Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The two posts I link to below are very narrow in focus, and very important — both analyze the mechanisms the media used following the Tucson shooting to promulgate blatant lies masquerading as news. J.E. Dyer Ace UPDATE (8:40 a.m. PST): If you need a reminder about the scope of
Continue readingSome Democrats, either more honest or loose-lipped than others, have explicitly stated that, in making anti-Tea Party and anti-Palin statements about the Tucson shooting, they are attempting to replicate the stunning success they had with shaping the spin following the Oklahoma City bombing, back in 1995: One veteran Democratic operative,
Continue readingIn the midst of this sublime and terrible storm [at Sidmouth, England], Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused; Mrs.
Continue readingMr. Bookworm happily told me that Sarah Palin’s career is now over. The fact that she ran a “cross hair” ad that referenced Giffords means that she’ll never work politics in this country again. When I started to recite the facts (Obamas’s “enemies” and “gunfight” rhetoric; the common use of
Continue readingEverything the media said in the first go round was wrong. Giffords dead — wrong Shooter an Afghan vet — wrong Shooter a Tea Partier — wrong Shooter inspired by the right wing — wrong What is right is that the shooter was manifestly insane, His writings and videos are
Continue readingMy sincerest condolences to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ family and friends. What a horrible tragedy. My thoughts are also with the others who were shot during this massacre. UPDATE (11:49 a.m. PST): Five seconds ago, Breakingnews.com tweeted that she might still be alive: Update: Conflicting reports about Giffords – Reuters now
Continue readingToday, the GOP takes over the House. The New York Times is not pleased and wrote what is quite possibly the most ungracious editorial ever. How can you top this for snark: Those who had hoped to see a glimpse of the much-advertised Republican plan to revive the economy and
Continue readingThe New York Times reported today on a study showing that the more one watchers Fox news, the less one knows: In particular, they found that regular viewers of the Fox News Channel, which tilts to the right in prime time, were significantly more likely to believe untruths about the
Continue readingHere’s the AP headline on the DREAM Act’s failure: “Republicans block youth immigration bill.” Those evil Republicans, who are, of course, a minority in the lame duck Senate. Let me just mention here that quite a few Democrats voted against the bill too: On the Democrat side, Sens. Jon Tester
Continue readingEvery morning, partly out of habit, partly out of martyrdom, and partly out of the same fascination that drives us to rubber-neck roadway accidents, I check out the San Francisco Chronicle on line. It is certainly a nicely laid out home page. It has clear links to its own columns
Continue readingI really shouldn’t pick on Tom Friedman. If he was the average idiot holding forth in a bar or living room, I probably wouldn’t. But this average idiot has a forum — the New York Times — that gives him license to spread his stupidity to a much wider audience
Continue readingAlthough Congress is in lame duck mode, it’s still a Democrat-led Congress in both houses, so much so that Dems can, technically, pass anything they want without Republican votes. That’s why I found these two headlines so funny, one of which places all blame on Republican shoulders, and one of
Continue readingI haven’t had time (nor do I have the will) to pay close attention to the myriad revelations in the Wikileaks documents. My overall sense, though, is that, fact-wise, there is nothing new here — or, at least, nothing new to those of us paying attention. All of us at
Continue readingMore than a hundred years ago, writing in a deeply religious era, Robert Browning observed “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” Perhaps it’s no surprise that today, in a society with a pop and media culture dominated by secularists who have abandoned
Continue readingI have the deepest disrespect for the New York Times, which I consider to be little more than a mouthpiece of the Democratic party. There’s actually nothing wrong with being such a mouth piece, if you acknowledge the fact. What gets me about the Times is it’s relentless squawking about
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