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Newsweek’s Meacham: Don't Expect Obama to Undo 'Awful, Terrible Stuf
Call this a lowering of expectations by a figurehead of the mainstream media.Newsweek editor Jon Meacham spoke candidly about his expectations for President-elect Barack Obama at an appearance promoting his latest book about former President Andrew Jackson, "American Lion," at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 7.Meacham was asked to draw a comparison between Jackson…
CNN Proves Skeptical of Porn Bailout 'Publicity Stunt
It took pornography to hear some economic sense from CNN on the issue of bailouts. "American Morning" reported on Jan. 8 that Larry Flynt, of Hustler magazine, and Joe Francis, of Girls Gone Wild, sent out a press release Jan. 7 asking for $5 billion of the federal bailout action.CNN's Kiran Chetry and correspondent Ted Rowlands reacted with skepticism. Rowlands said, "This seems to many like…
Finally, a Bailout That Makes CNN Skeptical
'American Morning' offers balance, asks questions regarding porn companies' request for $5 billion federal bailout.
Name That Party, Baltimore Edition; Brief Running in WaPo Leaves Out
If ever there was a new year's resolution the mainstream media could take up, it would be to note the party affiliation of indicted politicians regardless of their political party and especially when noting indictments in urban areas where one party holds a monopoly on city government. Take for example a January 8 Baltimore Sun article running on page B4 of the same day's Washington Post*, that…
Gray Lady—Gone By May
Virtually all the predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print . . . But what if the old media dies much more quickly? What if a hurricane comes along and obliterates the dunes entirely? Specifically, what if The New York Times goes out of business—like, this May? It’s certainly plausible. -- End Times, by Michael Hirschorn, The…
CNBC's John Harwood Pins Obama Down on Blackberry, Topless Photos
Just one day after Ann Coulter chided NBC News' Matt Lauer and Brian Williams, on the "Today" show, for softball questions to Barack Obama, CNBC's John Harwood, on Thursday's "Today," outdid them both in Obama puffery. In a one-on-one interview with the President-elect, Harwood asked such hard-hitting questions as what kind of "family advice," he got from his lunch with the former presidents, if…
Australian Press Reports American Taxpayers 'Miffed' John Howard Is St
As a follow up to a previous post of mine regarding Rachel Maddow's hissy fit over the Obama family having to endure staying at the fancy Hay-Adams Hotel, the mainstream media jumped into the mystery machine and gave themselves a bunch of Scooby snacks for finding this all important scoop. It seems word has gotten out to the blogosphere as to who bumped the Obama family from taking temporary…
Is The New York Times About To Go Bankrupt
Is the New York Times only months away from declaring bankruptcy?What happens to the journalism industry if the answer is "Yes?"Such questions were posed by the Atlantic in its January/February edition:
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Fitzgerald makes a booboo!In a remarkable screw-up, a Department of Justice official today accidentally distributed to the media a document containing the names of nearly 20 confidential witnesses interviewed during a federal probe targeting the operators of a fraudulent investment scheme. In announcing felony charges against two men for…
Legislators Vow to Fight Fairness Doctrine with Introduction of New Bi
In the midst of economic troubles and much anticipation of a new administration about to enter the White House, the potential return of the Fairness Doctrine hasn't gotten much attention. But on the eve of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, Republican members of Congress haven't forgotten. GOP Sens. Jim DeMint, S.C. and James Inhofe, Okla., along with two of their House colleagues, Reps…
Global Warming Horror Flick Put on Ice
How embarrassing is it when you produce a horror movie based on global warming and when the time comes to release it, the planet is experiencing some of the coldest weather in decades? Such is the case with The Thaw starring Val Kilmer. Filmed in Canada last summer, it should be ready for release by now but even though the trailer has been produced, no specific release date has been announced.…
LATimes Prints Hamas Terrorist's Op Ed
Amazingly, on January 6, the L. A. Times gave ample space to a Hamas terrorist to "explain" how the current Gaza action is all Israel's fault. Mousa Abu Marzook the purported "deputy of the political bureau of Hamas," the group called an "Islamic Resistance Movement," shamefacedly claims that Israel's actions shattered "any incentive by Palestinian leaders to enforce the moratorium on rocket fire…
Time Still Demands Cuba's Communist Revolution 'Deserves Its Due
The fiftieth anniversary of Fidel Castro’s Iron Curtain around Cuba may suggest that in some dark corners of the world, Soviet-style communism still lives. But it also demonstrates that antique "peaceful coexistence" bias is as persistent as the Castro brothers. Time magazine is still demonstrating the tired tendency of moral equivalence, treating the free world and the miniaturized communist…