Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It was very interesting today to see the different way in which Reuters and AP reported happenings in Denmark. I find myself in the surprising position of saying that Reuters did a decent job. First, the lede and opening few paragraphs of the Reuters report: Danish police arrest 8 Muslims
Continue readingTwenty five newspapers refused to publish it, but you can see it here. It’s not one of Breathed’s best humor wise (not like some of his past cartoons), but it makes a bigger point and I say shame to the craven publishers who won’t run it. Hat tip: Hot Air
Continue readingThe anticipation was killing, but the Watcher’s Council results are finally in and I can say, with some confidence, that they are good. On the Council side first place (again!) went to Big Lizards, this time for a stellar article pointing out that, at the NYT: Analogies Are Meaningless (Unless
Continue readingNPR did a little eulogy for Richard Jewell: Lets take a moment to remember a man who really was not a terrorist. Richard Jewell died yesterday. He might have saved lives at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He was a security guard. He’s the man who discovered a green knapsack.
Continue readingIf you haven’t already caught this at LGF, it’s still not too late. Catch it here at the source site.
Continue readingIf you read one thing this week, this month, or even this year, read this: “The Big Picture,” which Karl assembled at Protein Wisdom. It carefully analyzes the way in which the media is reporting the war, and explains why the Scott Beauchamp story is a problem, not because it
Continue readingIsrael, which has been the victim of endless and destructive rocket attacks originating in Gaza, successfully stopped one before it happened. Taking facts directly from the BBC, this is how I would have reported the Israeli Army’s successful action: Israel destroys several rocket launchers in Gaza The Israeli Army reports
Continue readingOkay, it’s not really an exclusive behind the scenes look, it’s just a great parody of the Washington Post’s craven decision, a week after happily insulting Christians, to refrain from seeing any Muslims get emotional. Hat tip: LGF
Continue readingThe San Francisco Chronicle has a front page story today about the record number of uninsured people in California: A record 6.8 million Californians, nearly 1 in 5 of the state’s residents, went without health insurance at some time during 2006, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census
Continue readingAl Jazeera claims to have in its possession an Israeli government paper detailing the basic requirements Israel sees preconditions for any peace negotiations with the Palestinians. I haven’t thought at all in depth about what these conditions are alleged to be, so I won’t comment on them here. Instead, I
Continue readingHey, everyone. I wanted to let you know that you can stop calling Orkin now about CNN’s “God’s Warriors” series, since Orkin has been helpful, honest and responsive regarding this show. Here’s their representative’s latest missive: Just want to circle back to give the final update from Orkin. We had
Continue readingMr. Bookworm and I watched Obsession, the Movie Tonight, something that ought to be required viewing for all Democrats and, especially, for all members of the MSM (assuming any difference between the two groups). At the end, Mr. Bookworm acknowledged that, of course, radical Islam is a threat, but that
Continue readingConfederate Yankee’s post about Scott Horton, the Harper’s columnist who claims (1) that neocon’s lie as much about the war as Scott Beauchamp did and (2) that the American military is exactly like the KGB, got me wondering who Scott Horton is. The Harper’s bio is brief and makes the
Continue readingIn the past few days, I’ve done posts in which I asked readers more knowledgeable than I to comment about two New York Times articles that (a) had military personnel criticizing the Surge or (b) had military personnel criticizing military leadership. After having read those two posts, one of my
Continue readingThe Confederate Yankee rightly points out that all dishonest war reporting, whether it paints Iraq as a grim hellhole populated by evil US soldiers, or a glorious victory for American-style peace and democracy, is a very bad thing and must be nipped in the bud: If we’re to make any
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