HuffPo obtained an internal Fox memo written by the network’s Vice President of news. The memo details Fox’s game plan the day Democrats won control of both the Senate and the House. Here’s an excerpt. Pay special attention to the emphasizd statements and see if you can see a hint of bias — I’m betting you can: The elections and … Read More
On Keith Olbermann
SanFran Gate: Keith Olbermann just needed to find his voice. He’d been a droll sportscaster, a serious news anchor and a bickering critic of Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. But none of those personas really clicked. Then he found one. A little over a year ago, as the White House fumbled and botched the Hurricane Katrina recovery, Olbermann finally blew … Read More
Conservative Talk Show Hosts And Water Carrying
I’m glad that people like Andrew Sullivan are making the point I made a few days ago: So if I have this straight, Limbaugh knowingly supported people he actually believed were indefensible, who were not conservatives. He is saying loud and clear that he deliberately misled his listeners – because he couldn’t bring himself to back "the left," whatever that … Read More
Yeah, You Do That
You know, I’m a little burnt out by post-election fallout and analysis, but I have to admit, this blurb at The Corner set my toes a-tappin’: It’s time for conservatives to seize the Republican Party back from the moderate/establishment Republicans. It already appears Tuesday’s election results have been lost on the Bush White House. This is our 1976 moment. That’s … Read More
Kaye Grogan On The Election
Let’s dive in, shall we? By now the leftover champagne of victory is stale… But we can still heat up the hors d’ouerves of triumph — they’ll taste okay, I think. …and the winners are actually losers. Down is also up. Contrary to what a mass of liberal ideologues might be smoking in their pipes, while shouting their hurrahs — … Read More
Wait For It
At 12:19 p.m. yesterday, conservative blog Wizbang posted the following: Right now, the Dow is down by about 29 points, one day after the Democrats win back the House and probably the Senate. Later that day, from no less than Fox News: Stocks Rise on Election Results Wall Street rose for a third straight session Wednesday, with the Dow Jones … Read More
Attention Dittoheads!
Were you aware that Rush Limbaugh has been bullshitting you lately, by saying things he doesn’t necessarily believe? Yup: Now I’m liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don’t deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don’t deserve it. *** … Read More
Groganisms
"Groganism" – n. (1) a strained metaphor or simile, or a series of mixed metaphors, inserted into a political opinion column; (2) misused words and phrases — named after columnist Kaye Grogan Today’s Groganisms: "If the pollsters associated with Zolby, the Associated Press, and other liberal media would conduct polls without allowing themselves to be systematically biased — they would … Read More
Nathan Tabor Is Insane
Latest screed: I find it interesting that, in today’s maniacal media world, conservatives are taken to task for every syllable they utter, but liberals are given a pass. A GOP gaffe will be replayed ad nauseam on news broadcasts, news magazine programs, and comedy shows. Then, it may get a second round of play on liberal talk radio and ripped-from-the-headlines … Read More
From The Memory Hole
Somebody found a picture of very dated Rush Limbaugh with a kid who was faking (or exaggerating) his medical condition: Rush is the guy with the moustache in the white suit, not the clown/huckster on the wall.
Coulter Comeupance?
Ann Coulter, the anorexic gibbon-pawed shrill conservative pundit, made fun of the Florida voters in 2000 for their inablity to cast a simple ballot. That was among her lesser sins, but it is particularly ironic, now that she is under investigation for committing voter fraud — also in Florida. Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation … Read More
The Swiftboating Of Michael J. Fox, Day 3
Well, it’s still a story, for some reason. And the right is still attacking Fox. I think it has something to do with the fact that Alex Keaton isn’t the Alex Keaton of the 1980’s (for a refresher, see photo at right). But I wanted to note that some of the media got it wrong yesterday — Rush did not … Read More
Everybody Picks Up Limbaugh/Michael J. Fox Story
UPDATE: For those late to the game, The Carpetbagger Report will catch you up. USA Today: WASHINGTON — Rush Limbaugh has accused actor Michael J. Fox of exaggerating the physical effects of his Parkinson’s disease in political ads urging viewers to vote for Democrats in next month’s election. The conservative radio host told listeners Monday that Fox’s lurching, palsied movements … Read More
The Political Right Is Mad That They Can’t Attack Handicapped People
Exhibit A. After a televised political debate in Wyoming, Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo) said the following to one of her opponents, Thomas Rankin (Libertarian candidate), who has has multiple sclerosis and uses an electric wheelchair: "If you weren’t sitting in that chair, I’d slap you across the face." Exhibit B Columnist Dean Barnett on Michael J. Fox, who appears in … Read More