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Miss California Finally Gone, But Not Forgotten

Oh I know this is like flogging a dead horse. But it was just announced by AP and CNN that Carrie Prejean, the controversial Miss California who first made news for her antiGay marriage remarks at the Miss USA Pageant...

Posted on June 10, 2009 3:26 PM

President Obama's TONIGHT SHOW Appearance Will Mark A New Use Of Media

Tonight's appearance on Jay Leno's TONIGHT SHOW by President Obama will mark the first appearance by a sitting president on a popular media television show that is not specially a news program. This will probably mean a new use of...

Posted on March 19, 2009 11:56 AM

You're Only Good As Your Last Plane Crash

This past week featured another strange view into the business of the mainstream media and how news-cycles work and also how the public attention span is very short. Earlier in the week the airliner captain that safely piloted the disabled...

Posted on February 15, 2009 2:37 AM

Some Conservative Media Critical of Palin's Whining

Sarah "the Wacko Diva" Palin jumped back into the news this week with the release of the Zeigler interview (embedded below, discussed here). Since I caught the interview's release early in its news cycle it has been interesting to see...

Posted on January 10, 2009 10:50 AM

McCain Campaign Fighting Off Story About Sarah Palin's Affair

Stuck in a declining campaign with sagging poll numbers, a clear loss in Friday night's debate, and a vice presidential candidate who cannot give serious or intelligent interviews, the beleaguered McCain campaign is now fighting with THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER over a new allegation story that Sarah Palin had an affair with a business partner of her husband's former snowmobile business that nearly destroyed their marriage.

Posted on September 29, 2008 1:09 PM

Outrageous NEW YORKER Cover Could Have Devastating Impact On Obama Campaign

Some cartoonist at THE NEW YORKER magazine thought that it would be both satirical and funny to make up a cover based on some of the absurd far right caricatures, outright lies, loose right wing radio talk and unchecked spam...

Posted on July 15, 2008 12:24 PM

Mainstream Media's Coverage of Larry Sinclair - Barack Obama Story

It's taken a month but it appears that the mainstream media is starting to pick up the Larry Sinclair Gay Sex and Cocaine use with Barack Obama story.

Posted on February 21, 2008 3:10 PM

Conservative Blogs Promote Wrong Facts About MoveOn.org Ad Rates

A number of conservative blogs once again put their reputation on the line when they falsely claimed that THE NEW YORK TIMES gave a special ad discount to MoveOn.org for their anti-Patraeus ad. The real truth is that any advocacy...

Posted on September 14, 2007 7:00 PM

Rupert Murdoch's New Danger To Free Expression

Australian-born Media mogul, Rupert Murdoch's intent to purchase the Dow Jones Company, the parent publisher of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, presents a new danger to freedom of expression within the U.S. as too much editorial power and media control is...

Posted on August 3, 2007 11:00 AM

Stop the Networks from Helping Terrorists

Townhall commentary: You have seen it. We have all seen it. Worst of all, the families of the heroic soldiers killed, have seen it. "It," is a video montage of American military vehicle after American military vehicle, getting blown up...

Posted on July 18, 2007 4:00 PM

Fox News and "Ooga Booga Fever"

Crooks and Liars story: On the May 31 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson said he was "mesmerized" by what he called "[t]he TB Man story" -- the recent news that American attorney Andrew Speaker traveled...

Posted on June 5, 2007 4:00 PM

Chavez Shutting Down Opposition Media

UPDATE: Opposition Leader injured in RCTV closure protests. Antonio Ledezma, leader of Venezuela's opposition Brave People's Alliance (ABP), suffered a chest wound on Sunday night during the protest against the closure of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Richard Blanco, a member...

Posted on May 28, 2007 6:31 PM

Are the Right Wing Bloggers Even Listening?

Robert Gates is making entirely too much sense these days. Defense Secretary Robert Gates encouraged the graduating U.S. Naval Academy class of 2007 Friday to "remember the importance of two pillars of our freedom under the Constitution: the Congress and...

Posted on May 25, 2007 9:05 PM

The "Courage" of Censorship?

Ted Mandell commentary in the Indianapolis Star: The Federal Communications Commission has issued its three-year research project on TV violence to Congress. Thirty-nine single-spaced pages. Detailed footnotes. Well documented. Gutless. Here are the conclusions: • "There is strong evidence that...

Posted on May 19, 2007 3:50 PM

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