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The Day has long had a battered spouse syndrome type of relationship with the local right wing. They constantly try to appease them, though it never works. Apparently they’ve upped the ante, having gotten themselves a good right leaning reporter, who is always prepared to carry water for the Republicans. The fellows name is Matt […]

A few days ago the Day ran a headline stating that Glenn Beck drew hundreds of thousands of people to his rally for suckers, a claim belied by the article itself and the only scientific attempt (Approximately 87,000 attendees) to determine the numbers. I said nothing. But I can no longer hold my tongue. Today, […]

GIven Fox’s central role in stirring up this phony mosque issue, why does it take a comedy show to expose this: Perhaps for the same reason that the media, including Fox, can’t quite figure out why so many people think Obama is a Muslim. It certainly couldn’t be because their compatriots are telling people that […]

This morning’s New London Day has a puff piece about the three Republicans vying to get crushed by Joe Courtney in November. This sentence caught the eye of my vigilant spouse, and impressed me as well: Along with fellow Republicans, they want to reverse Democratic policies like the health care reform bill, enacted by Obama […]

On one thing, both the left and the right can agree. The press in this country is dysfunctional. One can argue about the overarching narrative that dysfunctionality protects, but not really very convincingly. To the extent reporters are stenographers, they reinforce corporate and governmental messages. Huffington Post reports that Lara Logan has criticized Rolling Stone […]