[NOTE: I decided it was high time for a repeat of this series (first posted in December of 2006) on how the press came to consider its function to be changing popular opinion rather than informing the public. Here’s the … Continue reading →
The Boston Globe reports on its own stay of execution. The decision about its fate has been postponed till midnight tomorrow. One of the Globe’s many problems is that it seems to have made an error in calculating the value … Continue reading →
Please take a look and a read, and see what passes for acceptable political cartoons these days. This quote seems to me to be the most important: [The mentality this cartoon represents] is part of the merging of much Western … Continue reading →
I don’t know why I bother with the AP anymore. Maybe it’s because their articles permeate most of the newspapers in the country, and become the reality for so many readers. And so today we have the re-opening of the … Continue reading →
Just in case you thought the AP had turned over a new leaf, here’s its current take on the Israel/Palestine conflict. It’s titled, “Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign.” True to form, the AP takes its time in divulging … Continue reading →
One of the “promises” of the recent campaign has been the threat that the overwhelming nature of the Democrats’ victory would allow them to push their long-held dream of imposing (re-imposing, that is) the Fairness Doctrine. And now it may … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of competition for that honor, but this column by Gail Collins just might get top (bottom?) prize. Unwilling to wait the last two months of the end-of-Bush-Presidency countdown, or to let the Constitution take its course, Collins … Continue reading →
One of the saddest effects of this sorry campaign season is that Bill Ayers is a hot commodity again, and the MSM gives him a forum to recast himself as a nice ole pussy cat. Does anyone for a moment … Continue reading →
One thing Barack Obama needs to learn is that, despite his much-vaunted coolness, he’s not a funny man. I noticed this and wrote about it quite some time ago, and now he’s proven it once again at his first post-election … Continue reading →
…especially uppity women from a certain class. If the results of this election indicate this country has gone a long way towards eradicating anti-black racism—as I believe to be the case—they have proven the opposite to be true about sexism.
Continue reading →The mind reels. I’m beginning to wonder if there is any effort to find truth any more. I’m beginning to wonder if there are any standards involved in being on the editorial board of a major newspaper any more. I’m … Continue reading →
Some Obama defenders have pointed out that Joe the Plumber made himself fair game for the exposure of his personal information by insinuating himself into an election when he asked a question of candidate Obama. Others have said that Obama … Continue reading →