Read more bias stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16667/bias.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:18:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74128/wanted-economist-to-trash-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPro-business groups opposed to the president's health care reform are raising funds to hire a "respected economist" to study the impact of the reform—and find that it is a threat to jobs and the economy. In an email obtained by the Washington Post , a top official at the Chamber...http://www.newser.com/story/74128/wanted-economist-to-trash-health-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 9:01:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72895/biased-harvard-wants-to-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDo you have a subconscious love of gays—or hatred of white people? There's an app for that. Actually, it's a website that's part of a study by Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington . “Project Implicit” gathers personal information, then puts you through a 15-minute test...http://www.newser.com/story/72895/biased-harvard-wants-to-know.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 5:57:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71469/obama-white-house-tells-fox-to-take-a-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFox News Channel has pulled record numbers of viewers this year as it's ratcheted up its fury at the Obama administration, and the president's team has had enough. The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, tells the New York Times that Fox is "undertaking a war against Barack Obama," and...http://www.newser.com/story/71469/obama-white-house-tells-fox-to-take-a-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 7:58:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62293/supremes-make-age-bias-suits-harder-to-prove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorkers who sue their employers for age discrimination will find their cases much harder to win under a Supreme Court ruling issued yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that it is up to employees who believe they were fired or demoted because of...http://www.newser.com/story/62293/supremes-make-age-bias-suits-harder-to-prove.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 9:20:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61304/court-elected-judges-cant-rule-on-major-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court ruled today that elected judges must recuse themselves from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against his...http://www.newser.com/story/61304/court-elected-judges-cant-rule-on-major-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:26:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58965/toss-suit-over-slanty-eyed-pic-mileys-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMiley Cyrus, probably ruing the day she slanted her eyes in a picture, is pushing to toss a $4 billion lawsuit related to the photo, E! reports. Cyrus’ lawyers challenged Lucie Kim’s suit, citing a civil rights statute that basically says Kim doesn’t deserve money simply for being insulted. Plus,...http://www.newser.com/story/58965/toss-suit-over-slanty-eyed-pic-mileys-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 8:32:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55439/supreme-court-wont-hear-mumias-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMumia Abu-Jamal has lost his bid for a new trial in the 1981 killing of a police officer, the AP reports. The Supreme Court said today it won’t take up Abu-Jamal's claims that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted him of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. The case...http://www.newser.com/story/55439/supreme-court-wont-hear-mumias-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51228/polanski-judge-wise-to-resist-whitewashing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe judge who refused to throw out Roman Polanski's rape conviction Tuesday—unless he agreed to come back to the country to challenge it in person—was right to resist the whitewashing of Polanski's crime, writes Bill Wyman in Salon . The movement to rehabilitate the acclaimed director was based on...http://www.newser.com/story/51228/polanski-judge-wise-to-resist-whitewashing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Feb 2009 10:25:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47839/purge-of-crazy-libs-by-bush-civil-rights-boss-broke-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Bush appointee who headed the Justice Department's civil rights division blatantly violated federal anti-bias laws in his hiring policies and then lied about it to Congress, according to government authorities. An internal report quotes emails from Bradley Schlozman, who ran the department from 2003 to 2006, in which he...http://www.newser.com/story/47839/purge-of-crazy-libs-by-bush-civil-rights-boss-broke-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 3:44:47 CST