Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A couple of years ago, I wrote that, when it came to the media love affair with the Obamas, the scales fell from my Mom’s eyes when Time had a cover touting Michelle Obama as the most beautiful, stylish woman since Jackie O. My Mom refused to accept this as
Continue readingThe Wall Street Journal is a well edited newspaper, and it usually offers little in the way of “corrections” amusement, at least not when compared to The New York Times. Even Caesar slips up occasionally, as you will see when you examine the two pictures illustrating this review of a
Continue readingOne of the big issues heating up for the election is “science.” I noted the other day that Krugman has thrown down the gauntlet, saying that the Republicans are returning us to a flat earth world, and, many, including Roger L. Simon, have picked it up, pointing out that Krugman
Continue readingNot a flake, not even more prone to mistakes than the next guy, but certainly sheltered by a woefully compliant media: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVMhz0tSllo[/youtube] Hat tip: Ace
Continue readingI predicted that the much vaunted hurricane would be a media event, and it was. JJ was right to comment that officials need to yell to get the message through to dunderheads who won’t listen, but we also need to recognize that the media gets locked into narratives and can’t
Continue readingLast night I said to Mr. Bookworm, “I bet this Irene story is hype.” I knew that there was a hurricane heading towards land, but I didn’t believe the stories. As it turned out, I was probably right. Irene will bring a ton of water and some wind, and there
Continue readingAce has an excellent post up today about the way in which the media invariably frames Democratic and Republican victories: when Democrats win, Americans are intelligently embracing the Democrat agenda; when Republicans win, Americans are acting irrationally, operating from fear, or failing to understand the virtues of the Democrat agenda.
Continue readingRiffing of off Newsweek’s now infamous Michele Bachmann cover, Michelle Malkin has an excellent photoessay illustrating the ways in which major media publications routinely demonize images of famed conservatives, something she contrasts with the hagiography reserved for Obama.
Continue readingInteresting item from the New York Times today about a “mischaracterization” (what we knucklewalkers call a “lie”) Obama made during the 2008 campaign. The lede: “The White House on Wednesday declined to challenge an account in a new book that suggests that President Obama in his campaign to overhaul American health care,
Continue readingThe increasing disconnect between reality and Paul Krugman’s New York Times opinion articles was one of the things that led me to examine conservativism more closely. In addition to disliking Krugman’s ideas, I’ve come to dislike Krugman himself, as his anger, embittered, accusatory, demonizing style is the antithesis of reasoned
Continue readingTime Magazine, which is scarcely a relevant publication anymore (at least not the way it was when I was growing up), garnered itself some publicity by questioning whether the Constitution still matters. Proving that there are good lawyers out there, Aaron Worthing explains the thirteen egregious errors Time made in
Continue readingEd Driscoll gathers compelling evidence showing that, when you think the New York media hates you, you’re right.
Continue readingJust the facts, and you get to reach your own conclusion: Huma Abedin spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia. Huma’s mother is a member of the female branch of the Muslim Brotherhood While Huma was growing up, her father was a member of an organization closely linked to the
Continue readingIt begins with the New York Times hiring people to plow through Palin’s emails. And it ends, at least for today, with an article about children whose behavior doesn’t conform to their gender, in which the Times makes an egregious grammatical error: At first, Harry’s father had a hard time
Continue readingI don’t have time to check the video, but as a logical thinker, I can assure you that one of the two highlighted sentences in an AP news report about Andrew Breitbart is a lie: The conservative blogger who reported that a photo of a man’s crotch had been sent
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