Mitt sez…
…that a lot of people want to be on the dole, and they won’t vote for him anyway. Mitt sez the Palestinians don’t want peace. This is scandalous? This is news? Ah, but the media can make a statement that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Press
Big Brother CNN
I was at a doctor’s office today and had to sit in the waiting room for a few minutes, listening to the blah-blah-blah noise pollution of CNN. They were crowing about how terrible Romney is and how great Obama’s been … Continue reading →
In which Joe Scarborough finally removes all doubt…
…and offers the definitive proof that he is fundamentally insane. [Hat tip: Maetenloch at Ace’s.]
Continue reading →Why is the press reporting this story?
Here’s the story I’m referring to. Why does the press think we need to know this? (a) a story’s a story, and they don’t care whether this exposes him to greater peril. (b) they figure his enemies already know who … Continue reading →
Yes, indeed
From a commenter at Ace’s: Romney could resuscitate a dying man on a campaign stop and the media would focus on the way he wrinkled the man’s shirt.
Continue reading →We are living in an Orwellian world…
…and I’m not an Orwellian girl. Apologies to Madonna, but it seems that in terms of disinformation and propaganda, we are living in an Orwellian world (or at least a Pravda-esque world). And if the American people aren’t sharp enough … Continue reading →
Competitor in Chief
I was astounded to read this portrait of Obama that appeared in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine section. There’s plenty about how smart he is, and what a hard-driving perfectionist, but does the Times really think this sort of thing … Continue reading →
Fact-checking the “fact-checkers”
James Taranto calls them “the Pinocchio Press”—referring, not to the Pinocchio awards they hand out when they judge a politician to be lying, but the lies they tell themselves in the supposed service of truth-telling. I think a better term … Continue reading →
Ah, the mendacity!
It’s fascinating, in a depressing sort of way, to see the speed, depth, and breadth of the “Republicans lie!” meme spread through the MSM and left side of the blogosphere, and then be parroted back by simpatico commenters. There is … Continue reading →
The “Paul Ryan, liar” meme continueth
The Paul Ryan fact-checking continues apace, with the intrepid journalists at The New Yorker on the case. Aren’t you glad we’re getting to the bottom of all of this?
Continue reading →Lies of the morning after
Paul Ryan must really have frightened the left, because they can’t just disagree with him, they must discredit him by saying liar, liar, pants on fire. Article after article has appeared purporting to check and expose his terrible lies. Only … Continue reading →
The Times repeats the old lies about the napalm photo
Remember back in June when it was the 40th anniversary of the “napalm” girl photo that so shockingly depicted some of the civilian casualties in the Vietnam War? I wrote this piece in PJ for the occasion, in an attempt … Continue reading →