The Other McCain

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

Speculation Is Not Reporting

That is the lesson that journalists (and bloggers) ought to learn from yesterday’s coverage of the Arizona mass murder: Less than four hours transpired between the time the shootings occurred in the parking lot of a Tucson grocery store and the time the Associated Press identified 22-year-old Loughner as the suspect. The first AP bulletin to […]

Your Last “60 Minutes” Fisking Of The Year

Joe Fein goes above and beyond the call of duty this week, not only subjecting himself to 60 Minutes so you don’t have to, but supplying some Rule 5-worthy suggestions for Lesley Stahl’s replacement. Read and enjoy!

OMFG: Katy Couric Says, ‘Maybe We Need a Muslim Version of ‘The Cosby Show’

Yes, she really said that. When I heard the audio Steve Foley posted at the Minority Report, I could scarcely believe it. How could anyone — even Katie Couric — be so incredibly stupid as to say this aloud? “Maybe we need a Muslim version of ‘The Cosby Show.’ . . . I know it […]

Late Entry in the ‘Stupidest Things Liberals Said in 2010’ Sweepstakes

Harvard-educated Ezra Klein updates Orwell’s famous maxim: “One has to work at The Washington Post to believe things like that. No ordinary man could be such a fool.” On MSNBC, Klein was asked about plans of the 112th Congress to read the Constitution aloud: “Yes, it’s a gimmick. I mean, you could say two things […]

Media Headwinds, Media Tailwinds

Ace of Spades describes a basic truth of American politics: The liberal media sells liberal candidates as brilliant and even-tempered and “sophisticated” and “nuanced” of thought; all of these are non-ideological attributes which appeal to most, whatever one’s politics. And they need to do this, as only about 25% of the country can be persuaded […]

Talking Points? What Talking Points?

Breitbart via The Vail Spot via Instapundit: Worst. Congress. Evah! UPDATE: Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters: To give readers an idea just how parroted this concept was, a Google News search of “most productive Congress” yields over one thousand results. . . . Obama was sworn in with the unemployment rate at 7.4 percent and 11.4 […]

And This Was Not Even Voted the Worst Keith Olbermann Rant of 2010

This was only good enough for second runner-up in the Media Research Center’s “Dumb and Dumber Award” category of its 23rd annual Notable Quotables competition: “[The Tea Party-backed Republicans are] a group of unqualified, unstable individuals who will do what they are told, in exchange for money and power, and march this nation as far […]

Why Ed Schultz Became a Liberal

Big hat-tip to the AOSHQ Headlines on this one. You sometimes hear conservative guys joke that liberal guys are liberal just because they want to score with liberal chicks. MSNBC’s firebrand “populist” is the punchline to that joke: He savors his skewering of the right, but there was a time when he was one of […]

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