The story of the Bundy ranch has slowly made its way into mainstream media circles. It started out on the absolute fringes of the far right, then worked its way to Fox News. And now, others are picking it up. It's troubling, not so much for what is actually going on, but because it shows the absolute lack of morality … Read More
Fictitious Journalist Tweets Are Awesome
Anyone who reports on the debt ceiling without explaining the debt ceiling is doing a disservice to their audience and the American people. — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) September 18, 2013 What role could journalists have if not to inform the public of important issues facing the country and educate when they do not understand? — Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) September 18, … Read More
Seriously, Fox News?
Via Josh Barro. The great thing about this is that the formulation works for anything. “50 years after March on Washington, the bees are dying.” “50 years after March on Washington, some worry about Miley Cyrus’s ‘twerking’.” “”50 years after March on Washington, my sink is leaking.” “50 years after the March on Washington, we still don’t have jetpacks.”
Kilmeade Is A Jerk
Yes, the 2-year old can sink basketballs, but that doesn't mean he can catch them. That's why his father hands the basketball to him.
Where’s Cable News?
Today, Obama made a very major environmental speech. Here are the bullet points: Curbing carbon pollution • Directs the EPA to establish carbon pollution standards for both new and existing power plants. • Promises $8 billion in loan guarantees for fossil fuel projects. • Directs the Interior Department to permit 10 gigawatts of wind and solar projects on public lands … Read More
Bullshit Indeed
I'm not even going to try to summarize. Or even copy and paste sections. Kevin Drum at Mother Jones nails it, starting from the headline: And Josh Marshal adds: The standards of most institutional right wing journalism are just so appallingly bad that their stories simply aren't credible. (I'd note that Lake works at either nonpartisan or slightly-progressive leaning pub.) … Read More
This May Be My Favorite News Story Of The Week
Fox News does a segment asking "Where was National Security Advisor Tom Donilon on the night of the Benghazi attacks?", and during most of the segment, they run a picture of the Obama and advisors on that very night, and right in the middle of the picture is… wait for it…. Tom Donilon. This is a Wonkette must-read, but this … Read More
The Washington Examiner’s New Crazy Benghazi Theory
Actually, the article below only appeared briefly in the "respectable" conservative newspaper, and then it was purged (with no explanation) from its site. But I screengrabbed it: Now, THAT'S a Benghazi scandal!!
God-Evoking During Tragedies
Well, this is a refreshing change: You’d think by now CNN would have learned to stop treating its assumptions as truths. But when Wolf Blitzer made a casual comment Tuesday, it turned out to be a teachable moment both for the newsman and television viewers. Speaking live to a survivor of the deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., Blitzer declared the woman … Read More
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Internet idiot Aaron Worthing got taken in by this article at The Daily Currant (a satirical web news outlet): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban,which would limit … Read More
Confronting The Bombing Conspiracy Theorists
The guy behind the camera hurls some pretty harsh language, but he's right. A "reporter" from Infowars, the Alex Jones site that insists that the Boston Marathon bombing was done by the FBI as part of a "false flag" operation, has nothing to say, because he's an idiot.
CNN Really Screwed It Up
Jon Stewart made fun of it. Now Buzzfeed takes its turn. I happened to be tuned in to MSNBC, who obviously went on the air with "Breaking News" because CNN had done so. However, MSNBC didn't have any sources, so its coverage was more cautious to begin with. From the get-go, they were saying there are only "rumors" and confusion. … Read More
What Happens When Tea Baggers Boycott Fox News
First of all, some irate Tea Party activists have decided to boycott Fox News because, well, because grumble grumble grnarf gnarf. No, actually, it is because Fox News hasn't been covering the Benghazi scandal, largely because there is no scandal to cover, as even Fox News has found out. So, irate teabaggers are boycotting Fox News for going "soft". The … Read More
A Peak Inside The Right Wing Press
Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense have been held up because of, among other things, rumors that he once gave a speech to a controversial group called "Friends of Hamas". It seems that there is no such group called "Friends of Hamas", but that didn't stop Breitbart.com from pimping the story as if it was true. Here is a fascinating … Read More
Fox Says Bye To Dick
And I love Erik Wemple's editorial on it: No more Fox News contributor Dick Morris. His contract to spout republic-damaging nonsense on Fox airwaves has expired, and the network isn’t renewing it. Taken together with the news that Sarah Palin will no longer be contributing, the Morris development is strong evidence that Fox News has glimpsed the underside of allowing charlatans to … Read More