Never mind that President Obama has repeatedly stated his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine. Never mind that no one in congress has drafted, introduced, or advocated a bill reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. Never mind that almost every liberal organization, including the most prominent media reform group, Free Press, has come out against reinstating the Fairness [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Feb 26
Meet Bill Sammon: The New Fox News DC Chief
The “Fair and Balanced” network, Fox News, has just promoted Bill Sammon to VP And Washington Managing Editor. Just so you know who will be heading up the political newsgathering for the so-called news network, here is a collection of his writings: The Evangelical President: George Bush’s Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Throughout the [...]
Feb 24
Rupert Murdoch Won’t Apologize For Racism
The overtly racist cartoon published last week in the New York Post stands as evidence of the intractable racism that still infects the right-wing media. Today, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the Post as well as its parent News Corp, issued what he regards as an apology: “Last week, we made a mistake. We ran [...]
Feb 23
Peter Chernin Breaking Up With Rupert Murdoch
The most talked about thing on the Fox studio lot this morning, after Slumdog Millionaire’s eight Oscars, has got to be the news that CEO Peter Chernin is heading for the exit. Chernin has run the entertainment side of Rupert Murdoch’s empire since 1996, the year Murdoch launched Fox News. The Chernin legacy is one [...]
Feb 20
Rachel Marsden’s Guide To Being An Idiot
Former Fox News personality and serial stalker, Rachel Marsden, has penned a column that purports to be a survival guide in these tough economic times. She condenses her advice into a 7-point program, some of which makes a little sense. She perked my interest early with her first suggestion: “Turn off the TV news.” But [...]
Feb 19
Michael Steele’s All New Republican Partay
Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, was interviewed by the Washington Times and is apparently challenging Jon Stewart for the title of funniest satirist. “Steele plans an ‘off the hook’ public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party’s principles to ‘urban-suburban hip-hop settings.’ [...]
Feb 18
Racist New York Post Continues A Murdoch Theme
In today’s New York Post, and on their website, is a cartoon that shows two cops shooting an ape and saying “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” I’m not going to help the Post out by linking to it. You can find it on your own if you’re interested. [...]
Feb 17
Bill O’Reilly Can’t Get No Respect
In a segment preposterously misnamed “Reality Check,” Bill O’Reilly has once again tread on territory that only highlights his hypocrisy and dishonesty. For months O’Reilly has berated General Electric and its CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, for the poor performance of the stock. O’Reilly, with an undisguised disgust, asserts that Immelt is a “despicable human being” who [...]
Feb 14
Who Wants To Be Bipartisan?
For the past week, Congress has been embroiled in a debate over solutions to the nation’s current economic crisis. Hundreds of proposals for the Stimulus Bill have been considered, from tax cuts to infrastructure spending to mortgage relief to banking reform. But to hear the media tell it, the most pressing issue in Washington was [...]
Feb 12
Stephen Colbert Rips Glenn Beck A New One
In an unprecedented investigation, Stephen Colbert reveals the precise source of Glenn Beck’s unique brand of wisdom. C’mon, follow me… If nothing else, this proves that Beck has shit for brains.
Feb 12
Are Artists Real People?
Believe it or not, there are actually living relics of the Dark Ages who have the audacity to publicly wonder as to whether artists are real people. One of them is Georgia’s Republican Congressman Jack Kingston who, addressing what he felt were wasteful provisions of the stimulus bill, said the following: “We have real people [...]
Feb 10
Confirmed: Fox News Is The PR Arm Of The Republican Party
As if it weren’t already abundantly clear, Fox News has generously demonstrated just how intertwined they are with the Republican Party. This item from Media Matters about the stimulus bill requires no further commentary from me: In tracking how and when the bill purportedly ‘grew,’ [Fox News host Jon] Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen [...]
Feb 07
Glenn Beck And The Jeffrey Immelt Hysteria
This morning Barack Obama introduced the members of a newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board (ERAB). It is a fairly diverse group ideologically, and most people will have both praise and criticism for the Board’s makeup. One of the members, however, has already set off a nerve in what passes for Glenn Beck’s brain. Jeffrey [...]
Feb 06
Good News And Bad News For News Corp
This is a fairly busy news day for the man who owns the news. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp released its quarterly earnings report and is still smarting from the smack it received by the marketplace. While the economy overall is in a dismal state, and particularly media enterprises, News Corp has suffered a loss that [...]
Feb 06
In Honor Of Ronald Reagan’s Birthday
Ronald Reagan would be 98 years old today were he alive. So on this special occasion, I thought it would be appropriate pay tribute with an excerpt of the new book by Will Bunch, “Tear Down This Myth.” It was Ronald Reagan himself who, as the spotlight faded on his presidency in 1988, tried to [...]
