Archive for the ‘media’ Category
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
I get Consortiumnews' daily email. The one tonight really chapped my hide. Robert Parry has a piece up entitled: WPost Calls Out ‘Uppity' Obama. Parry's article addresses Dana Milbanks column yesterday in WaPo.
First, let me say I am not a fan nor a supporter of Barack Obama. I feel, no ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Politics, media | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
While I think it's fair to frown upon scapegoating and stereotyping in commercial advertising campaigns, I'm not all that incensed by such depictions. However, when they are apt to promote already existent anger and animosity...and/or endorse or encourage more inappropriate outbursts and behavior, I think it warrants commentary.
To that end, ...
Posted in BIO, Exploiting, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Life, Religion, Television, media | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
John McCain can't catch a break from the New York Times these days. The Times rejected his recent equal time op-ed piece in response to an Obama piece run last week. There's nothing particular noteworthy about that, media outlets rejecting equal time requests are common now that the old mandatory ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Campaign News, Contributors, Election News, John McCain, Political, Politics, Republican, candidates, media, presidential elections | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
A Tip O' the Satirical Cap to Station Agent
Fill in the blank. A New Yorker magazine cover is to Barak Obama what a National Review cover is to (blank).
A geriatric John McCain in a wheelchair! Get it? Now THAT'S funny! But, what about those thousands of Nimrod-in-Chief Hitler caricatures? Funny ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Barack, Campaign News, Contributors, Democrat, Democrat elections, John McCain, Obama, Political, Politics, Republican, Rhetoric, candidates, humor, media, presidential elections, satire | 6 Comments »
Monday, July 14th, 2008
AP has been around, according to Politico, for 162 years. Recently, many in the blogosphere have turned sour on AP due to some legal grumblings by a blogger that was lifting entire articles from AP and posting them on his blog. But that isn't what this post is about.
AP has, ...
Posted in Politics, media | 18 Comments »
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The NJ state Republican web site was running a banner slogan saying "Obama Loves America like OJ Loved Nicole" - boy, that's the kind of political discourse that elevates the process. Who, them racist? No "oh my God, it's a scary black man!" theme there. Subtle as a flying mallet, ...
Posted in 2000 Presidential Campaign, Agenda, Campaign News, Current Affairs, Election News, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Obama, Politics, Quickie, Race, Republican, Right Wing Nut, conservative, media | 8 Comments »
Monday, June 30th, 2008
"The obscene vitriol on the left wing blogs really is mind-blowing. You see virtually none of this on conservative blogs."
Marlowe on Skewz
"To me, it's straightforward: Conservatives are adults, liberals are adolescences (sic). Conservatives value rational and logical discussion, liberals crave juvenile name calling."
oleneo65 on Skewz
Politics is a rough neighborhood. Stakes ...
Posted in Contributors, Democrat, General, Republican, Right Wing Nut, Weblogs, conservative, media | No Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
(photo from msnbc.com/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Tim Russert, of NBC News and Meet The Press, collapsed today while recording voice-overs for his Sunday program Meet The Press. Russert was 58 years old. Early reports said that Russert's death was due to a heart attack, but that information has been withdrawn and the ...
Posted in BIO, Politics, media | 10 Comments »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Fox News likes to pretend that their reporting is fair and balanced. Unfortunately, the more they fear that the Democrats might defeat their beloved GOP, the more they exhibit their bias and serve as a shill for the party.
The degree to which their bias is evident took an exponential leap ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Agenda, BIO, Barack, Campaign News, Election News, IDIOT, Obama, Politics, Race, Rhetoric, Television, media | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
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