The Babylon Bee outdoes itself
Snopes may be starting to regret its decision to fact-check the satire site Babylon Bee. The Bee’s response has been to mock Snopes relentlessly. And Snopes provides such a big fat target to mock.
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Fighting back: left and right and the press
It may seem almost funny to those on the right who’ve been complaining for years (pre-Trump, anyway) about how the right never fights back—but people on the left often say the same thing about the left: that is, that the … Continue reading →
The recent history of press bias
Here’s an interesting Twitter thread: Thread: On Media Narratives 1. Once upon a time, the legacy media controlled the daily news narrative. There were three principal broadcast TV networks which took their nightly news cues from the NYT and, secondarily, … Continue reading →
A small detail the Times left out of the 1619 Project…
…is the fact that the Democrats were the party of slavery as well as the party of Jim Crow and segregation, and the Republicans were the anti-slavery party. If slavery is so very central to the entire story of America, … Continue reading →
The NY Times plans a revision of American history: all slavery, all the time
By now you may have read something about the NY Times’ 1619 Project to rewrite American history as the story of racism. Not just racism as a part of American history—racism as the story, the root of the story, the … Continue reading →
The growing acceptance of anti-Semitism by the Democratic Party
The left has been anti-Israel for a long, long time. And “anti-Israel” is often a cover for anti-Semitism, and a rather poor one at that. The main clues that indicate anti-Semitism rather than mere criticism of Israel are (1) if … Continue reading →
The New York Times takes a good long hard look at itself in the mirror…
….and is pretty darn pleased with what it sees, for the most part. Just needing a little tweaking to get the narrative right. The link above is to a Slate article about a session Times executive editor Dean Baquet had … Continue reading →
Mass murderers and the politics blame game
The shooter was a Trump supporter! No, the shooter was a socialist! So many shooters, so much opportunity for politicians and pundit alike: In the case of El Paso, the murderer’s writings are anti-immigrant, but also apparently socialist in some … Continue reading →
Snopes is not amused…
…by the Babylon Bee. You can’t make this stuff up, but the folks at Snopes apparently can: …Snopes doesn’t seem to understand how humor works or why it’s even a thing in the first place. Their “fact-check” article begins with … Continue reading →
The curious case of Robert Mueller
[NOTE: For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume that Robert Mueller was not acting when he seemed vague yesterday. I think this is a correct assumption, although I’m aware of theories to the contrary. I believe that, … Continue reading →
More on political change and what it requires
Remember the film “Annie Hall”? You may not be fond of Woody Allen—I’m not fond of Woody Allen—but that’s still a great film and a very entertaining one. I loved it at the time. Remember the spider-killing scene? Funny, funny, … Continue reading →
This deserves a post of its own: the MSM protected Omar for years
Even though I wrote an earlier post today about the allegations that Ilhad Omar is guilty of multiple legal violations, including marrying her brother in order to commit immigration fraud, this article at PJ by David Steinberg on Omar deserves … Continue reading →