Category: Media
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This is Why They Say “Never Ask a Question You Don’t Know the Answer to”
MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer thought she could score some points against Republican Congressman Rep. Mo Brooks by snarkily asking “Do you have a degree in economics?” while she was interviewing him. His reply? “Yes ma’am I do, highest honors.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtQyEd-zS4 Never ask a question you don’t know the answer to. Especially when it’s that obvious.…
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So Let Me Explain This
Francis Wilkinson at Bloomberg is wondering what exactly the gun rights movement is “so freaked out about.” He points out that in the last several years the gun rights movement has made some huge strides, so why are we so worried? The short answer is that we are not “freaked out” in spite of the…
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That Answers That Question
I asked where Heidi Yewman went. Apparently Ms. couldn’t handle dissension, and reasoned discourse broke out. They not only shut down a lot of pro-gun commenters, they shut down the series. I get that you don’t want her home address published, but if you didn’t think a series like this would get that many responses,…
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Dear MSNBC
It is proper to address a married lady as Mrs., not Ms. If the article about Laura Bush’s new book had been original work, maybe it could be written off as ignorance of propriety. However, since it was a reprint of a New York Times article that used the proper title, the only assumption one…
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Quote of the Day – Bad Guys Edition
I guess you only get to hear about it when the bad guys win. Makes you wonder just who the newsies were cheering for when they played cops-and-robbers as kids… – Tam
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Quote of the Day – Too Much Trouble Edition
Is it too much to ask that editorial writers spend five minutes researching an issue before blathering away about it in print? That last question is rhetorical since it obviously is too much trouble. – Jeff Soyer