I’ve used that label to describe The New York Times editorial page for the better part of a decade. The filibuster is either a great evil or an honorable tool depending on who it is being wielded against. And then we get this: Thankfully, some Senate Republicans also seem to understand the importance of the […]
A complaint that just about everyone has at some point in time is that reporters just get it wrong. Usually this is most obvious when the issue is complicated and the reporter lacks extensive experience on the topic at hand. This appears not to be the case for Kyle Olson over at BigGovernment.com. Olson is […]
You know that tea partiers are racist and any “people of color” that do happen to attend those rallies don’t count. For comparison (via Ace) I give you the staff of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on CurrentTV. Of course, this would only be evidence of systemic racism if the host were conservative. Why is it […]
“The Daily Show’s” John Stewart appeared on Fox News Sunday. In that interview (you can watch the whole thing after the jump), Stewart charged that Fox News was a biased, agenda-driven outlet in a way that the rest of the mainstream media—CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times—are not. Stewart apparently […]
In which I agree with Democrat Lynn Woolsey: The Obama Administration’s argument is one that shows contempt for the Constitution and for the executive’s co-equal branch of government, the United States Congress. To say that our aggressive bombing of Libya does not rise to the level of ‘hostilities’ flies in the face of common sense […]
Earlier this week a Nevada judge took aim at Righthaven, a shakedown outfit law firm that has contracted with various newspapers to sue bloggers who do nothing more than quote articles under the doctrine of “fair use.” U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt of Nevada ordered Righthaven to explain why Hunt should not sanction it for […]
Last week the local radio station, which actually has a locally hosted show during drive time, was discussing the Rolling Stone article on Fox News chief Roger Ailes. I hadn’t read the article at the time, but now I have and I must say that one word comes to mind: predictable. I called into the […]
If the release of tens of thousands of e-mails from Sarah Palin’s time as governor of Alaska proved one thing, it’s that the purveyors of “serious journalism” are neither “serious” nor really practicing “journalism.” After spending the weekend scouring through them, the only truly notable thing shows Palin has a heart bigger than any of […]
Michael Steele didn’t perform particularly well as head of the Republican National Committee during his term. I believe the technical term is “gaffe-prone.” But DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz continues her effort to make Steele look Churchillian. Reality-based community? Keep trying to sell that one.
Color me extremely skeptical that anything of substance will come out of today's e-mail dump of Palin's time as Alaska governor. The way the media is handling this is another story altogether. In a best-case scenario, Palin's e-mails affect nothing more than her future as a political candidate. With there being this little issue of […]