Posts tagged 'mainstream media'

Loughner: AZ Shooter Mentally Disturbed and “Quite Liberal”

by SteveK @ Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media, Second Amendment

From the new bits of information being gleaned it would appear that Jared L. Loughner is not the right-wing crazy the establishment media initially made him out to be. It’s pretty clear he has a mental illness, but since the old media insists on dragging politics into this, let’s set the record straight.
The Phoenix New [...]

Shameful Left Media Uses AZ Shooter to Smear Political Opponents

by SteveK @ Sunday, January 9th, 2011. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Media

Without a shred of evidence, the left media has tied Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year old Arizona shooter, to various conservative public figures or to the political right in general. Here is a just a small sampling of the baseless accusations heard within hours of the tragic news:
CNN finds a local liberal cartoonist/columnist to suggest [...]

Poll Claims Americans Want Higher Taxes for “Rich”: MSNBC Plays Class Warfare

by SteveK @ Tuesday, January 4th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Government, Media

Citing a poll alleging that 60 percent of Americans want higher taxes for the “rich” as a ’solution’ to the budget crises, the Morning Joe panel on MSNBC chimed in with the typical responses one would expect. From lamenting tax cuts for the so-called rich (rarely defined, but rather amorphous) to suggesting that the middle [...]

Chris Matthews Insists He’s ‘Absolutely Nonpartisan’

by SteveK @ Friday, December 10th, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Humor, Media

Trying to contain one’s laughter, Mr. ‘thrill up my leg’ has deluded himself into believing he’s some kind of down-the-middle news guy. Matthews said: “I think I’m the best, generally….There’s no doubt about it, in fact, but other people have different views….’Hardball’ is absolutely nonpartisan.” This comes from a transparent leftist and one of the [...]

All Democrats: Eight City Council Members Arrested for Corruption in Bell, CA.

by SteveK @ Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Media

The news of eight city council members recently arrested in Bell, California for what Los Angeles County District Attorney labeled “corruption on steroids,” is making the media rounds with one missing piece of information - they are all Democrats.
ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Associated Press, Bloomberg, USA [...]

CBS Evening News Decries Lack of “Diversity” in FDNY

by SteveK @ Tuesday, August 10th, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Media

On last Monday’s CBS Evening News, Katie Couric lamented the New York City Fire Department’s lack of “diversity.” She reported how “…a federal judge says something is missing in their ranks: Diversity.” Jim Axelrod noted: “Fire Captain Paul Washington has a big problem with his department.” Washington declared the FDNY to be “all-white, lily white.” [...]

Bill Press Mocks Those Who Criticize Interpretation of 14th Amendment

by SteveK @ Saturday, August 7th, 2010. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Education, Government, History, Judicial Tyranny, Media, National Security

In light of the resulting drain on social services, increased crime, school crowding, and economic impact of illegal immigration, the time to end so-called “anchor babies” is long overdue. However, on his Aug. 4 program, liberal talk show host Bill Press became unhinged over U.S. Senators who questioned the modern interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
Sen. [...]

Shirley Sherrod Should Drop Case Against Breitbart

by SteveK @ Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Media

Shirley Sherrod plans to sue Andrew Breitbart over the excerpted videotape showing Sherrod expressing racist sentiments. The general narrative goes something like this: Sherrod is this innocent, non-racist woman who was unfairly depicted as a bigot by the ‘right-wing attack machine’, and very temporarily lost her job. Now it seems the video’s impression might be [...]

Disgraceful: Liberal JournoList Promotes Use of Lies and Misinformation

by SteveK @ Saturday, July 24th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media

It matters little that JournoList founder, Ezra Klein, a prominent writer for the Washington Post, has recently shut the e-mail listserv down. Their intent was uncovered proving conclusively that our establishment media cannot be trusted.
Some background info:
Just in case you’ve been living in a cave, or if you only get your news from MSNBC, here’s [...]

Why Is Hollywood and the Big Media So Fond of Authoritarian Governments?

by SteveK @ Monday, July 19th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media

Expanding on a Jonah Goldberg column in which he ponders New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman’s fawning admiration of Communist China:
According to New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman in his mega-selling book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” China banned plastic bags a few years ago. “Bam! Just like that — 1.3 billion people, theoretically, [...]

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