Archive for December 9, 2009
Fox News Repeatedly Uses the Word “Holiday” on its Websites
One would think that after years of leading the charge in the so-called “war on Christmas,” Fox “News” would search its hypocritical soul a bit — just a bit, mind you — and ban the use of the word “holiday” on its websites. But no:
December 4, 2009: Lower right hand corner: “Holiday Treatment for Vets’ Graves:”
December 7, 2008: Lower right hand corner: “Economy Sends Holidays Back to Future:”
December 8, 2009: A promo for “FNCiMag.com:“
Oh My F’ing God — The Wingers Are Freaking Over White House Cookies
Three minutes after posting the Tweet of the Day (two posts below), about the corporate media’s willingness to amplifying GOP hissy fits, I mosey on over to Fox and lo and behold, here’s their newest one and it is absolutely fu*king ridiculous:
Click on the graphic and you go to this: White House’s Acorn Cookies Surprises [Sic] Republican Lawmaker.
How long before this is the top story on CNN and MSNBC?
Vote for Lie of the Year
At PolitiFact (they’ve got some doozies).
Tweet of the Day
Even though it’s a couple days old, this from Atrios:
So true. And it’s been going on for years…
Break Time
Pantone, the company that specializes in “knowing” which colors will or will not be popular at any given time, announced yesterday that the 2010 color of the year will be “PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise:”
Yuck. It’s ugly.
Conservative Site Rips Sarah Palin’s WaPo Op-Ed
The “liberal” Washington Post published an op-ed by Sarah Palin today. In it, Palin urges President Obama to ignore the science supporting global warming (because, after all, it’s bogus) and to cancel his trip to Copenhagen.
As is usually the case with Palin, “this one-woman factory of stupid” has no idea what she’s talking about, which the conservative site Little Green Footballs so clearly point out.
The Dumbing Down is Complete
People talk about how the media is dumbing down our society, as if it’s a work in progress. Looks to me like the mission has been accomplished. This is the most-read story on FoxNews.com right now:
