The Other McCain

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

MSM Meme: Oh, Noes! Rich People Are Giving Money to Republicans!

Just look at the Memeorandum headline aggregation: Protesters raise cloud of sand as Romney raises $3 million in N.Y. — Los Angeles Times Romney Mines the Hamptons for Campaign Cash — New York Times Protesters demonstrate outside of Koch fund-raiser for Romney — CNN Protesters! The Koch Brothers! The Hamptons! Three million dollars! The innocent […]

E-Mails Expose MSNBC Host’s Involvement in #StopRush Boycott

Krystal Ball will co-host MSNBC’s new show ‘The Cycle’ starting Monday. FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION MSNBC host Krystal Ball was in close communication with leaders of an online boycott aimed at advertisers on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show, e-mails between the boycott leaders indicate. Attempting to discover the identity of an infiltrator in their group, the […]

MSNBC: The ‘C’ Is for ‘Crazy’

Of the half-million or so viewers who regularly watch MSNBC, I’m sure at least 100,000 are like me: Conservatives tuning in just to laugh at the zany derangement of liberal idiots. Benny Johnson and Erica Ritz of The Blaze describe one typical MSNBCer’s lunatic rant: According to MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry •9/11 vaulted America into a […]

Creative Ideas About Media Bias

There are few things more boring than listening to conservatives complain about liberal bias in the media. We’ve heard it all before and nothing ever changes, because the people who run the media sincerely believe one of two things: Their coverage is actually objective and balanced; or Republicans are a dangerous menace — genuinely evil […]

Counter-Factual Assertions

Dylan Byers of Politico promotes (or at least calls for a discussion of) the Left’s latest propaganda campaign: The assertion that the polarization of American politics is entirely the fault of extremists who allegedly have pulled the Republican Party rightward. This is both (a) untrue, and (b) a transparent effort by the Left to scapegoat its […]

Is @MaggiePolitico the Favorite Girl in David Axelrod’s Stenography Pool?

Drew M. at AOSHQ catches Team Obama’s Pet pushing Democrat oppo research against a dude who appears in a new Romney campaign ad. Here’s the ad, and the dude Hagerman blows up is Jason “Jay” Clausen, who got laid off from his job in Iowa: Permit me to say, from long experience, that political reporters get tips […]

Bias by Omission: What the WaPo Didn’t Include in Its ‘BullyGate’ Hit Job

Susan Swift at Big Journalism located a profile feature about Mitt Romney in Automobile magazine, including quotes from some of the same sources used in Jason Horowitz’s “BullyGate” story. One of the common sources was Phillip Maxwell, who is quoted by the WaPo as an authority on the Infamous Homophobic Bullying Haircut. So, what didn’t […]

MSNBC Host Loses It When Reporter Won’t Play Along With ‘Get Mitt’ Meme

Tim Carney had a piece this morning about BullyGate and “the casual indifference The Post displays as it destroys lives in pursuit of its goal of electing Democrats.” Somehow, Tim got booked onto MSNBC, where host Tamron Hall wanted him to play along with the game. Amid her increasingly angry interruptions, Carney managed to speak some […]

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