Ted "The Mouth" Turner once again opened his big mouth and demostrated that he never should've been allowed anywhere near a major news organization. Media mogul Ted Turner said Monday that Iraq is "no better off" following the U.S.-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. He must be watching too much CNN. Turner […]
Be sure to check out this editorial from the New York Sun. The editorial takes New York Times columnist Frank Rich to task for playing fast and loose with the truth -- a not uncommon malady on the Times editorial pages.
"Fox News Watch" yesterday had the panelists passing out their "Turkey Awards." Two of the "honorees" were amusing -- not so much because of who the honoree was, but for what the logic behind the nomination was. American University's Jane Hall -- who we last spied demonstrating her ignorance on how the appellate courts worked […]
I've said before that journalists shouldn't simply sit there and write uncritically about whatever a powerful official or special interest group wants. Well, I'm afriad that today's Union-Tribune has an example of journalists doing just that. I'd like to preface the rest of this post by pointing out that I do work at the Union-Tribune […]
You've got to love this story crying out for an editor. Bear shot by hunter bites back, dies Hunter: Two bear bites, one to bone, leave him 'a little sore' HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A black bear bit and clawed a hunter who had just shot it four times in what game authorities said appeared […]
I got an e-mail earlier this week from a reader about a CNN article that was a basically a rewrite of this article from National Journal. The Powerline guys quickly ripped the revisionist-history hit-job and their readers made the key points succinctly. Readers Malcolm Jones and John Steele add a more basic point. Jones writes: […]
I'd apologize for the lack of posting, but ... well, the headline says it all. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving day. If you missed it on Wednesday, I wanted to point to this little bit of unintentional hilarity that comes to us courtesy of The Washington Post's Dan Froomkin (via Taranto). In […]
The guys over at Powerline have received an e-mail from MSNBC's Chris Matthews regarding the reports about Matthews' comments that terrorists aren't "evil," but "misunderstood." Matthews claims that his statements were taken out of context and the report does not accurately describe his take on terrorists. In short, he now knows what it feels like […]
MSNBC show host Chris Matthews spoke at the University of Toronto and revealed to everyone the amoral world in which he lives. "The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing," Matthews said. "If we stop trying to figure out the […]
The losers at WATCH -- World Against Toys Causing Harm -- (boy was that acronym ever a stretch) have come out with their list of the 10 most dangerous toys of the holiday season. Follow a link for a complete list of dangerous toys, but I'd like to point out the one at the right. […]