New to your work; found this via memeorandum. Love it! Thank you. :#) And neat that I've had a cartoon…
I thought that 25% tariffs on Mexico were off after the phone conversation where she told him to fuck off…
I thought that 25% tariffs on Mexico were off after the phone conversation where she told him to fuck off…
New to your work; found this via memeorandum. Love it! Reasons to not be cheerful: all of the above, plus…
Category Archives: Media criticism
Promise You’ll Never Do That Again
The Simpsons, 1992: FOX news, yesterday: “You see how easy it is? I could be an international rap star!” “Those lyrics were actually very good.” Wow. Via.
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An Open Letter to the Left
Hello. It’s Jeff. I know, I don’t blog much lately. I’ve been busy. I have a job that’s actually fairly demanding and a 9-year-old kid and a life. Plus, I have to admit, given a choice between writing jeremiads or … Continue reading
Sometimes I Take a Great Notion to Jump in the River and Drown
Hurricane Irene had barely cleared New York City yesterday when the chattering classes burst forth, proclaiming loudly that we’d all been worried for nothing. The storm was overhyped. Why, there was hardly any damage to the Big Apple! This proved … Continue reading
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Leave it to the voters to decide who is a viable candidate: On the media’s non-coverage of Ron Paul
Kevin Drum and Jonathan Bernstein say essentially the same thing regarding the press deciding not to cover Ron Paul’s campaign, which I’d sum up as: It’s obvious Paul has no chance of being the next President, so the press is … Continue reading
Humans Had a Nice Run
Our species accomplished a lot in the 200,000 years we were around. The Mona Lisa. Landing on the Moon. The Snuggie. But clearly, our time as masters of our domain is over; there is no question that today’s news represents … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Media criticism
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Revise and Extend
So I think I’ve been unfair to Glenn Beck. “But Jeff,” you say, “Glenn Beck is rarely fair to other people. Why should you be fair to him?” Well, dear reader, it’s precisely because I’m not Glenn Beck, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Fox News, Media criticism
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Thoughts on Political Speech in the wake of Arizona
There are just a few thoughts I have about all of this that I wanted to share. First, Sarah Palin. As Xeni Jardin says, “I try to avoid blogging about Sarah Palin, for the same reasons I’ve tried to avoid … Continue reading
It’s entirely possible I missed something. But looking at news stories from the last 24 hours, they don’t say anything…