Some Enquiring Minds Don't Want To Know
There's an old definition of an "honest" politician -- "one who, once bought, stays bought." There's a refreshing bluntness in that definition, something that's all too rare in these …
Category: Media
The 20/20 Interview
I just watched the 20/20...
News Failure: Getting It Wrong, Setting It Right
A staff blog at the Christian Science Monitor, Patchwork Nation, has an entry by Dante Chinni that is interesting. It doesn't tell you much that one couldn't (or hasn't) …
NYT Dumps Union & US Mag's New Quarterly
US Magazine (you know the one) just announced it will be launching a new quarterly magazine. The excitement in the air surrounding the announcement is simply palpable. The new …
C- in Presidential history
Ezra Klein writing at the LA Times needs some remedial lessons. THE LOSERS: Since LBJ, six sitting or former U.S. senators have been nominated to run for president. None …
Olbermann and Matthews Out as Anchors for Political Events
They will still be on to serve as analysts, but MSNBC will not use them to anchor upcoming debates and other political news events. They said the experiment didn't …
Sarah Palin to Sit Down with ABC's Charlie Gibson
After all the whining by the children in the media that Sarah Palin has not talked to anyone in the media, the McCain/Palin campaign has announced that Sarah Palin …
Ouch, the Media Might Need to Put a Little Ice on that
The most amusing thing to watch following the Palin speech last night was the journalists pretending not to know why on earth Sarah Palin would be so critical of …
Coverage of Hurricane Katrina Gustav and where is the Moore/Fowler/Spratt footage?
I tuned into the Today show this morning to see how they were covering Hurricane Gustav, the Republican National Convention and John McCain's choice of Governor Palin as running …
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today's winner is the Sun-Sentinel newspaper. They get the award for the following. Exhibit 233 of Hurricane hysteria South Florida style. The Sun-Sentinel is the worst so far as …