The Other McCain

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

If You Don’t Like Avatar and Anderson Cooper, You’re a Kook

That’s the basic message of Jonathan Kay’s Newsweek column: Like all populists, tea partiers are suspicious of power and influence, and anyone who wields them. Their villain list includes the big banks; bailed-out corporations; James Cameron, whose Avatar is seen as a veiled denunciation of the U.S. military; Republican Party institutional figures they feel ignored […]

Agitprop for A**holes

“It’s quite a stretch to call The Nation’s Max Blumenthal a journalist. Blumenthal . . . is an ethically challenged agitprop creator and self-indulgent performance artist.” — Matthew Vadum, “Max Blumenthal, Equal-Opportunity Hater”

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 […]

We Feel Your Pain. Really. We Do.

Bwaaahahahahaha! Earlier that morning, CBS News executives and bureau chiefs, led by senior vice president Linda Mason, told their employees that 2009 had been a disastrous year in the ad market. They had no cable operation to buoy the sinking revenues. It’s not you, was the message, it’s us. Dozens of employees — including staff […]

How to Distort the News:
Jailbait Hooker Victimhood Edition

In Georgia, the state legislature is considering a law that would de-criminalize prostitution by minors. Hookers under age 16 would no longer be prosecuted, but would be treated as victims: The bill introduced by Sen. Renee Unterman (R-Buford), would steer girls under the age of 16 into diversionary programs instead of arresting them as prostitutes. “This bill […]

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.

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