The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The Manchurian Maverick: John McCain Claims Bailout ‘Brainwash’ Victimhood

“Barbara Espinosa must be doing a victory lap right now,” Da Tech Guy writes in reporting on how MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” battered John McCain today for claiming former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke  “misled” him into supporting the 2008 Wall Street bailout. Remember that on Sept. 24, 2008 — the day Crazy […]

Why Keith Olbermann Is Failing

Flipping through the channels this evening, I happened onto Keith Olbermann in media res. He was doing his “Worst Person in the World” list. Number 3 was just a dumbed-down rehash of a TPM item about Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams. Olbermann began by describing Williams as a “fired ex-Albany, New York, hate-radio host” and after excerpting the TPM […]

Keith Olbermann Once Again Displays His Astonishing Lack of Self-Awareness

He begins by chastising Rush Limbaugh for having a huge ego — never mind that Rush’s audience on is at least 20 times as big as Olbermann’s, or that Olbermann is a 24K-gold-plated narcissist — and ends by predicting that Michelle Malkin will die in obscurity: Olbermann’s career is one of the most spectacular failures […]

To Be Fair to Rachel Maddow . . .

. . . it was hard to tell exactly what the sounds coming from the MSNBC host meant. They were sort of a little bit muffled by, you know, the pudding in her mouth: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Maddow’s quote: Just for reference here, when Tom Tancredo talks […]

The Olbermann Rule

“Anything done by any Republican is a scandal, if I decide it is, because being a Republican is such an inherently shady choice to begin with, you just know they must be up to shenanigans.” Lefty journalists have operated by this principle for years now: “Hey, look, Joe Congressman (R-Somewhere) is on the banking committee and […]

Olbermann’s Secret Racism Decoder Ring

My buddy Dan Collins is feeling kinda blue. So I’m featuring this video, just to cheer him up: The best part? Olbermann says he’s narking out his family: “Here’s a little secret, gathered, sadly, from witnessing it my whole life, even from some in my own family,” Olbermann said. “When racist white guys get together […]

‘You Convicted Him on Twitter’

Andrew Breitbart gets into a fascinating argument with MSNBC’s David Shuster here. Via Nice Deb. Much more blog reaction at Memeorandum. UPDATE: Jill Stanek notes that the Washington Post has already been forced to correct and clarify its first report on James O’Keefe’s arrest.

Worse than Maddow and Olbermann

“David Shuster is the real sin at MSNBC. . . . He’s not a reporter. He’s a small-market shock jock they send to cover hurricanes and car-chases.” — Ace of Spades, talking about Shuster’s fight with Andrew Breitbart

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