Thursday, December 3, 2009
© Jen Sorensen Next we’ll be hearing that the whole Tiger Woods brouhaha is a publicity stunt.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Jon Stewart totally skewers CNN for doing a fact check on Saturday Night Live’s recent Obama skit, but letting guests get away with blatant lies:
Why is it the best articles about American politics come from the foreign press? Is it because you need a little distance in order to get a good perspective, or is it that the US press just really sucks? Anyway, there is a very good article written by a British journalist about Glenn Beck. The […]
It seems like the Republican strategy recently has been to throw out an enormous number of negative memes about Obama, to see if any stick. First, they said that he was doing too much. Between cap and trade to roll back global warming, bailing out the economy with the stimulus bill, appointing a hispanic woman […]
Monday, September 28, 2009
The media is often my favorite whipping boy, tool of corporate interests. But ironically, while this blog is neither mainstream nor an actual news source, I am by definition part of the media. So I think it is only fair that I post this video that gives ten examples of journalistic integrity, many (surprisingly) from […]
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
The takeover of mainstream media by large corporations has had two devastating effects. Most obvious is the editorial control that the corporations have exercised over their properties, but I think a bigger problem is the resulting fiscal control. The need to control costs and increase profits has led to a media that can afford to […]
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo starts ranting about public health care in England. Congressman Anthony Weiner tries to explain to her that we don’t need to look at other countries, that we already have public health insurance in this country — namely Medicare — and that people who use it are very satisfied. This is when […]
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
A new website http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/ probes the controversial question about whether “Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990”. But in reality, the site is cleverly deconstructing of what passes for news in America. First, someone (usually with a vested interest) starts a rumor. Other people repeat the rumor. Now you have multiple sources […]
Jon Stewart catches Glenn Beck lying out of his ass!
Some of you may be wondering how Jon Stewart gets Neoconservatives (let alone conservatives) to appear on his show with such regularity. In fact, since Obama took office, Stewart has had more conservatives appear on his show than liberals. The answer can be found in conservatives own words. Bill Kristol said “He doesn’t take cheap […]
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Jon Stewart points out the obvious hypocrisy of Fox News:
