Melissa McEwen of Shakespeare’s Sister has resigned as part-time technical advisor for the Edward’s Campaign. Chris has her full release over at MyDD. I don’t like the fact that Melissa had to resign from the campaign, but it was the right choice. The wingnuts had a field day with some posts she made, and those […]
It looks like Lieberman is wondering where all his friends have gone and looking for some new ones: Sen. Joe Lieberman made an unusual pitch to people outside Connecticut when he conceded the state’s Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and announced plans to run as an independent. “If you’re disappointed with the ugly tone of […]
To get an idea of how badly the right wants another world war, we look towards Media Matters, who brings us this great little synopsis: With the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East and a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, the right-wing media have declared a new “world war” but have not agreed […]
John has a video up of Olbermann tonight where he calls out O’Reilly again. This is a well deserved calling out (they all are) and proves that O’Reilly could care less about the memory of our fallen soldiers when it comes to proving a point or trying to win an argument: Olbermann: The bodies at […]
We’ve all seen the pundits on local and national news programs, captivating us with their million-dollar smiles and their award-winning personalities. They are mostly white and mostly male and can be found on any television network, including the cable news channels. One thing they all have in common is that their news stories and commentaries […]
While the right is out attacking Colbert, O’Reilly is facing his own problems. From MediaBistro: Young viewers just don’t watch The O’Reilly Factor like they used to. April marked Bill O’Reilly’s lowest-rated month in the 25-54 demographic since August 2001. His 415,000 demo viewers in March was a new low, but O’Reilly managed to lose […]
O’Reilly has proven what a cheap, low down, coward he is. Yesterday he blew up on the air at a caller just for mentioning Keith Olbermann’s name. (via Media Matters) On his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O’Reilly threatened to turn over the personal information of a caller to “Fox security” because the caller mentioned […]
From Media Matters : Bill O’Reilly suggested that the United States “hand over everything to the Iraqis as fast as humanly possible” because “[t]here are so many nuts in the country — so many crazies — that we can’t control them.” O’Reilly has previously called those advocating immediate withdrawal from Iraq “pinheads” and compared them […]
That is the cover of the latest issue of The Nation and what a beautiful cover it is. The “I” word is gaining momentum from all corners. People are talking about it, the media is talking about, the left has been talking about it and now even the right is starting to use it. Here […]
The general in the War on Christmas has admitted defeat according to Media Matters: On the December 19 edition of Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly apparently reversed his previous position that the phrase “Happy Holidays” is offensive, stating, ” ‘Happy Holidays’ is fine, just don’t ban ‘Merry Christmas.’” O’Reilly has previously […]