"Tell me, Mr. Cheney. Are you and everyone in the Bush Administration totally awesome, or just somewhat awesome?" That's the kind of interview it was. Or, as Sully quips, it was not unlike a teenage girl interfiewing the Jonas Brothers. I'm talking, of course, about the hour-long interview of Dick Cheney by Chris Wallace on (where else?) Fox News this … Read More
Obama’s Media Criticism
At a town hall forum at the DNC yesterday, Obama was asked where the lies about health care reform are coming from. After laughing and making reference to "certain" news channels (he didn't mention them by name, but we all know which ones), this is what Obama supposedly said: "…I have to say, part of the reason it spreads is … Read More
The Glenn Beck Exodus Continues
Wal-Mart, Best Buy, CVS, Travelocity, Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank, Broadview Security, and Re-Bath have joined the ranks of ConAgra, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Men's Wearhouse, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Roche, SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, and State Farm Insurance to refuse to advertise on Glenn Beck's Fox News show. Some of these are heavy hitters. Fox will lose revenue … Read More
Glenn Beck Sponsors Start Pulling Ads
This is America. Glenn Beck can say whatever crap he wants. And the government can't (and shouldn't) stop him. He can say the President is a racist with a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” On the other hand, this is America. People can gather together and urge companies not to advertise on Beck's program on Fox. These … Read More
How Stupid Is Our National Discourse?
This stupid. Here is Fox New's Megyn Kelly talking to the White House's Bill Burton: Look, it's quite simple, Megyn. Is the White House asking people to write them with myths regarding healthcare? Yes. Will some of those emails contain the email addresses of other people (including the sender)? Of course. The White House has no control over what people … Read More
Obama Has A Deep-Seated Hatred For White People, But Doesn’t Necessarily Dislike Them
More from the "Better Conservative Criticism Please" Department. In the same interview this morning, Glenn Beck said: "This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture…" Moments later, Beck said: "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he … Read More
Fox Don’t Do Geography
It's bad enough that a huge percentage of Americans can't find Iran or Iraq on a map, but it's totally unexcusable when a major news organization can't get its countries right. This is an unretouched photograph from a segment which aired on Fox News last night: From infoplease: No wonder the Egyptions hate us.
Fox News Poll Finds Repubican Support At Its Worse In The Poll’s History
The GOP's favorability rating has slid noticeably from the spring, from 41 percent in early April to just 36 percent. At the same time, the party's unfavorable rating increased from 50 percent to 53 percent. Both of the current numbers represent new lows for the Republican Party in Fox News polling. At the same time, the Fox News survey finds … Read More
If The Moon Landing Happened Today
Slate imagines how it would be covered by today's media: Yeah. I'm sorry but you just need Cronkite. Not Chris Matthews.
The Conservative Media Game
Conservative pundits and the conservative media like to profess that, unlike the "liberal media", the "conservative media" is, well you know the phrase, "fair and balanced". But an interesting footnote to the whole Mark Sanford affair shows just how untrue, and how in-the-pocket conservative media outlets actually are. The State, the South Carolina newspaper which broke the Sanford affair, obtained … Read More
Fox News & Friends Host Makes Hitleresque Comment
Wow. Salon explains what you’re about to see: ….Host Brian Kilmeade’s performance on Wednesday was just terrible. Kilmeade and two colleagues were discussing a study that, based on research done in Finland and Sweden, showed people who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s. Kilmeade questioned the results, though, saying, “We are — we keep marrying other species … Read More
Our Media
A 2012 presidential contender has an extramarital affair, bloody revolts in Iran, a military coup in Honduras, Congress considers bills which will fundamentally change health care as we know it, and there's movement on environmental cap-and-trade laws. Yet: Fully 93% of cable coverage studied on the Thursday and Friday following his death was about the King of Pop. Yeah, I … Read More
Fox News Continues Its Annoying Habit Of Identifying Shamed Republicans As Democrats
For crying out loud: Remember this from a few years back, regarding Senator Mark Foley (R-FL), who made sexual advances to underage male congressional pages? And when McCain was down in the polls just weeks before the election? Fox News: Inept or a Propaganda Machine? You decide…. RELATED: During his press conference, Governor Sanford said that he was "crying In Argentina". … Read More