Archive for the 'the media' Category
I Wasn’t The Only One
Posted on August 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Harry Reid, Politico, liberals, the media | Leave a Comment
I was thoroughly bewildered a few minutes ago when the Politico informed me that “Harry Reid has become a darling of the left.” Our anti-choice Senate Majority Leader who occasionally puts on a good show but has accomplished essentially nothing since taking control of the chamber? Why has his standing among liberals suddenly improved and [...]
Only Gay I Mean, Effeminate Men Go To Gyms
Posted on August 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, George W Bush, The Wall Street Journal, the media | Leave a Comment
Via Sadly, No!, the Wall Street Journal is anxious to tell you of yet another way in which Barack Obama is Not A Normal Guy:
But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama’s skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream [...]
South Park Analogies
Posted on July 31, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, South Park, race, television, the media | Leave a Comment
I want to be very clear on this first part: I’m not at all comparing McCain and Obama, or their campaigns, to Stan and Token. HOWEVER, reading the media’s latest mind-numbing discussions about “the race card” after I got home from work, a very clear image of Cartman in the following clip burst into my [...]
Better Than Twelve Days Of Chandra Levy
Posted on July 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, the media | 3 Comments
Richard Cohen totally wrecks all of those young punks and their crazy tatoos. This column is timely, relevant, and worthy of the Washington Post’s op/ed page.
If Richard Cohen fails to win a Pullitzer this year, someone has some serious explaining to do.
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John McCain Does Not Campaign On His Military Experience!
Posted on July 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, the media | Leave a Comment
John McCain says: Barack Obama should not be listened to because he never served in the military.
Obvious implication: John McCain can be listened to because he did serve in the military.
But: John McCain is not using his military record for campaign purposes.
Logical paradoxes make my head explode!
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The Game Changer Everyone Chose To Ignore
Posted on July 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Barack Obama, Iraq war, Nouri al-Maliki, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
All weekend I watched to see how The Washington Post would play Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s withdrawal timeframe. All weekend the Post buried the story in the middle of longer articles dealing with Obama’s world travels.
Iraq’s elected leader has unambiguously declared that Barack Obama’s plan for Iraq is more in [...]
NBC-4 Doesn’t Know What It’s Talking About
Posted on July 18, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under DC, DC enfranchisement, Dick Heller, Eleanor Holmes Norton, NBC-4, the media | Leave a Comment
Pop quiz: What is bugging me about the following short article, quoted in full?
Plaintiff In D.C. Gun Ban Case To Run For U.S. House Seat
WASHINGTON — Dick Heller, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington’s strict 32-year-old handgun ban, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Heller, 66, is [...]
On Forgetful Reporters
Posted on July 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, George W Bush, John McCain, the media | Leave a Comment
Marc Ambinder engages in some detailed analysis in an attempt to answer the following question:
When presidents travel overseas, the opposition party generally refrains from partisan criticism. But what’s the rule for presidential candidates? Sen. Barack Obama leaves soon for a long trip across the pond; will John McCain use the occasion to attack? Or will [...]
Scandal Of The Day
Posted on July 14, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, The New Yorker, The Onion, race, the media | Leave a Comment
I’m fairly certain I’ll lose my blogging credentials if I don’t comment on the New Yorker cover this morning.
So, yeah: It sucks. It’s obviously meant to be satire, but it doesn’t really work as satire because it’s essentially identical to the intended targets of the satire. It does work fairly well as an attention grabber [...]
Oh, This Is Bound To Be Fun
Posted on July 9, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, FOX News, Jesse Jackson, the media | Leave a Comment
Unless I’m sorely mistaken, which is quite plausible given the weirdness of the story, Jesse Jackson said something bad about Barack Obama which FOX News and only FOX News has on tape and FOX News plans to air that tape but has not done so yet, so everyone knows Jackson said something FOX claims is [...]
Good Journalism
Posted on July 8, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, The New York Times, the media | Leave a Comment
My friend Mike sends me this example of journalism we can applaud. As he says in his email, “While it does echo the McCain campaign’s message, it immediately points out why the message doesn’t make sense or is wrong.” Indeed. Check out the fourth paragraph:
But it is unclear how Mr. McCain plans to balance the [...]
Raison d’etre
Posted on July 4, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under The Washington Post, Tom Toles, the media | Leave a Comment
Atrios asks:
What Is The Washington Post Op-Ed Page For?
It isn’t to inform, so it must serve some other purpose. What exactly is it?
Discuss.
A good question, but (somewhat surprisingly) I do have an answer: A home for Tom Toles.
No, I don’t understand why two full pages of crap are necessary for one little corner [...]
Stuff I Simply Don’t Understand
Posted on July 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under James Kirchick, The New Republic, the media | Leave a Comment
Why does The New Republic employ someone whose job description is to spit on liberals?
Perhaps someone a bit older than myself can pinpoint the precise date when the magazine became a right-wing crap factory.
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CNN Is So Beyond Broken
Posted on July 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, CNN, terrorist fist jabs, the media | Leave a Comment
Remember how I bitched last night ’cause some douchetards at CNN bothered to report on Barack Obama failing to return the attempted terrorist fist jab of a child and therefore must hate all children while denying his jihadi impulses?
The report wasn’t even true! The kid just wanted an autograph and Obama preferred to sign paper [...]
I Hate The Media
Posted on July 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under CNN, the media | 1 Comment
Douchebags all.
UPDATE: Link fixed.
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No One Speaks About My Maverick That Way
Posted on June 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, John McCain, the media | 2 Comments
The media will fight to the death to protect its beloved and sainted hero.
Rick Klein, blogging at ABC News:
Clark’s comments seem to miss a vital point about the McCain campaign: Yes, his military service is part of his stock campaign biography, but McCain is not running on that record nearly as much as he’s running [...]
Reporting I Can’t Take Seriously
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under CNN, the media, torture | Leave a Comment
A CNN Political Ticker piece about one of the distractions Republicans are using to focus attention away from the meat of yesterday’s House hearings on torture lost me after a paragraph and a half.
A Democratic lawmaker’s comment that he was “glad” that a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney could be identified by al [...]
Missing White Girl + MySpace Link = RATINGS GOLD!!!
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under missing white girls, the internets, the media | 1 Comment
No one had better interrupt my weekend plans, which as of five minutes ago consist of following this story 24/7 until my eyes bleed. I swear, if CNN breaks into coverage of Missing White Girl ‘08 in order to share some boring new poll result in the boring presidential election, my television might well become [...]
Worst. Columnist. Ever.
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Richard Cohen says we can’t trust Barack Obama because he was never tortured by the North Koreans North Vietnamese*. No, really, that’s what he says.
But here is the difference between McCain and Obama — and Obama had better pay attention. McCain is a known commodity. It’s not just that he’s been around a long time [...]
Nice Of Them To Finally Admit It
Posted on June 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, George W Bush, John McCain, Republican party, Swift Boaters, ratfucking, the media | Leave a Comment
Jonathan Martin has an interesting article at the Politico discussing the current non-existence of any “Swift Boat”-style groups preparing to fight for the Republicans in this presidential election. While sources from both parties tell Martin they expect the eventual emergence of the groups, no one has yet come forward with the willingness and the money [...]
