KO and Tweety out as anchors for Election Coverage
Well shit, HuffPo is reporting:
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent [...]
Gestapo tactics-Amy Goodman, journalist, arrested at RNC.
Watch it…amazing..simply fucking amazing. Facism anyone?
Hillary Clinton Was Awesome Last Night
My daughter and I watched Hillary’s speech last night at the Democratic National Convention - day 2 - and we were awestruck by the power of her passion.
By request - a bitch’s response…
Yes, a bitch has heard about Rush Limbaugh’s latest verbal malfunction..
Our Minds’ Distorted Eye
There’s been a lot in the news about how (supposedly) important, looks are.In China, during the Olympics opening ceremony, one little Chinese girl’s face/body was replaced by a “prettier” little girl, who lip-synced to the “uglier” child’s song.
Pot vs. Kettle: OMG!! They’re Black!
This ranks right up there with ‘teh stupid’.When a weary and jet-lagged Barack Obama took the stage on the last day of the UNITY Journalists of Color convention in Chicago last month, most of the attendees had already left.
Activism, Investigative Journalism or Conspiracy Theory?
CONSPIRACY THEORY — A Cuil search on “conspiracy theory” returned 2,076,650 results, so the very idea is a big deal in the blogosphere.
Assume the position..!
Lifetime Network just released some poll results from their “Every Woman Counts” campaign which is supposed to get more women engaged in politics.
How Bloggers Keep On Keeping On:
Today’s post wraps up those from my “Classic” series on Mark Sageman’s “Leaderless Jihad.” Sageman, an ex CIA agent and forensic psychiatrist, has researched the radical groups of Islamist jihadis.
Why were they surprised?
Today’s big Intelligence Story — on the revision of Executive Order 1233 — gets even bigger. It turns out that Congress got by-passed with the revisions and they were hurt and surprised. We are not a bit surprised.
Dana Milbank can kiss my brown ass..
I get Consortiumnews’ daily email. The one tonight really chapped my hide. Robert Parry has a piece up entitled: WPost Calls Out ‘Uppity’ Obama. Parry’s article addresses Dana Milbanks column today in WaPo.
Documentary on Helen Thomas
Rory Kennedy has produced a documentary for HBO on one of the best journalists to ever cover the White House, bar none.
Some thoughts inspired from the internets…
A certain conservative CNN contributor who shall not be named lest a bitch feed his already out of control ego is asking the question What’s Right with America?
Satire and all that screeching I heard Tuesday…
The wonderful and talented Omnipotent Poobah has posted a wonderful response to all the folks going ape-shit over the New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama.
A Letter for The New Yorker
As a longtime reader of your magazine I am more than disgusted with the Obama cover that you have chosen. In this Historic Time in our Nation’s History instead of Honoring this time and this Person you chose to Honor the Ignorant Buffoons that slur him daily
