…but, you know, no biggie. Honest mistake. He apologized; they moved on. The world didn't come to an end…. Of course, they may be some petard-hoisting in the offing. After all, on October 27, 2003, Scarborough expressed extreme anger that the FCC refused to impose fines on ABC when Bono used "the 'F' word" during a live broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards: "The … Read More
You Know The Right Wing Is In Disarray When…
…conservatives want to boycott Fox News. (Reason: Because they reported all the McCain campaign bashing of Sarah Palin)
Heads Must Be Exploding At Fox News
So while Obama's lead is widening, it's narrowing. Got that?
“It’s Split”
From the "fair and balanced" network: Listen to the people in the room laugh at the reporter at the end….
More On The Pre-9/11 “Safe House” Call
Dan Gilmour of the Center for Citizen Media takes journalists to task: A truly extraordinary example of journalistic malfeasance is playing out right now. Attorney General Michael Mukasey told a San Francisco audience last week that the Bush administration was aware in the days before the 9/11 attacks that an Al Qaeda official was making calls from a “safe house … Read More
Gibson Gone
The New York Times reports that John Gibson’s show on Fox is being pulled indefinitely. Tough week for conservative hosts (Tucker Carlson’s show was yanked from CNN earlier in the week). Perhaps their heydays are over.
Fox News Has Chyron Problems
These can’t all be accidents. When Republican congressman Mark Foley was busted for his gay teen stalking, Fox News "accidentally" put up this: When Republican Arlen Spector started grilling Alberto Gonzales and criticizing the Bush Administration, Fox News "accidentally" put up this: And yesterday, when Republican nominee (but no friend of conservatives) John McCain spoke, Fox News "accidentally" put up … Read More
The Media’s Role In Campaigns
This exchange last night between Tom Brokaw and Chris Matthews is revealing: BROKAW: You know what I think we’re going to have to do? MATTHEWS: Yes sir? BROKAW: Wait for the voters to make their judgment. MATTHEWS: Well what do we do then in the days before the ballot? We must stay home, I guess. BROKAW: No, no we don’t … Read More
The Klein/Time Controversy
In a nutshell: Joe Klein printed something in Time about the FISA bill that was clearly objectively wrong. Rather than read the bill and report what it actually said, he transcribed what a Republican told him it says. Klein originally wrote: Unfortunately, Speaker Nancy Pelosi quashed the House Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan effort and supported a Democratic bill that — Limbaugh … Read More
Journamalism
Real journalists hate bloggers. From today’s Washington Post: Citizen journalism is bringing folks, young and old, into the public square, giving voice to those who, in the pre-Internet era, may have felt voiceless. But some challenge the value of all this citizen involvement. Questions pop up. Is it really "journalism"? Are "they" really "journalists"? What’s the difference between citizen journalists … Read More
“As Far As I Know” Being The Operative Phrase Here
Bill O’Reilly, criticizing the USO: "As far as I know, the only famous people in the past year were (country music singer) Toby Keith and me." The facts from the USO (PDF format): Just through September of this year, we produced 37 overseas tours with 241 performances for 98,000 troops in 14 countries, 9 stateside tours, 15 celebrity education events … Read More
Here We Go Again….
The rightosphere is pushing the meme that Hillary is a lesbian. I remember hearing that one as far back as 1992. This time though the lesbian in question is a Muslim!! (More rumor-mongering here) Ten bucks says it will be on Fox News within a week. They won’t report it as fact. That’s not how it works. Instead, they’ll just … Read More
California Boy Is Al Qaeda, Apparently
Fox News and conservative blogs have been falling all over themselves trying to — forgive the pun — fan the flames of fear by suggesting that the California wildfires were intentionally set by (cue dramatic music) al Qaeda. Read here and here and here and here and here and… all these. While evidence suggested arson, nothing other than paranoia suggested … Read More
Fox News Blames California Wildfires On Al Qaeda
Seriously, will these guys ever shut up? UPDATE: Glenn "I Should Be On Fox" Beck should shut up too. UPDATE: More silly speculation with this head-banging-against-the-wall evoking statement: Although a new Osama bin Laden video was issued at almost exactly the same time these fires began, and might have contained a coded command to his operatives to carry out planned … Read More