Let’s start with this, because that’s also where it ends. “Trump has long used the courts to go after his opponents and to get attention for his own claims. It’s a pattern that goes back decades before his presidency<” The Hill reported on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (r[...]
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December 14th, 2022 - 4:03 pm § in Law and Courts, News Media
Trump launches another frivolous libel lawsuit
December 14th, 2022 - 9:31 am § in Hypocrisy, News Media
Another example of why Fox is disreputable
Fox doesn’t do news, it does persuasion. Its talk shows, which are pure demagoguery, are by far its most popular fare. And its hosts are close-minded, intellectually dishonest pot-stirrers and hatemongers. They’re also liars. Take Laura Ingraham, for example, one of Fox‘s worst off[...]
December 12th, 2022 - 8:43 pm § in News Media, Politics
Trust and Safety gone from Twitter
I’m sure that’s not how Musk wants the world to read it, but that’s how it literally reads. “Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council,” The Hill reported on Monday, December 12, 2022 (read story here). An email announcing the move said the counci[...]
November 27th, 2022 - 8:37 pm § in News Media
Why are Fox hosts so screwed up?
Lisa Booth (bio here) had a good upbringing, so don’t blame her parents for her ending up at Fox News. Booth, a Republican staffer and campaign operative before landing at Fox, is an anti-vaxxer. She ranted on air that the U.S. isn’t better than China about “taking away the freedom[...]
November 24th, 2022 - 12:41 pm § in News Media, Republicans
Fox and GOP stoke anti-LGBQT hate
A day after the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Fox superstar Tucker Carlson and Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis were busy inciting more gratuitous violence against LGBQT people. This is America, land of free speech, and they can do that, up to a point. Cross a line and you can be sued, as [&h[...]
What to do when prayers aren’t answered
Maybe God wants you to try harder, and in a different way. Doug Mastriano was on a Mission From God™ to ensure Trump gets Pennsylvania’s electoral votes in 2024, regardless of what voters want. His rallies resembled religious revivals; people bowed their heads, closed their eyes, raised thei[...]
Too little, too late
I’ll never take Tomi Lahren seriously, and you shouldn’t either. Not because she’s a conservative commentator, or once worked for OANN and now works for Fox, neither of which is a reputable media source. The rap on her is she’s an intellectual lightweight; and worse, lacks a [...]
Did this Democratic candidate lie about his biography?
The Everett Herald reversed its endorsement of a Democratic legislative candidate less than a week before the 2022 elections “after the paper said it found ‘serious misrepresentations’ in the candidate’s work history,” Seattle TV station KING 5 reported on Wednesday, Novemb[...]
October 29th, 2022 - 1:02 pm § in News Media, Republicans
Fox host pooh-poohs Pelosi attack
At what point does Fox take a host off the air for violating civilized standards of decency? Apparently there isn’t one. Granted, Fox News isn’t a news organization; it’s a rightwing propaganda platform, a purveyor of lies (Tucker Carlson admits it), and at times of hate; yesterday[...]
October 24th, 2022 - 8:47 pm § in News Media, Politics
Believe it or not, the GOP’s crime record is worse
Despite the homily about “lies, damned lies, and statistics,” crime data tells the real story. “On the one hand, it is accurate that the murder rate in the U.S. has gone up at an alarming rate. On the other hand, despite the right-wing media narrative to the contrary, this is a pro[...]