Americans must be more vigilant than ever when it comes to reading things online.
There has been so much news lately of how much of a “valuable news source” Matt Drudge is. Let’s look at this “valuable” information. Here’s two headlines appearing at the top of his page right now: The original story from Esquire is here. Interesting enough, when you read it you will notice how it is […]
Remember when the right thought Stephen Colbert was the real deal? They believed he was really a right wing comedian/commentator and couldn’t seem to understand that his whole routine is making fun of the right. Well those righties haven’t become any smarter since then: Fox News’ opinion website Fox Nation and their readers don’t seem […]
Yesterday Sarah Palin finally addressed Limbaugh’s use of the word “retard” and as expected, she approves! PALIN: I agree with Rush Limbaugh. He was using satire to politically correct — WALLACE: He used the “r” word. PALIN: He used satire. Name-calling by anyone, I teach this to my children and you teach it to your […]
Please check your sources! While discussing Jerry Falwell with Chris Matthews, host Contessa Brewer quoted this article from Whitehouse.org in saying that Falwell was the “Executive Director of Global Policy”. Apparently Contessa doesn’t realize that whitehouse.org is a satirical site, and her producer has never heard of whois, which tells you who the domain is […]
(I have been in a very sarcastic mood today for some reason, but the following is serious and there is no room for sarcasm or satire in it) We got another taste of Bush’s typical partisan attacks in his speech today when he had to make that statement claiming Democrats will raise taxes if they […]
Because at times we all need a good laugh: Children with Terminal Cancer Using Their Disease to Get Sympathy: A Satire by Ann Coulter Chapter 12 – Like We’re Supposed To Care? I have never seen children enjoying their incurable diseases so much. It seems to be all the rage for witches of want with […]
By now I am sure most of you have read about Delay thinking Stephen Colbert is actually some right-wing journalist, even though his show is obvious satire and appears on Comedy Central. If you are in the dark on this then check out Think Progress. Now Bob Greenwald has responded: Life as I have known […]
ABC earlier posted a memo that was supposedly leaked from someone in the White House. They did this on their political page “The Note” Maybe leaks are going to be more common in the Tony Snow Era. The man has not even started officially yet as White House press secretary, and already the tightness of […]
For those of you that do not know what New Rules are, well they are just that; New Rules. It is not my own idea, but one I am borrowing from Bill Maher. Every week Bill ends his Real Time with Bill Maher show on HBO with a set of new rules looking back at […]