Gibson: People Who Think There’s Too Much Anna Nicole News Are “Iraq Snobs”

Ken AshfordIraq, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

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

Anatomy Of A Smear

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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.

What Matters

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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.

On Keith Olbermann

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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

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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

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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

Ken AshfordBush & Co., Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

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

Ken AshfordBush & Co., Right Wing and Inept Media1 Comment

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