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It's OK If You're A Republican

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:06:32 GMT

clipped by: jklugman

Glenn Greenwald has done the homework. In 2004 the right went all out on the theme that John Kerry was a wimp because he married into money. Rush Limbaugh repeatedly called him a “gigolo.”

Now, Fox News says that talking about John McCain’s many houses is “bashing the American dream.”

Of course, I guess it’s different because McCain is a war hero. Oh, wait …

Tags: paul krugman, glenn greenwald, hypocrisy, rush limbaugh, john mccain, john kerry, fox, fox news

MSNBC Incompetence Boils Over

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:16:18 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: moonbattery.com

In case you missed this, here's something that may help explain why MSNBC has to pander to left-wing adolescents with circus clowns like Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. As a grown-up news network, it's just not cutting it:

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Tags: liberals, news

Faux News Fair and Balanced? Nah....

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:30:31 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Fox Anchor Calls Obama Fist Pound A "Terrorist Fist Jab".

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Last week, when Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination, he and his wife Michelle exchanged a fist pound greeting before he gave his speech. Teasing an upcoming "body language expert" segment on Friday, Fox News host E.D. Hill referred to the exchange as a possible "terrorist fist jab":

HILL: A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. We'll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says.

Tags: fuax news, fake news, lies, smears, no, shame

VA Conceals Vet Suicide Figures to Downplay Epidemic

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:37:59 GMT

clipped by: AcesLucky
clipper's remarks: What do the constant lies from this administration tell you?

Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

VA Conceals Vet Suicide Figures From CBS To Downplay ‘Epidemic In Suicide’»

Yesterday marked the opening day of a class action lawsuit brought by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), arguing “that failure to provide care is manifesting itself in an epidemic of suicides” among veterans. The VA denies the charges, pointing to increased resources devoted to mental health.

Today, CBS News reports that the VA apparently concealed veteran suicide statistics, and fed the news organization faulty data for a story on the issue. The VA told CBS that there were 790 attempted suicides in all of 2007. Yet shortly after, the VA’s head of Mental Health, Dr. Ira Katz, wrote in an e-mail to the VA’s top media adviser that there were “about 1,000 suicide attempts per month among veterans we see in our medical facilities.”

Tags: war, suicide, bush, iraq

Iraqi Feel-Good Stories Prove Elusive

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:24:06 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: Garrett Therolf, LAT reporter, talks about his efforts to report on good news in Iraq when he was there earlier this year.

The military prevented Therolf from following-up on the army's efforts to establish a local bank branch in a Sunni Arab neighborhood. The neighborhood was too dangerous for him to enter without military guard.

Therolf also pursued a story about a restaurant in Baghdad started by some Chinese nationals. They declined to be interviewed because they were scared, and they may even go back to China because of the danger.

For those of you who criticize the media for focusing on the negative in Iraq, this is something you should consider.

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

During a tour of Iraq a year earlier, I encountered mostly pessimism among the Iraqis I interviewed. A reader wrote me to say that I was an "Al Qaeda cheerleader" for a story that included quotes from U.S. soldiers troubled about the difficulties of fighting insurgents. Many more asked, "Isn't there some good news to report?"

Because of such fears and the inefficiency that pervades the capital, these "good news" stories evaporated before I could tell them. After only a month in Iraq, I once again left having filed mostly "bad news" stories.

Tags: iraq, journalism, media

Gardasil HPV Vaccine Hoax Exposed

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:47:37 GMT

clipped by: WIDEEYECINEMA
clipper's remarks: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22858356-5006007,00.html

http://www.newstarget.com/Report_HPV_Vaccine_0.html

Clip Source: wideeyecinema.com

Gardasil HPV Vaccine Hoax Exposed

This video exposes the truth about Gardasil and HPV vaccinations: They don’t work and may actually be dangerous to women. The FDA knew HPV did not cause cervical cancer in 2003. Video alert by Natural News.com

To order book or DVD, click here

Tags: kids, health, vaccine, video

DoJ official tested waterboarding on himself

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:57:36 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: Not surprisingly, Daniel Levin was forced out of the Justice Dept. when Alberto Gonzalez became AG.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

A senior Justice Department official, charged with reworking the administration's legal position on torture in 2004 became so concerned about the controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding that he decided to experience it firsthand, sources told ABC News.

Daniel Levin, then acting assistant attorney general, went to a military base near Washington and underwent the procedure to inform his analysis of different interrogation techniques.

After the experience, Levin told White House officials that even though he knew he wouldn't die, he found the experience terrifying and thought that it clearly simulated drowning.

Levin, who refused to comment for this story, concluded waterboarding could be illegal torture unless performed in a highly limited way and with close supervision. And, sources told ABC News, he believed the Bush Administration had failed to offer clear guidelines for its use.

Tags: daniel levin, bush administration, torture, waterboarding, doj, justice-dept

If Murdoch buys WSJ, kiss its editorial independence goodbye

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:19:59 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks:

Just last month, News Corp.'s Daily Telegraph, Sydney's largest newspaper, devoted more than half its front page to News Corp.'s own plan to lower carbon emissions. An accompanying editorial proclaimed that Mr. Murdoch "has never set a standard more worthy of following."

