Category: Media
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More MSM Bias
I already mentioned FOX falling in with the media SOP of downplaying the party if a Democrat is involved in a scandal, but now we have this: Link – “Israel Bombs Gaza” Story – Hamas attacks Israel, Israel fires back. Headlines are one of the ways media bias shows up. Reading the front page link, you get the…
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A good point
From JJ in the comments: why is it you can not find which party the offender belongs to when a democrat is involved It’s funny, because a couple months back I saw a story about the trouble that the son of some politician or another, and I automatically assumed (correctly) that since the party wasn’t mentioned in…
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Quote of the Day – Looting Edition
Write the truth as best you can? Bring a sense of order to chaotic events? Quietly and humbly perform a service for your community? No way baby; we’re looking for heads to hang on the wall. Journalism morphed into a blood sport, and while the great hunters were out stalking their prey, the locals with…
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Quote of the Day – Military Style Edition
Terms such as “military-style” just seem to be the all purpose term to demonize gun related items, and the media repeats these claims just as they are willing to call so many guns assault weapons. – John Lott
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Quote of the Day – Safer Edition
Oh yeah, pretty clearly Sarah Palin is a rube who doesn’t know how to handle a gun. Only LA Times reporters know that. I’ll tell you, I’d feel a lot safer on a trap field with Sarah Palin than an LA Times reporter. – Sebastian
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Quote of the Day – Self Parody Edition
I can never tell how much of what passes for journalism these days is actually intentional self-parody. – Clayton Cramer
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Quote of the Day – Newspaper Edition
“Stiffer than Charmin, but better than leaves and twigs…” Michael Bane, on the value of the newspaper
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A good rule to live by
From Bruce Bruce’s Rule of Thumb #22: Any poll from the people who brought you Rathergate should be taken with a grain of salt the size of Barack Obama’s ego.
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No, Whoopi, you don’t need to worry about slavery
Whoopi Goldberg’s question to John McCain was not just asinine race baiting, but it showed a profound lack of knowledge of the Constitution. Yes, the Constitution alludes to slavery in a way that permits it. (U.S. Const. art. I, § II, cl. III) However, despite any shortcomings the Founding Fathers may have had in terms of…
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Quote of the Day – Check the Source Edition
“People are looking at reporters the way reporters want us to look at Wikipedia, It’s useful information, but you’ve got to check the source.” – Rasmussen Reports CEO Scott Rasmussen.