The Other McCain

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

Has Barrett Brown Scammed NBC News?

In-freaking-credible! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Barrett Brown is either, as Michael Isikoff reports, “an underground commander in a new kind of warfare” — a member of a criminal conspiracy who should be under arrest — or else he’s one of the most successful hoaxers in recent memory. […]

NPR Executive Ron Schiller Calls Tea Party ‘Racist,’ ‘Xenophobic,’ ‘Scary’

James O’Keefe’s provided this “Candid Camera” moment for Schiller: Wow, it’s almost like Schiller believes it’s time for NPR listeners to “Take Back America.” William Upton has compiled a history of NPR’s bias.

‘Right-Wing’ Sarah Palin?

A story from the British Daily Mail about a deranged teenager stalking Sarah Palin brought me to a screeching halt in the first sentence: A teenager who sent threatening letters to right-wing US politician Sarah Palin has been arrested in her home state of Alaska. What is it about that phrase, “right-wing,” that obtrudes? It’s […]

‘Piss Karl’: Rove’s Genius Media Strategy

Ben Smith points out that New York magazine hired “Piss Christ” photographer Andres Serrano to do a portrait of Karl Rove, and I wonder if Rove expected the resulting profile feature by Joe Hagan to include such sentences as this: The woman, Karen Johnson, is a lobbyist rumored to have been Rove’s mistress before his […]

‘Parker-Spitzer’ to Become ‘Spitzer’?

The logical consequence of one of the worst programming decisions in the history of television news: “Parker Spitzer,” CNN’s troubled prime-time talking-head program, is losing its Parker. Kathleen Parker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion writer, will leave the ratings-deficient show after just four months, the network said Friday. The program, which airs at 8 p.m. weeknights, […]

Ace on ‘Context’

The thuggery against Tabitha Hale compels him: The media slips an awful lot past the public with the word “context.” They frequently claim they don’t carry stories like this because the “context” doesn’t support making it worthy of mention. . . . 1. We don’t have to patrol the left for violence because the left […]

Michael Moore: Own a Gun? Racist!

“There’s a reason why we want to own these guns. . . . The vast majority of these guns are owned by people who live in safe parts of town, or mostly in suburbs and rural areas, places where there are very few murders. . . . Why do you have a gun? What are […]

Fear and Loathing in Cairo

“In this case, rightwingers who have an interest in stoking fear and loathing of Muslims worldwide pounced at the opportunity to smear all Egyptians with this crime. Popular rightwing bloggers Debbie Schlussel, Robert Stacy McCain, and Sister Toldjah were among those who immediately used the attack to reinforce their anti-Muslim, anti-revolution arguments. But the real […]

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