Wonkette: Fox News tool John Gibson is disgusted by Anderson Cooper’s “news-guy snobbery,” because the handsome CNN anchor keeps reporting on stupid Iraq!Bravely defending the constant cable-news coverage of a fat drug-addict porno gal’s death, Gibson told his radio audience that Cooper is just trying to be a fancy snob with all this “U.S. troops killed every day” stuff, which … Read More
CNN Does What News Organizations Are Supposed To Do
CNN decided to investigate the facts of a story, rather than report rumor as fact. Good for them. While Fox News and The Washington Times peddled the story that Barack Obama went to a “madrassa” when he was six years old, CNN actually went to the madrassa and discovered that it is not some school where they teach students to … Read More
Anatomy Of A Smear
The Washington Post has a nice story about the latest Obama smear. It’s about a "story" (that Obama went to a radical Muslim school and is, hence, a radical Muslim) that leapt from spam e-mail to a conservative magazine to the mainstream media — despite having anonymous sources, and devoid of actual fact. The silly season has started.
The Obama Smear Campaign In Its Early Stages
Here’s my attempt at an answer: Look, with all that is going on in the world, and with the importance of the next President affecting your finances and (in many ways) your life, if a candidate’s smoking habits (or lack thereof) operate as a relevant factor for you, then you should simply be denied your right to vote. Plain and … Read More
What Matters
Yesterday’s White House press conference: 22: Number of questions on Laura Bush’s skin cancer.18: Number of questions on Iraq.3: Number of questions on Iran.1: Number of questions on North Korea. Oy.
“The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About Bill O’Reilly”
Seen it yet? The video has been making the rounds of the political blogosphere, and rightwing reaction is, shall we say, less than amused. An example: This little chink should shut the fuck up. We should have killed her parents in Viet Nam when we had the fucking chance. Burn the bitch. Nice.
An Opera About Bill O’Reilly?
Yup. Here’s the scoop from the author of the book and blog "Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O’Reilly" (gotta love that name, by the way): In the book "Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O’Reilly", we discussed the possibility of a musical theater production. We even went so far as to throw together some lyrics. Well kids, in the race to … Read More
Does This Sound “Fair And Balanced” To You?
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
Liberal Media
Yeah, right. Look at the cover of this week’s Newsweek, broken down by geographical region. Important story about how Afghanistan (which was at one time a victory) is being moved to the "loss" column, and what do we in the U.S. get? A cover story about Annie Leibovitz. Sheesh. (HT: Rising Hegemon)
Fake News
It’s a sad commentary on the state of the media when they broadcast news segments produced by the government and major companies: Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in … Read More
White House = Fox News
WH Press Secretary Tony Snow, yesterday: MR. SNOW: "Well, as I pointed out — I mentioned this yesterday, and for — let me see if I can find my quote, because I pulled it out. Chuck Hagel, as you may recall, made a fair amount of news over the weekend when he first said that — let’s see — "Well, … Read More
Get Ready To Hear The Phrase “Snow Job” A Lot
Yup. It’s official — breaking now. Fox News bobblehead and occasional Rush Limbaugh substitute host Tony Snow has agreed to take Scotty McClellan’s position as White House spokesman. CNN has the full story. I like this part: GOP sources said that before agreeing to take the post Snow had sought and received assurances from Bolten and other senior White House … Read More