Johnny Dollar will make sure he gets the "Limbaugh" treatment.

Wonder if he's apologized to the ADL yet. It seems just as offensive as anything Imus said. Media Matters is obviously asleep at the wheel on this one.

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I think I've crystallized the essence of the insanity of the past week or so of racially-charged hysteria.

The general public forms many of its perceptions of world events through the news media - especially television. By general public, I mean those who don't read online news, blogs, or spend a lot of time with other media like radio (many in the media do read blogs and Internet news, however.)

The Imus story has totally drowned out the mainstream TV media coverage of the Duke deboggle. Why is one story still going on and on, and why does another one seem to fade away quickly into the background? They're not even naming the lying accuser for fear of "victimizing" her (they had no problem pounding the three boys' names and faces into your brain, didn't they?)

At the risk of sounding glib, I'm going to be blunt.

Putting aside discussions about "newsworthiness," I think there is something more simple and subtle here. In the collective mind of the elite media establishment, one story makes blacks look bad, and one makes whites look bad (in the metanarrative sense.) . Given media history, partisan leanings, and self-styled reasons de existence, which one do you think they're going to concentrate more firepower on instead of giving them equal weight?

By the way, Google News is currently showing 3,856 news hits for "Don Imus," while
"Duke Lacrosse" is currently returning 2,798. Also notice the results - 4,053 for Duke Lacrosse and 10,000 for Imus.

Discuss.

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Via Reuters:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer, dancer and one-time Playboy magazine model Willa Ford will star as the late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in a biographical film about the billionaire's widow that starts shooting next week.

A publicist for Ford, best known for her hit single "I Wanna Be Bad" and a stint on the ABC television show "Dancing with the Stars," confirmed a report in Wednesday's Daily Variety that she was signed to play the title role in the film, "Anna Nicole."

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The best part? It's all in his own recorded words.

Olby's earned a spot on his own "Worst Person" countdown, and has been completely exposed as an amateur fraud and a complete partisan hypocrite with these two audio clips from Johnny Dollar.

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Associatedantiamerican Press headline (and Drudge sucked it up too, go figure):

Pope: 'Nothing Positive' From Iraq more...

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Catch-22, al-Reuters style.

On the one hand, Bush has crushed al Qaeda to the point where they no longer have the ability to mount an attack in the United States:

Even as al Qaeda tries to rebuild operations in Pakistan, experts including current and former intelligence officials believe the group would have a hard time staging another September 11 because of U.S. success at killing or capturing senior members whose skills and experience have not been replaced.

"If the question is why al Qaeda hasn't carried out another 9/11 attack, the answer I think is that if they could have, they would have," said a former senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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Its always a good larf to watch the former Clinton Press Secretary masquerading as an objective news analyst on ABC. The WSJ rather convincingly eviscerates George Stephanopolous's apparent double standard short memory on US Attorney firings:

First of all, misleading messages from a hapless attorney general can be corrected: Janet Reno had only been on the job for a matter of days when she announced the blanket dismissal of U.S. attorneys in March 1993, and she bungled the job, letting word get out that prosecutors involved in significant investigations would be allowed to complete them. As was noted at the time, this would have meant that an ongoing investigation of the powerful House Democrat and vital Clinton ally, Dan Rostenkowski, by the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jay Stephens, would continue uninterrupted.

The White House, or rather Mr. Stephanopoulos, quickly torpedoed that idea. In a press briefing, he announced that among the prosecutors whose resignations had been demanded, "there are at least some people who are in the middle of trials right now who will not be replaced." Trials, he specified, not investigations. "Interestingly," a Hartford Courant editorial noted back then, "Miss Reno didn't explain the impending dismissals. The president's personal spokesman, George Stephanopoulos, did the fast talking."

Lesson number two: When the White House comes under suspicion of politicizing the process of replacing federal prosecutors, don't deny it. In 1993, when a reporter asked Mr. Stephanopoulos about the origins of Ms. Reno's decision to jettison all the U.S. attorneys, the exchange went like this:

Mr. Stephanopoulos: I assume she was in discussions with the White House counsel, but it is her decision.

Q: Can you tell us whether the White House counsel may have suggested the idea?

Mr. Stephanopoulos: I don't know if he specifically suggested it, but I am certain that he was consulted.

Q: Would it be fair then to say that after consultations with the White House she decided to do this?

Mr. Stephanopoulos: It would be fair to say that she consulted with the White House before making the announcement.

Q: And the White House approved.

Q: The decision or the announcement?

Mr. Stephanopoulos: The White House did not disagree.

Q: I want to thank you for your persistence--(Laughter).

Finally, keep an eye on the aftermath: Jay Stephens put his U.S. attorney job behind him and was soon hired by the Resolution Trust Corp., an independent regulatory agency, to investigate claims stemming from the collapse of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. For those who have filed away their memories of the Clintons' Arkansas years, Madison Guaranty was connected to the Rose Law Firm, Hillary Clinton's former employer, and the firm would be an area of interest for any investigator.

