Sharon Farmer says she “never kissed enough butt” to land a job on staff at a national newspaper. Then the White House hired her for the job of a lifetime.
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MSNBC and the Liberal Media Conundrum
View image | gettyimages.com Today was apparently time yet again for Dylan Byers, Politico’s media reporter, to do one of his monthly “MSNBC Headed Down Tubes; Big Changes Coming” pieces. I’m not going to bother going through the article to discuss the things in it that I’d take issue with, but it does raise this […]
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Why Conservative Media Should Be Tough on Republican Candidates
Hugh Hewitt (Flickr/Jeremy Vaught) When the RNC announced a few weeks ago that conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt was going to moderate a primary debate, many liberals ridiculed it as evidence that they wanted to shield their candidates from anything but softball questions. I argued that it was a good thing, first because the journalists […]
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Photo of the Day, Election Fever Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog, who hopes to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu, captured in a totally natural and not-at-all-awkward moment as he casts his ballot in today’s election. My favorite part is the security guy on the right-Israeli security guys all look the same, you can spot them from a mile away-thinking […]
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The Poison in Which Conservatives Marinate
Flickr/Gage Skidmore If you look at poll results saying that most Republicans think Barack Obama is a Kenyan Muslim enacting a secret plan to destroy America and think, “What the hell is wrong with these people?”, you have to understand that it gets reinforced day after day after day by media sources they believe to […]
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The Absurdity of Asking Whether Hillary Clinton Can ‘Satisfy Her Critics’
If you watched or read the coverage of Hillary Clinton’s press conference yesterday, there’s a phrase you heard, in one variation or another, over and over. “Clinton’s email explanation won’t placate critics,” said the AP. “Her defense…is unlikely to satisfy her critics or stop the questions,” said The Washington Post. Democrats, said National Journal, “worry […]
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The Conservative Information Bubble Lives On, Stoked By Juiced Fox News Polls
View image | gettyimages.com After the debacle of 2012, in which conservatives at all levels were gobsmacked that Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney, some of them began to question the information bubble in which they had ensconced themselves. It’s reassuring to think that everything is always going your way, but does it really serve you […]
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Netanyahu’s Campaign Road Show Comes to Washington
The Israeli prime minister didn’t offer an Iran policy to Congress. He offered dread and overconfidence to Israel voters.Â
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Christie Blusters His Way Through CPAC Appearance
Posted by guest-blogger Rachel M. Cohen. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wasn’t going to let something like record-low approval ratings get him down as he took the stage Thursday afternoon at CPAC’s annual gathering in National Harbor, Maryland. Exuding that Sopranos-style confidence that’s earned him notoriety, Christie, sitting on the CPAC stage for an interview […]
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Why It’s a Good Thing GOP Debates Will Be Moderated by Conservatives
View image | gettyimages.com In August 2013, the RNC said it was considering having its 2016 presidential primary debates moderated not by some blow-dried, vacuous, allegedly-objective-but-actually-liberal TV news personalities, but by its own blow-dried, vacuous, openly conservative personalities. At the time, many liberals ridiculed the idea as yet another example of the closed right-wing information […]
