“A spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has announced that the governor will be ‘boycotting’ NBC and MSNBC, over remarks that Andrea Mitchell made about his education policy during an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris,” Raw Story said on Wednesday, February 22, 20[...]
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Fox host attacks Lego toys as “woke”
“A legendary toy line expanding its product portfolio to make children feel more inclusive has offended a popular Fox News host who considers the move to be ‘woke’ behavior,” Raw Story reported on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (see story here). It’s hard to tell whether [...]
Rightwing dirty trickster reportedly ousted by his group
James O’Keefe (photo, left; bio here) is an unsavory far-right political operative who created “Project Veritas” (profile here), a group that “produces deceptively edited videos” to smear legitimate media organizations and liberal groups. O’Keefe is a professiona[...]
Fox News is in serious hot water
Millions of Americans watch only Fox News, and don’t get news from any other source, which is a great big problem. It’s a great big problem because Fox is propaganda, not news. It’s brainwashing, not informing, its audiences. Its top opinion-shaper, Tucker Carlson, is a Russia symp[...]
February 10th, 2023 - 9:59 pm § in Misc., News Media
The homeless camp dilemma
Homeless camps are a real pain, there’s no denying it. Neighbors very legitimately want the campers to leave and the sites cleaned up. More often than not, unsponsored encampments are very bad neighbors. The campers litter, start fires, do drugs, steal, and sometimes commit violent crimes. But[...]
Tucker Carlson’s war on M&Ms
“I bet you didn’t think M&M’s were pushing intolerance, but they were!” Tucker Carlson ranted when Mars Inc. changed Green M&M’s boots. He also called Purple M&M “obese.” “M&M’s will not be satisfied until every last cartoon chara[...]
January 29th, 2023 - 2:29 pm § in Law and Courts, News Media
When police write news stories
Tyre Nichols was kicked and beaten to death on January 7, 2023, by five cops charged with murder. Memphis police issued the press release below the next day. Even making allowances for incomplete information, it’s a remarkable whitewash. By the way, the police chief has admitted there’s [...]
America’s most partisan judge takes on anti-vaxxer lawsuit against media
Matthew J. Kacsmaryk (photo, left; bio here), 45, is a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas. A Catholic (as are all 6 of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices), he graduated from a private, non-Catholic Bible college that was all-white until 1962 and prohibits same-sex dating by its empl[...]
How stupid is Fox News?
“Fox News host Harris Faulkner accused President Joe Biden of threatening a border official by merely clearing his throat” (see story here, watch video below). Look, Fox News isn’t journalism, it’s entertainment catering to people who attend Trump rallies and make down paymen[...]
A conversation between two election crackpots
Fox talk-show host Maria Bartiromo, who used to be a respected financial journalist before she left CNBC to become a flack for Trumpism, dished up a plate of Kari Lake election denialism on her show on Sunday, January 8, 2023 (see story here). Formatted as an interview, but in actuality a backscratc[...]