Fox Is Breaking Up With Trump And He’s Not Taking It Well

Ken AshfordElection 2016, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

It’s pretty clear that the Fox moderators were coming down pretty hard on Trump, and although he got the most speaking time, he wasn’t really asked much on policy.  Instead, he was put on defensive (more than the others) about his elect-ability and tone. After the debate, Trump complained that the moderators asked him “unfair” questions, and criticized Fox’s Megyn Kelly … Read More

Trump/Fox Thoughts

Ken AshfordElection 2016, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

Another day of all-Trump news.  Only because some new polls showed him way ahead, but only one day of that poll was taken after Trump’s McCain comments. I guess the latest is that Trump gave out Lindsay Graham’s phone number in a speech.  Intentionally.  Serious douche. But the only thing I wanted to add was how Fox is handling the … Read More

Gawker Does The Right Thing . . . Too Little, Too Late Though

Ken AshfordRight Wing and Inept Media, Sex Scandals, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

I was going to write about a certain story, but I didn’t want to promote it.  Basically, the Gawker news site put a story up online about a certain person you have never heard.  And it doesn’t matter who it is.  But he is the brother of someone in Obama’s cabinet, and the CFO of a major publishing company. And … Read More

Fox News Airs “Dehumanizing” Segment On Homeless

Ken AshfordClass Warfare, Economy & Jobs & Deficit, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

This O’Reilly segment on the homeless in Penn Station is… one of the most dehumanizing things I’ve seen on Fox. http://t.co/OHV428A8G1 — Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) June 30, 2015 Yeah, I tend to agree.  This segment plays into some of the worst stereotypes about the homeless. This “Watter’s World” guy is Jesse Watters, and his shtick is to interview people on the … Read More

Obama Uses N-Word; Media Misses The Point

Ken AshfordRace, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

President Obama appeared on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron and had a long, thoughtful, and useful conversation about race in America, which included this point: “We’re not cured of it. And it’s not just a matter of not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a … Read More

The Stewart- Miller Interview

Ken AshfordBush & Co., Iraq, Right Wing and Inept Media, War on Terrorism/TortureLeave a Comment

People wonder if The Daily Show will be as funny when Jon Stewart moves on.  Maybe,  Maybe not.  But comedy aside, I wonder if the new host will have the same journalistic chops as Stewart. Judith Miller is making her rounds with a new memoir titled “The Story: A Reporter’s Journey.” She reportedly got a $1.2 million dollar advance for the book … Read More

Pace Yourselves, Media

Ken AshfordElection 2016, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

Sometime in this campaign season, several months from now, the press will start complaining of “Clinton fatigue”, and how everybody is sick of Hillary Hillary Hillary. When they do, I want everyone to remember that the New York Times ran an article yesterday about Hillary Clinton ordering a burrito bowl at Chipotle in Maumee, Ohio. UPDATE:  Fox’s Andrea Tantaros, even … Read More

It’s Perving and Slut-Shaming Season

Ken AshfordRight Wing and Inept Media, Sex/Morality/Family Values, Women's IssuesLeave a Comment

Like clockwork, around this time of year, Sean Hannity has the unpleasant job — no, he really hates doing this — of telling his viewers about the terrible terrible debauchery going down in Florida, as students flock to places like South Padre Island or Daytona Beach to drink, do drugs, have wild and glorious hook-up sex — all the things we think … Read More

The Media Is Covering The Clinton E-mail “Flap” Because It Is In The Media

Ken AshfordElection 2016, Political Scandals, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

The media coverage of the flap/scandal/whatever surrounding Hillary Clinton’s emails is embarrassing.  If you’ve been living under a rock, it has come out that Hillary Clinton, while serving as Secretary of State, used a private email server to send and receive emails, thus (arguably) violating a rule set forth by the National Archives (not a law, as in a criminal law, but … Read More

Williams Out

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It sucks right now to be NBC’s Brian Williams.  And this news story about the news just demonstrates how stupid the news has become. The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges that he misremembered or conflated wartime incidents he reported on from Iraq and Israel. He has also come under scrutiny for possible conflations in reporting … Read More

“Where’s The Moderate Muslim Outrage?”

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Fox’s Monica Crowley: “I Haven’t Heard Any Condemnation” Of The Paris Attack From Muslim Groups.While discussing reactions to the Charlie Hebdo attack on the January 7 edition of Fox News’ The Real Story, contributor Monica Crowley argued that Muslims “should be condemning” the attack and that she hadn’t “heard any condemnation.” [Fox News, The Real Story, 1/7/15] Fox Guest: “You Don’t … Read More

Whatever Happened To….?

Ken AshfordRight Wing and Inept Media, Right Wing Punditry/Idiocy1 Comment

… Sharyl Attkisson? Remember her? Attkisson left CBS because she "had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network's liberal bias," while some staffers characterized her work as "agenda-driven," leading "network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting." Attkisson had supported CBS' disastrous Benghazi reporting, which the network ultimately had to apologize for and retract, and CBSexecutives reportedly saw her as "wading dangerously … Read More