Should reporters who believe that most of America is stupid and insane be in the journalism business? Let’s consider the question.
Take left-wing journalist Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic. He’s not bad at his job. His insights are often worthwhile and occasionally wise. Yet Ambinder sometimes writes things so foolish that one might expect to read them at [...]
Enough With This “Epistemic Closure” Crap
April 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Expect Another Round of the Right-Wing Extremist Debate
April 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Rachel Maddow was on The Daily Show last night to promote her upcoming two-hour documentary featuring never-before-heard recordings of Timothy McVeigh discussing his terrorist attack in Oklahoma City. I don’t know how long this has been in production, so I can’t say if it’s airing is directly connected to anything, but think about the series [...]
Rachel Maddow Joins The ACORN Propaganda Platoon
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Rachel Maddow of MSNBC unveiled a profoundly dishonest assessment of the ACORN undercover video saga.
On her show she took irrelevant facts and half-truths and then made sweeping generalizations. This describes the Media Matters approach to waging war on “conservative misinformation” to a tee. If a semi-colon is out of place anywhere, you’re a contemptible liar hellbent [...]
LAST CALL: Pubescent Politics, Liberal Cannibals and Rachel’s Rejection
February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A DAILY WRAP-UP OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE BLOG POSTS OF THE DAY
You can debate tax reform after you clean your room!
Calvin Freiburger explores the hubris of youth in his post about the considerable buzz surrounding 14-year-old conservative author Jonathan Krohn, offering a healthy perspective on the ambitious, pubescent teen. A grain of salt…
Brains and [...]
The Jezebel Guide to Questioning Women’s Femininity
February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Last week, noted feminist Keith Olbermann implied that the women of Fox News are only hired because they’re attractive. In response, The Daily Caller’s Jim Treacher posted a photo gallery of women who work for MSNBC. When he got to Rachel Maddow, Treacher wrote, “Whoops, how did that one get in there? Sorry, man. I [...]
Mea Culpa Maybe: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 29
January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Last week, we covered Keith Olbermann’s perhaps ultimate meltdown over first the possibility, then the actual election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
To summarize, Keith began with this little gem on election eve:
OLBERMANN: In Scott Brown, we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against women [...]
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Air America Goes Bankrupt and Off the Air!
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Air America Radio closing, filing for bankruptcy – AP
LOS ANGELES – Air America Radio, a radio network that was launched in 2004 as a liberal alternative to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative commentators, on Thursday shut down abruptly due to financial woes. The network once boasted hosts such as Al Franken and Rachel Maddow, but struggled from the outset, including multiple management shake-ups, [...]