Reading these emails between MSNBC executives attempting to spin the Barry McCaffrey scandal that Glenn Greenwald posted one gets another perspective on the myth that MSNBC is an ideologically liberal network. In a sense, FOX News has shown more accountability in the sense that it often responds to criticisms of its biased coverage — the […]
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LIFE: SOMETIMES NOT SO BEAUTIFUL.
A.O. Scott writes the Holocaust Film, which has essentially become a genre unto itself and concludes: For American audiences a Holocaust movie is now more or less equivalent to a western or a combat picture or a sword-and-sandals epic — part of a genre that has less to do with history than with the perceived […]
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES!
Via Steve Benen, Deborah Howell, The Washington Post‘s ombudsman suggested that the paper consider ideological leanings when considering prospective hires: Are there ways to tackle this? More conservatives in newsrooms and rigorous editing would be two. The first is not easy: Editors hire not on the basis of beliefs but on talent in reporting, photography […]
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AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE. [draft]
I have to admit, I was really amused by this article about the racist explosion among some quarters in Europe: In Austria, Obama’s win prompted a harsh, on-air reaction from a well-known journalist, Klaus Emmerich. “I think the Americans are still racists and they must be very badly off to so spectacularly — and that […]
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THE COST OF BIGOTRY. [draft]
Ta-Nehisi Coates: And then there’s the obvious detriment of homophobia–the appalling HIV stats in our community. I always thought the absolute worse part of the Rev. Wright fiasco wasn’t his quasi-damning of America, but the pushing of conspiracy theories in regards to HIV. It didn’t make it better that it came from a guy who’s […]
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DEPT. OF UNCONVINCING ARGUMENTS.
Ed Rogers on John McCain‘s loss: Let the autopsy begin! First, no party has kept the White House three terms since World War II. Rogers is a former staffer to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. –A. Serwer
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EPIC FAIL.
Steve M.is right: by far, the most epic fail of the election season goes to one Shelby Steele: I’m sure we’ll soon be treated to a book about how Steele knew Obama was going to win all along, or how black people would never have elected a white president if we were in the majority. […]
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MCCAIN ADVISOR CAN’T NAME ONE EXAMPLE OF VOTER FRAUD.
Zachary Roth points to this interview on Pro-Publica where McCain adviser Ronald Michaelson struggles to name a single instance of voter fraud even though his candidate has spent the past few weeks making his supporters believe that the “fabric of democracy” in America is threatened by fraudulent registrations: “Do we have a documented instance of […]
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INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE SEEKS CRIMINAL PROBE OF ACORN.
Indiana’s Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita has requested a criminal probe of ACORN alleging that ACORN has: >> “Violated Indiana election laws with respect to the solicitation, completion and submission of incomplete, forged or fraudulent voter registration applications. >> “Violated Indiana election law with respect to the submission of multiple voter registration applications for […]
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AN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WON’T SAVE ANYONE. [draft]
The argument inThomas Chatterton Williams‘ essay on black culture and Obama is basically identical to a Washington Post Op-Ed he wrote last year, and bears many of the same problems. Though this time he offers a new one, the “An Obama presidency will civilize the Negroes” thesis. The basic notion that the black middle class […]
