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Pushing back

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Apparently John Kerry learned something from the Swift Boat episode: This is what Democrats need to do. Like all bullies, and the broadcast press is composed primarily of bullies, they back down in the face of determined opposition. Notice the look on her face when he pushes back. One of the reasons we need to […]

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AP accepts Republican spin as gospel

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

We liberals are often frustrated by the refusal of the press to call the Republicans or the right when they out and out lie. No claim they make is absurd enough to warrant anything other than “on the one hand, on the other hand” type of coverage. Not to worry, that type of coverage is […]

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Moral blindness

Friday, April 25, 2008

Wow. Check out the reaction of former ABC reporter Robert Zelnick and current journalism professor to the recent revelations in the Times that the Pentagon was recruiting former military people to spread pro-war propaganda. This is from PBS, the only TV network (other than Jon Stewart on the Comedy Channel) to address this issue: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm813muGhVg[/youtube] […]

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More on the debate

Friday, April 18, 2008

A few more thoughts about Wednesday’s debate. First, I find it surprising that anyone finds it surprising that ABC sought out the flag pin lady. I knew it as soon as I saw her. That they left such easily followed footprints is just a sign of their arrogance, but also, I believe, of the fact […]

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Distractions on notice

Friday, April 18, 2008

Absolute best Colbert ever last night. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama were all on. Even John McCain made a brief (taped) appearance, napping at the state of the Union. Here’s Barack: Colbert’s a true patriot. How sick is this country when the most responsible journalists on television work for the Comedy Channel?

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ABC Hits New Low

Thursday, April 17, 2008

I’m a bit late to the feast, a function of my blogging schedule, but I might as well add my voice to the chorus of folks condemning ABC for the conduct of the “debate” last night. Maybe it was a sixth sense, but I didn’t watch it in real time. I recorded it on my […]

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What we’re up against, part 2 of …

Friday, April 11, 2008

This is the most absurd anti-Democrat spin I’ve heard of to date: Now they’re making up weird new rules as they go along. Here’s the money quote from the video: And it’s just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, “Here, have some coffee,” you say, […]

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Keeping the players straight

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

According to an email I received today from Howard Dean (we go way back, he emails me almost every day) John McCain once again mixed up Shiites and Sunnis, proving once again that he is as much of an expert on the region as George Bush or Bill Kristol, who more than once told us, […]

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What we’re up against

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Barack Obama will have two opponents in the fall. If he were only running against John McCain, his victory would be a sure thing. But his other opponent is the media, the only group of people in this country who think John McCain is an inspiring leader. In the end, as in 2000, they will […]

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In which I beat several dead horses

Monday, March 24, 2008

From this Morning’s Times: “The news business is something worse than horrible. If that’s the future, we don’t have much of a future,” Sam Zell, who bought the Tribune Company last year, said recently in The Baltimore Sun. The Tribune Company, and therefore Sam Zell, owns the Hartford Courant. Years ago I heard a story […]

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