Archive for July 8, 2009
Hate Niggers Muslims Guns Abortion Obama Constitution Free Liberty Palin
Oh, and Fox “News.”
Testing. One, two, three.
On winger watch.
Alaska on Fire
I don’t think of Alaska as dry enough to catch on fire but obviously I don’t know what I’m talking about. There are 70 active wildfires burning there as we speak.
Can Sarah Palin can see the global warming from her window?
Who Quit or Got Fired? David Letterman or Sarah Palin?
Just sayin’ — in response to the now apparently dead fire David Letterman crowd — which was doing this dance — literally — just 30 days ago:
Karma Comes Calling on George W. Bush
Word is that the Dallas Police Department has cut extra protection to George W. Bush’s baby George’s home in “Preston Hollow” (must be named after his grandpa).
Nothing could be sweeter than to see that bastard suffer some, albeit small, consequence as a result of the economic collapse he had a hand in creating:
‘We just had to cut it,’ said one police official, who agreed to speak on the condition on anonymity. ‘We’re about to layoff people.’
Last Week – Networks Devoted 30% Coverage to Michael Jackson
So says the Columbia Journalism Review’s Kicker blog. The cable stations supposedly spent 28% of their airtime on him, which I think is low. I obviously didn’t watch all the cable channels all week long last week but from what I did see — primarily on Fox, CNN and MSNBC — it was more like 70% Jackson coverage.
Gotta Love Rachel Maddow
Go to her site and you can upload a ringtone of her saying “I’m gay.“
Her honesty and self-confidence are so refreshing.
Rupert Murdoch: One of the Most Despicable Human Beings on the Planet
The latest: Murdoch papers paid £1 million to gag phone-hacking victims.
Money quote:
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists’ repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.
Doesn’t exactly fit the image Murdoch projects through Fox News now does it? You know, “lookin’ out for the folks,” honest, patriotic, God-fearin’.
(Go to my “About” page and get your hands on a copy of Outfoxed.)
Maybe Tucker Carlson Should be Palin’s VP
He seems to agree with her convoluted understanding of our democracy.
A Must-Read About the Washington Post Pay-to-Play Scandal
Thomas -What’s the Matter with Kansas – Frank has a dead on op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today about the Washington Post pay-to-play scandal.
Money quote:
In such a ham-handed manner, too. When the leading newspaper of the capital city of the world’s most powerful country decides to turn influence-peddler, is this the best it can do? An advertisement that reads as though it were promoting expensive scotch? (“Bringing together those powerful few.”) Not even favorite Post targets like Jack Abramoff stooped to that.
Even worse were the lame excuses offered by the paper’s brass, who blamed one another after the embarrassing story broke and immediately cancelled the get-together. The flier hadn’t been properly “vetted,” they said. Ms. Weymouth had been out of town. Plus assorted other feeble explanations.
During the Watergate era, I had tremendous respect for the Washington Post. Now I have none.
The First of the Michael Jackson Gold Diggers
Yesterday, before Michael Jackson’s body was put in the ground, a book by Ian Halperin titled, “Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson” was shipped to distributors. It will go on sale July 14.
