Left-Wing Authoritarians
Apr 22nd, 2009 | By shep | Category: Media, TortureLet’s drive a stake through the heart of the right-wing meme that says releasing the CIA torture memos was Obama’s choice.
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AIGgravation
Mar 20th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: MediaI’m weary of hearing even some of my favorite libs perpetuate a fundamentally flawed talking point.
What Would Tom Paine Think Of The Intertubez?
Jan 30th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: MediaWhat a remarkable time we live in.
Say No Evil
Jan 6th, 2009 | By shep | Category: MediaOne thing the 2008 campaign proved without a shadow of a doubt: all Republicans are liars, from bottom feeders like Limbaugh and Hannity all the way to the top of the Republican presidential ticket.
Partisan Pressturbation
Dec 24th, 2008 | By shep | Category: Lead Article, Mediaby shep
We should all hope that the public adolescents, whose job is to tell us what we should be paying attention to, are at least temporarily satiated by the sputtering climax to the Blago/Obama affair. If there has ever been such a complete and uniform display of the narcissism, vapidity and utterly squandered mission of the American press corps, I haven’t seen it.
Fairness Doctrine In Action
Nov 21st, 2008 | By Mark | Category: MediaIndeed, if Al Franken as the 60th Senator is given the ironic honor of introducing the return of the Fairness Doctrine, it may be the way of the future. I hope it works, and I’ll be listening.
The Next Best Format
Sep 7th, 2008 | By shep | Category: Media, Republicansby shep
So how do you know that you’re an easily manipulated right-wing tool who can be counted on to allow lying Republican guests to “control [their] message”?
Why, you get picked by Republicans to be the willing dupe to be the first to interview the lying, stealth GOP Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. Hi Charlie.
[UPDATE:] Credit [...]
Gone to the Dogs
Sep 2nd, 2008 | By shep | Category: Constitution, Mediaby shep
Fantastic! Minnesota Public Radio decides to cover the political protests in Minneapolis but in their long description of low protester turnout doesn’t see fit to mention that:
” Homes of college-aid protesters were raided by rifle-wielding police forces. Journalists were forcibly detained at gun point. Lawyers on the scene to represent the detainees were handcuffed. [...]
…Shame On You
Aug 28th, 2008 | By shep | Category: Media, Republicansby shep
Mike Murphy, “GOP consultant and former senior strategist for John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign,” was on MSNBC’s panel last night to discuss the effectiveness of the Democratic Convention and Obama’s campaign and choice of speech venue where he was nearly shouted off the stage by the nearby audience for repeatedly stating that Bill and [...]
Bush, Bad. McCain=Bush. McCain, Bad. Had Enough?
Aug 13th, 2008 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Lead Article, MediaObama’s new ad ties Bush around McCain’s neck and drops them both into the pond.
Economics … by John McCain. Support George Bush 95 percent of the time. Keep spending ten billion dollars a month for the war in Iraq…While the Iraqis sell oil for record prices. Giving Iraq a $79 billion oil surplus…And hurting our [...]
