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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Nov 30
Clarence Thomas Should Shut Up
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has officially jumped the snark. He has traversed so far past the horizon of satire that he can’t be made fun of anymore. Thomas has long kept tongues wagging about how little wagging his tongue does while on the bench. The Wall Street Journal reports that… “Through about 20 oral [...]
Nov 30
Rudy Call
Mr. 9/11 is burnishing his credentials with an accounting scandal to go along with his sex scandal and his terrorist association scandal and his corrupt police commissioner scandal and… From Politico: “As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when [...]
Nov 29
Journalists Say Most Of Iraq Too Dangerous To Visit
While the White House and its legions of RepubliPundits are busily pounding out praise for the newly tranquil environs of Iraq, observers at the scene have a very different tale to tell. The Project for Excellence in Journalism recently completed a survey of war correspondents that describes harrowing circumstances wherein 57% report that at least [...]
Nov 29
Republicans Finally Face-Off On YouTube
After initially declining to participate in a proposed CNN/YouTube debate, the Republican candidates have finally weathered the ordeal that had so frightened them at first. I could care less about the actual substance of the debate because it was so predictably a contest to see who could be more opposed to immigrants, gays, taxes, getting [...]
Nov 28
When A Confidential Source Is A Partner In Crime
When Judith Miller of the New York Times and Time Magazine’s Matt Cooper faced imprisonment for not revealing Karl Rove as the source for reporting that Valerie Plame Wilson was a covert agent with the CIA, many observers, including me, objected to their perverse interpretation of what constitutes a “confidential source.” “Reporters do need to [...]
Nov 27
Andrew Keen’s Fear Of Citizen Journalism
In today’s Washington Post is an article audaciously titled Storming the News Gatekeepers. The author apparently meant to explore the nature of “citizen journalism” and its impact on conventional media and society. The end result however is far less significant than its ambitions as it focuses on a single Brooklyn blogger and fails to embrace [...]
Nov 26
Save Tucker ?
Time for bit of comic relief… A couple of guys in Florida have launched a campaign to Save Tucker Carlson. How pathetic does your life have to be to descend to rescuing one of the lamest programs on TV? The web site alleges that Tucker’s rumored cancellation is… “…part of a move by MSNBC to [...]
Nov 26
Poor Rupert: Nobody Listens To Him
As if any further evidence was required, we now have it straight from Rupert Murdoch’s own pursed lips that the fingers of his bony hand are pulling the strings at his media properties and setting editorial policy. Murdoch was interviewed by the British House of Lords’ Communications Committee as part of its inquiry into media [...]
Nov 26
Idiots At The New York Post
Does anybody at the New York Post read the New York Post? This weekend Rupert Murdoch’s Post published the results of a survey that found that… “Sixty-two percent of those polled thought it was “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that federal officials turned a blind eye to specific warnings of the 2001 attacks on the [...]
Nov 21
A White House Awash In Lies
Former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, is joining the ranks of castoff Bushies to belatedly embrace truthfulness in advance of the publication of a new book. This is a disturbing pattern amongst public figures who lie while in office and then recant their deception, after they’ve been ejected from their perch, with a tell-some [...]
Nov 21
Bill O’Reilly Insults The USO On His Afghan Junket
Last week Bill O’Reilly left the comfort of his Manhattan studio to go on assignment. It was revealed this week that he had slipped surreptitiously into Afghanistan. As is his practice, his trip was not much more than a PR junket where he distributed Fox News swag and copies of his book, Culture Warrior. It [...]
Nov 19
Falling For The Myth Of The Liberal Media
Tim Rutten is the media columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He is rare bright light in a dark media sky. I have written approvingly of his insight on several occasions. That’s why I’m somewhat surprised at an article he published this weekend. Much of it accurately portrayed some of the media’s obtuse gyrations to [...]
Nov 16
Fox News Porn: For The Kids
Brave New Films has launched a new site that features the best of Fox News’ lascivious sexploits. FoxNewsPorn has accumulated an impressive collection of all-real and uncut footage of soft-core segments exactly as they were broadcast on Fox air. Murdoch watchers should not be surprised by this demonstration of prurient excess. Just last month I [...]
Nov 15
John McCain: The Bitch Is Back
When John McCain was asked by a supporter, “How do we beat the bitch,” referring to Hillary Clinton, McCain responded by laughing and saying that it was an “excellent question” which he then proceeded to answer. As an after thought he tosses out an expression of his “respect” for Clinton. Now McCain’s campaign is outraged [...]
Nov 15
I’m Going To Disneyland
I thought I was being funny when I made this: But, as usual, reality trumps comedy: From ashes to ashes, at Disneyland On Friday, workers at the Anaheim theme park spotted a guest on the ride sprinkling an unidentified substance into the water, prompting them to close the attraction and alert police [...] the episode [...]
Nov 14
Judith Regan’s Latest Blockbuster Busts News Corp
With a cast of characters that includes Rudy Giuliani, Rupert Murdoch, and Judith Regan, a tale is being woven that starts off better than any novel by Melville, Hemingway or Steinbeck – put together! “This action arises from a deliberate smear campaign orchestrated by one of the largest media conglomerates for the sole purpose of [...]
