Archive for the ‘Death of the MSM’ Category
Monday, November 6th, 2006
The Washington Post’s ombudsman has admitted once again that the Post has been unfair to Sen. George Allen:
Allen supporters think he can’t catch a break; I sympathize. The macaca coverage went on too long, and a profile of Allen was relentlessly negative without balancing coverage of what made him a popular governor and senator.
Yeah, that’s [...]
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
WashTimes:
The Big Three television networks have used unprecedented midterm election coverage to bash the Republican Party with negative stories, and plenty of them, a study says.
Only 12 percent of election stories that aired on NBC, ABC or CBS were favorable toward Republican candidates, according to a study released yesterday by the [...]
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
Heh.
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Friday, October 27th, 2006
Have you seen the Inside Politics blog over at the Washington Times’ website? It’s surprisingly not bad, for a media blog.
The focus is largely on Virginia and Maryland politics, as you might have guessed. Some interesting stuff over there from Christina Bellantoni and company.
Certainly worth adding to the RSS reader (which [...]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Patrick Hynes:
I hope Virginians get answers to these questions before they vote on Election Day, Nov. 7th. But for that to happen, the media need to ask him.
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Jon:
Will the media finally scrutinize Jim Webb — and these stories about Webb — in the last few weeks of the campaign? So far, they appear uninterested in doing much more than transcribing Webb campaign press releases.
He makes a pretty good case over there, but I can’t say that I’m surprised by anything I’ve seen [...]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Wow. Bwana’s seven-year-old son qualifies to be a Washington Post reporter!
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
You may have been following the story about Virginia Senator George Allen and absurd allegations about some stock options. As the AP summarizes:
For the past five years, Sen. George Allen, has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company. The Virginia Republican also [...]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
This is a complete joke.
UPDATE: Bwana has his usual thoughtful take on the story.
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
Norm points us to the brand spanking new blog of Bart Hinkle (of the Times-Dispatch). Here, Hinkle discusses why he is blogging.
So, now Hinkle is moving into the arena that has already been perfected by Norm. The question is: when is the Richmond Times-Dispatch going to ask Normie to be a regular [...]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2006
Here and here, The Malcontent says that the WaPo crusade against Sen. George Allen has gotten ridiculous.
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
Lots of hand-wringing about press passes being denied to bloggers. I just can’t get worked up about it. I’m not a reporter, and don’t claim to be.
Of course, it occurs to me that I might be eligible for press credentials now, thanks to my gig at Campaigns & Elections. Don’t [...]
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
You have to listen to the latest Bearing Drift podcast, with Rep. Jo Ann Davis. I love this comment by Squeaky:
So let me get this straight: You went to the SOURCE for FACTS and let her quotes stand on her own without editorial input or editing?!??!
Revolutionary! Who ever heard of such a thing.
Indeed.
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
Shaun Kenney has caught the Daily Press manipulating a quote:
Instead of reporting what happened though, someone at the Daily Press decided to turn this into something else, as if Rep. Jo Ann Davis were backtracking on Iraq. Clearly not the case, but for some odd reason, someone made the decision to generate a news story [...]
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
How many times are we going to see something like this from outfits like the AP and al-Reuters? It’s unconscionable.
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
Jerry is going into the belly of the beast to write op-eds for the Roanoke Times, “a motley collection of leftist lunatics who write crap most Southwest Virginians can’t comprehend or relate to.”
Good luck, Jerry.
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Everyone’s twelfth favorite newspaper, the Daily Press, has started a blog. Gotta give ‘em credit for their press release, however, which I enjoyed:
Calling all political junkies.
The Daily Press in Newport News has launched a spiffy new political blog for all things Virginia.
It’s called The Shad Plank. It can be found at www.dailypress.com/shadplank.
You must [...]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2006
MSM caught again.
Reuters sent this photo out over the wires:
The caption was: “Smoke billows from burning buildings destroyed during an overnight Israeli air raid on Beirut’s suburbs August 5, 2006. Many buildings were flattened during the attack.”
It didn’t take long for the photo to be exposed as having been photoshopped. Heck, it may [...]
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Part Two.
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
As Fidel Castro’s health falters, some old friends are remembering him fondly…and I expect the media to laud him as well, upon his death, whenever that is.
I won’t remember him fondly at all. He’s a blood-thirsty tyrant who has murdered countless innocent people.
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