Bookworm on Jan 24 2008 | Filed under: Media matters
There are many who think that, under Pinch’s guidance, the NY Times has gone from a somewhat biased, but still reputable paper, to a daily anti-Bush diatribe that has occasional nuggets of actual news interspersed amongst the partisan pieces. I still check out the movie reviews, but I generally support those who believe it [...]
Bookworm on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: Media matters, Military
After the Vietnam War, one of the favorite liberal tropes was that the vets came back as deranged, dysfunctional, often savage subhuman creatures. I never understood that. I was the daughter of a veteran who had served in two wars, one of which was WWII, where he saw hand to hand combat at [...]
Bookworm on Oct 26 2007 | Filed under: Hollywood, Jimmy Carter, Media matters
I like to tweak NY Times movie reviews (heck, any MSM movie reviews), because of the relentless Progressive punditry that characterizes them, regardless of the movie’s actual content. With a movie about Jimmy Carter on the table, I was therefore prepared for a full frontal case of anti-Bush commentary in the review. It wasn’t there. [...]
Bookworm on Oct 05 2007 | Filed under: Media matters, TV
During World War II, Hollywood started churning out cartoons poking fun at Hitler. Here’s a great example from Warner Brothers with Bugs taking Hitler on, and Disney did the famous Der Fuehrer’s Face, starring Donald Duck. The cartoons obviously weren’t intended to minimize the dangers America was facing. They were produced at the height of [...]
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