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Washington Times Stops Reporting, Just Reposts

Which is sadder…the fact that the distinction between the Washington Times and Fox News is virtually non-existent, or that the Times has simply stopped trying to do anything resembling responsible reporting and is simply reposting from blogs without doing any fact-checking?  At what point do should you be required to no longer refer to yourself [...]

i tink i found teh wimmenz

So the Washington Post produces and distributes a sort of mini-news paper called the Express, which focuses much more on fluff than on “real” news.  It’s distributed at every metro station every morning — I always grab it* because, hey! free crossword puzzle!
And I’ve been noticing a trend — it seems to take a MUCH [...]

While watching comedy central

Sometimes I’m watching Comedy Central and I realize that George Carlin is dead. Mitch Hedberg is dead.
But Dane Cook won’t shut the fuck up.

I couldn’t read this

Media Matters – Most Outrageous Comments of 2008I got too fucking mad.

This is what Blu-Ray was made for

Campbell Brown: Context Context Context!

So Campbell Brown took a remark from a politician and really twisted it around.
Whats unfortunate is that many of her points are absolutely spot on. They just have nothing to do with the actual remark.
Rendell: Janet’s perfect for that job. Because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet has no family. [...]

Some words of advice to radio station managers (and clearchannel etc.)

Recently, the antenna to my satellite radio and I’ve been stuck listening to ‘terrestrial’ stations.
Mostly, I listen to NPR on the way to-and-from the metro, but today I was driving around listening to some music channels, and I think something has to be said to the people who run our radio stations.
Every time one of [...]

CNN actually does some reporting type stuff. McCain has fit.

Think Progress » Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Funny thing, though…this is more or less the kind of stuff they do on BBC’s World Service. They ask questions and expect answers.

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Shockingly, John McCain breaks the law, Obama gets the heat

Yes, don’t forget, it looks like McCain may be breaking federal law
Of course, that doesn’t matter.  What matters is Obama changed his mind, completely legally, to do his own fundraising, completely legally.  Again, there’s these cries of ‘flip-flop’.  I don’t understand that.  I suppose mindlessly sticking to whatever decision you made in the past, no [...]

For those of you who didn’t know you were lied to

So, in case you missed it, yes, we know, we were lied to, and have continually been lied to, about the Iraq war.
Here’s a couple snippets from the NYT article.
Most of the analysts have ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies they are asked to assess on air.

John C. Garrett is a [...]