I’m sorry, but if you believe FOX news is factual and honest, I have a bridge to sell you: Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being “punched” by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn’t happen. Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration […]
Rupert Murdoch is a genius. Genius I tell ya! The Times has lost almost 90% of its online readership compared to February since making registration mandatory in June, calculations by the Guardian show. Unregistered users of thetimes.co.uk are now “bounced” to a Times+ membership page where they have to register if they want to view […]
The most struggling economy in the country is ready to try anything: As electronic highway billboards flashing neon advertisements become more prevalent, the next frontier in distracted driving is already approaching—ad-blaring license plates. The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for […]
Wow this must be some big government conspiracy! I bet the feds are even involved in this, you know – since Obama is from Chicago. But what is Drudge reporting? Let’s look: A local TV station that reported on Chicagoans NOT wanting the Olympics has been told NOT to run the report again, insiders tell […]
Following up on FOX complaining because the President didn’t appear on their network yesterday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told ABC: “We figured Fox would rather show So You Think You Can Dance than broadcast an honest discussion about health insurance reform” Now that is a bold and true statement. As matter of fact I […]
From the HuffPo: In a video obtained by Al Jazeera and broadcast Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan, is seen telling soldiers that as followers of Jesus Christ, they all have a responsibility “to be witnesses for him.” “The special forces guys – they hunt men basically. We […]
If there was ever any doubt that FOX news is the media wing of the GOP, then those doubts can be put to rest thanks to Media Matters: During the February 10 edition of Fox News’ Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott claimed that “the Senate is expected to pass the $838 billion stimulus plan — […]
John McCain is talking about skipping the GOP convention or having it postponed due to Gustav. Here is what he said: McCain told Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” in an interview taped for broadcast Sunday that the convention could be rescheduled. “It just wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near-tragedy […]
And we don’t like it: Iran is to launch two more rockets into space in the next few months, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday, after a firing of a rocket earlier this month sparked international concern. “Two other rockets will be launched so that we can then send a satellite into space,” Ahmadinejad said […]
Yesterday I was wondering why James Carville was on Meet the Press as a pundit and not part of the Clinton campaign. Today the New York Times is wondering the same thing: Both networks are careful about balance: there are equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats. But they are careless about bias: the experts are […]