/10pmE with Special Guest HostessDiotima this week...The One Man Global Content ProviderMark Steynmarksteyn.com (Heart. Be. Still.)  Plus as always Boneheaded Lie-beral Quotes and this week's CRB(...because you just can't make this stuff up) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE 1-866-RADIOFR Tune in. Call in.Because if the apathy don't get ya, the complacency will. http://unspunwithannaz.blogspot.com