I promise to make hot lunches free too!
McCain and Hillary’s unvarnished ploy for votes — the supposed “tax holiday” on gas sales across the country — is under an intense barrage of criticism.
Signs of the surveillance state
In Detroit, a mail carrier ‘illegally’ tipped off a resident that he was under postal surveillance, meaning all mail [...]
Glenn Greenwald spent his weekend doing a little research on what the media covers:
Here are the number of times, according to NEXIS, that various topics have been mentioned in the media over the past thirty days:
“Yoo and torture” - 102
“Mukasey and 9/11″ — 73
“Yoo and Fourth Amendment” — 16
“Obama and bowling” — 1,043
“Obama and Wright” [...]
In a moment of near-vanity, CNN’s Lou Dobbs begins to decry black leaders as “cotton,” but catches himself before blurting out the obvious “picking.” Classy, Lou. Roll the tape:
[H/T TPM]
Since the entertainment industry is masquerading as ‘journalists’ in America, it’s good to know that there are still unencumbered journalists in this world. For example, The Economist has wholly rejected the trend of sensationalist reporting and narrow-minded, simple analyses as found on cable news.
A new edition is out and it is best one I’ve ever [...]
Here’s a compilation of post speech reactions from Fox News, BBC, Sky News, and Al Jazeera. Notice a difference?
Obama’s speech was one of the best — and most frank — political speeches in recent memory. It was deep in many respects: race, class, and religion being the most noticeable. I was particularly struck by one passage on our political discourse though:
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics [...]
The Pew Research Center released its annual “State of the Media” report yesterday. For a cable news hater such as myself it’s a treasure trove of ammunition. I’ve compiled the study’s core findings for cable news (CNN, MSNBC, and FOX) below.
Wedge Issues
When it came to specific stories, cable news showed a tendency to take the [...]
I’m a firm believer in free speech, but the clowns on cable news opinion need to have their bullhorns taken away. Under the banner of ‘news,’ they are polluting America’s airwaves with slander, fear, and sententious monologues. They don’t inform, they prosthelytize, as serious matters are sullied with sophomoric crass. They are all doing [...]
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