In the first quarter of 2008, Fox News was the slowest growing cable news network (10%), behind MSNBC (66%) and CNN (87%). For the first time in six years they finished in 2nd place. Now, in the first month of the 2nd quarter, the diagnosis is even worse. Notably, Fox is showing a 14% decline [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Apr 25
Rush Limbaugh: Screw the World! Riot in Denver!
While the Conventional Media is still consumed with remarks made by Barack Obama’s pastor criticizing America, they are virtually ignoring the comments of Rush Limbaugh that are brazenly advocating violence for political gain. Limbaugh: “Now, I am not inspiring or inciting riots. I’m dreaming. (singing to the tune of White Christmas) I’m dreaming of riots [...]
Apr 23
Murdoch Stalking Newsday
Rupert Murdoch is on the prowl again and the editors, employees and readers of Long Island’s Newsday had better pay attention. The News Corp. chief has announced that his ravenous appetite for world media dominance is far from satisfied. “Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has been calling key state and local officials to say he is [...]
Apr 21
Tony Snow Goes Over To The Dark Side – CNN
The “liberal” media is at it again. CNN has just announced that it has hired former Bush press secretary, and Fox News anchor, Tony Snow, to be a conservative commentator. Snow: “I’m delighted to be able to join CNN during the most exciting and unpredictable political year in memory. The big challenge in 2008 is [...]
Apr 21
Hillary Clinton’s Strange Bedfellows
Last month Hillary Clinton met with the editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review to discuss her campaign in the Pennsylvania primary. The Tribune-Review is owned by ultra right-wing media baron Richard Mellon Scaife. Now the Tribune-Review has published their choice for the Democratic presidential nominee. “For Pennsylvania Democrats, the smart choice Tuesday is Mrs. Clinton.” This [...]
Apr 19
One More Thing About The Philadelphia Debate
Lest anyone get the wrong idea, the problem with the debate in Philadelphia was not that it was more harsh on one candidate than the other, and it was not whether the questions were too tough. The problem was that the questions were too stupid. The problem was that the moderators behaved like tabloid gomers [...]
Apr 19
More Questions For McCain w/Video
Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has come into possession of the super-secret, leaked interview of John McCain by George Stephanopoulos. From The Real McCain: BNF is also asking for contributions of satirical questions that Stephanopoulos might ask McCain. Of course, considering the debate a few days ago, where does reality stop and satire begin? [...]
Apr 18
10+ Questions John McCain Will Never Be Asked
Jon Perr at Perrspectives gives us an inspired list of questions that, in all likelihood, will never be asked of John McCain in a debate or in his interview with George Stephanopoulos this Sunday: Do you agree with Pastor John Hagee that war with Iran is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy? Doesn’t your legendary temper [...]
Apr 18
Wall Street Journal Squelches Parody
A parody of the Wall Street Journal has the Wall Street Journal up in arms. When copies of the parody appeared at newsstands, so did a Journal operative who insisted on buying every last one. “He grabbed them all, said, ‘I need to buy all of these,’” Mr. Laurence said. “He had been going around [...]
Apr 17
Gibson And Stephanopoulos: The Keystone Flops
The Democratic debate in Philadelphia last night was dominated by a wall of stupid painstakingly constructed by ABC’s moderators, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos. Their obsession with trivia and avoidance of substance submerged this affair from its opening introduction. It’s hard to say it much better than Washington Post critic Tom Shales who leads off [...]
Apr 12
The Daily Show Tribute To Fox News
The Daily Show’s Jon Oliver provides a searing summation of the past twelve years of Fox News; twelve years of flaming flagism; twelve years of fairly unbalanced tele-pundits; twelve years of warmed over Bush-worship; twelve years of Patriopathic™ zeal. The past twelve years on Fox News has been a blur of journalistic ignominy. Looking back [...]
Apr 11
Progressive Media vs. Freedom’s Watch
The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy™ is revving up its media machine in response to news that Democrats intend to run a campaign for president against Republican John McCain. What gall! Unable to tolerate such impudence, Republicans, and their patrons in the press, are brewing a full-scale whine with a pungent aroma of fear and a nose [...]
Apr 09
Bill O’Reilly vs. The Race Hustlers
Bill O’Reilly’s campaign to inculcate racism into society is in full swing. A few days ago, after wondering aloud whether Martin Luther King despised America, he accused millions of African-Americans of hating their country. Today, in his Talking Points Memo, he advances his argument to attack anyone who has the temerity to suggest that racism [...]
