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 →
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 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 →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 →
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 →
Anderson Cooper jumps on the media truth squad, at least for this one exchange. Note that, although something seems to really get his goat about Wasserman Schultz’s misquoting of the LA Times, as well as her refusal to admit she’s … Continue reading →
…the liberal media can’t take a joke. Some things (birth certificates?) are just too sacred for levity. At least by Romney. If Obama makes the funny it’s perfectly fine. And here’s a pretty good explanation of the mentality of the … Continue reading →
Something’s been going on with the MSM lately. First it was the Boston Globe, criticizing Biden’s “chains” remark. Then it was Tina Brown’s Newsweek, publishing a Niall Ferguson cover story on why Obama needs to go. Then we got Politico‘s … Continue reading →
Paul Ryan has flummoxed the left. They know he’s evil, and yet he seems like such a nice guy. Therefore he’s doubly evil, because his smiling facade houses a soul so dark. Witness Maureen Dowd’s latest column on the man, … Continue reading →
Ever since Romney picked Paul Ryan as his VP, there’s been an awful lot of even-stranger-than-usual stuff coming from the mouths/pens/computers of Democrats. One of the oddest is a column by Maureen Dowd, which basically says that Ryan shouldn’t look … Continue reading →
I am getting really, really, really sick of this sort of excuse/explanation: “The problem [of plagiarism] is as old as journalism,” says Stephen Ward, director of the Center for Media Ethics at the University of Wisconsin. “It’s a systemic issue, … Continue reading →
A positive article—at least, sort of halfway positive—about something Mitt Romney once did, appearing in the NY Times. [NOTE: By the way, you can talk about today’s bad-news polls in this thread, if you like. It’s possible to criticize the … Continue reading →