Shown a copy of the Daily Telegraph stories, Mr. Murdoch laughed, and said, "I don't know anything about that. And we sure didn't do that in the [New York] Post, which I'm closest to." Asked if the Sydney paper's coverage that day was in effect promoting News Corp., he replied, "Absolutely. Shouldn't be. That's bad."

EDIT: Glaring typo fixed in title ("by" instead of "buys")

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Over the years, Mr. Murdoch and his lieutenants have raised hackles for their involvement in the company's news operations. Former top editors at two of his London papers, for example, say he ignored an independent board set up to protect them from his interference, and got involved directly in firings in the 1980s. In Australia, the former editor of one of his top papers complains that a News Corp. executive pushed him for critical coverage of pilots in a strike that was hurting a News Corp. airline investment. In China, former employees say Mr. Murdoch's representatives occasionally pushed reporters to do more upbeat stories, at a time when News Corp. was seeking government help to expand its reach there. The reporters there didn't listen and kept up their often critical coverage.

Tags: rupert murdoch, news corp, wsj, media, journalism

News blogger Steve Gilliard dies at 41

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:36:06 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: I was not a regular reader of Gilliard's, but I did clip some material that I wouldn't have were it not for him. Rest in peace Steve.

Clip Source: www.thenewsblog.net

Steve Gilliard, 1966-2007

It is with tremendous sadness that we must convey the news that Steve Gilliard, editor and publisher of The News Blog (www.thenewsblog.net), passed away early this morning. He was 41.

To those who have come to trust The News Blog and its insightful, brash and unapologetic editorial tone, we have Steve to thank from the bottom of our hearts. Steve helped lead many discussions that mattered to all of us, and he tackled subjects and interest categories where others feared to tread.

We will post more information as it becomes available to us.

Please keep Steve's friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.

Steve meant so much to us. We will miss him terribly.

- the news blog team

Tags: steve gilliard

Meme Roth: Scummiest & meanest talking head on Fox News

Mon, 28 May 2007 01:11:00 GMT

clipped by: jklugman

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: meme roth, fox news, obesity

BETRAYED

Fri, 25 May 2007 02:28:37 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: I am sickened by those elected officials who ignore their constituents. Especially Clinton & Obama who cast their "nay" votes by the time it made no difference.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Congress grudgingly approved fresh billions for the Iraq war Thursday night, minus the troop withdrawal timeline that drew his earlier veto.

Five months in power on Capitol Hill, Democrats in both houses coupled their concession to the president with pledges to challenge his policies anew. "This debate will go on," vowed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), and if anything, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada was more emphatic.

With a new poll showing that 80 percent of self-described independents oppose the war, it was unclear how long Bush could fend off his Democratic critics in Congress — or even count on Republicans to hold firm.

That left Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama

publicly uncommitted in the hours leading to the vote

As time ran out on the roll call, first he, then she, voted no.

Tags: congress, war, budget, plitics, betrayal

Ban Fox News.

Fri, 04 May 2007 14:31:34 GMT

clipped by: ashleystar
clipper's remarks: I effin hate this ish.

Clip Source: www.spinnwebe.com

“I think that nobody wants to play chicken with our troops on the ground,” said Obama. “I do think a majority of the Senate has now expressed the belief that we need to change course in Iraq.”

Tags: news, television, election, politics

Bush AIDS czar & abstinence advocate linked to escort service

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:39:53 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks: God, the irony is so delicious.

Clip Source: blogs.abcnews.com

Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a prostitution operation.

On Thursday, Tobias told ABC News he had several times called the "Pamela Martin and Associates" escort service "to have gals come over to the condo to give me a massage." Tobias, who is married, said there had been "no sex," and that recently he had been using another service "with Central Americans" to provide massages.

As the Bush administration's so-called "AIDS czar," Tobias was criticized for emphasizing faithfulness and abstinence over condom use to prevent the spread of AIDS.

Tags: randall tobias, bush administration, sex, scandal

PBS documentary on Iraq war lies

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:27:46 GMT

clipped by: ashleystar
clipper's remarks: good to know, or tivo, but i don't have one of those...

Clip Source: www.newsfrommars.com

Record of Iraq War Lies to Air April 25 on PBS

Bill Moyers has put together a 90-minute video documenting the lies told to sell the Iraq war to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. 9:00pm on April 25… You’ll never watch television news again - not even on PBS, which comes in for its own share of criticism.

News From Mars

Tags: iraq, war, media, pbs, documentary, towatch

More information on alleged Sunni rape victim.

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:37:18 GMT

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Clip Source: confederateyankee.mu.nu

As relayed by a source in Iraq, Al-Iraqiya television at 9:00 PM had breaking news about the investigation of the rape alleged by Sabrine al-Janabi, the woman that brought rape charges against Iraqi policemen one week ago today. According to the account relayed this morning, it seems like her name is false and that she has more than one husband, to boot:

The channel carries a report by its correspondent Thamir al-Shammari on the alleged rape of an Iraqi woman called Sabrine al-Janabi. The report says: "The investigation committee that was formed to look into the case revealed initial facts about the real name of Sabrin al-Janabi, which is Zaynab al-Shammari, who is married to more than one man according to official papers. She also has a daughter, according to the Interior Ministry undersecretary, who chairs the investigation committee." The undersecretary is shown saying that it has been proved that Zaynab was married to two men at the same time, which is a violation of the law and Islamic law.

Tags: iraq, police, politics, rape, news