Then, in February 1994, according to the Dallas Morning News, the RTC got an irate conference call from Harold Ickes, the White House deputy chief of staff, and George Stephanopoulos, by then President Clinton's senior advisor, to protest the hiring. Amid reports that they tried to have Mr. Stephens fired--it would have been his second pink slip in less than a year--the White House issued a statement that Mr. Ickes and Mr. Stephanopoulos had "no recollection" of making such a request.

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CNN Reporter Michael Ware was caught heckling and mocking the official comments made at a press conference with John McCain and Lindsay Graham in Baghdad. They're both deserving targets, I know, but Michael Ware is slowly losing his mind a little more each broadcast.

Activist. Not a reporter. Treat all further information opined by Ware as such. Also, this:

Michael Ware has also publicly expressed his views on the war last year in an interview with Bill Maher, saying, “I've been given a front-row ticket to watch this slow-motion train wreck … I try to stay as drunk for as long as possible while I'm here … In fact, I'm drinking now.”

UPDATE: It wasn't Ware. It was an AFP reporter. The above quote, however, still stands - not the laughter thingy, though. Dismissed.

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1 Hmmm. Ultra-rightwing blog cites unknown "official" critical of Ware. Yup... that certainly isn't in and of itself "biased" reporting now is it? Fuck you guys are stupid.

Lets say for a second this is true, and really... I wouldn't be surprised if it is. Ware has actually been in Iraq for months, and has acutally witnessed what's going on. I don't give a rats ass if McCain is a Senator, veteran, or Jesus fucking Christ himself... the asshole lied when he said "“There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.”

When you speak such bullshit... you get called on it. I can't wait till somebody says something like this to your retard-in-chief.

Posted by: John at April 01, 2007 02:23 PM (S3Rzh)

2 Michael Ware sure has easy access to terrorist propaganda videos like the sniper video of terrorists shooting at American soldiers. He is not to be trusted, as he seems to find the latest terrorist stringer and passes it off as his own information. Liar and an activist, par for the course for CNN.

Posted by: Stormy70 at April 01, 2007 02:29 PM (7WJsV)

3 This is where the American left is today. Cunts like John here don't give a damn that reporters are activist. Hell...as long as they are towing his leftist shit line he loves it. But the real kicker is that he can show up here and claim that this is fair and unbiased journalism while calling us dumb. Physician heal thyself.

Posted by: Randman at April 01, 2007 02:50 PM (Sal3J)

4 John, tell your Mom that I wasn't very happy with the slop she called breakfast this morning, and no so much starch in my shirts.

Punk.

Posted by: dick at April 01, 2007 03:04 PM (RmulJ)

5 CNN had a broadcast last night featuring umah pemaraju(I don't know how in the helll to spell her name)titled The Enemy Within. She tried her best to blame the current admistration on radical islam and the current britiish soldier crisis but it didn't sit well with a moderate cleric. I think there is a tug-a-war going on at CNN. Frankly CNN needs to realize that we will not put up with their showing Buba the sniper, and other reports that has ruined our chances of success. If the reporter has to drink then he is a woosie, real men report the REAL news. We have been through prior world wars but I believe this is the first war that we have treasonist members of congress and house that are leading us to our demise. It is called the "New World Order" and has been long in the making.

Posted by: allahakchew at April 01, 2007 03:32 PM (BrndJ)

6 McCain is performing a desperate, pathetic kabuki dance, and making a complete ass of himself. He should be relegated to a rocking chair on a porch somewhere, far away from elected office.

Good for Michael Ware. It's about time someone called out that charlatan. I've heard enough "straight talk" from that buffoon to last a life time.

Posted by: Bee at April 01, 2007 05:08 PM (3Ov7K)

7 Thanks John for, well, nothing.  You're just another troll who spews rhetoric and nonsense, then drives away (like your drive by media friends, Mr. Ware perfect example).

Do you think it's right for a hack like Ware to come off as unbiased?  The man has no credibility--other bloggers have been there, such as Yoni and Bill Roggio embedded with troops and even while under fire.  A lot more balanced than a moron like Ware who reports from his balcony.  Thanks for painting us with the same brush--you are a jackass, go back to your cowardly watering holes (Dkos and Dummies U).

Posted by: Richard Romano at April 01, 2007 05:11 PM (/2Xsz)

8 CNN is not leftwing. Tell me who they feature to counter the idiotic rantings of Glenn Beck and Nancy Grace? Sorry freaks, but CNN is only a little less rightwing than Fox. They are practically just as guilty for not fully reporting on this war and its lead up as all the other hack organizations.

And guys... embedded journalists are propaganda tools. Journalists aren't there to report the good fucking news, they're present to report the facts, and sometimes they're aren't what you would like them to be.

I don't know why I bother. You idiots don't know when you've lost a war, so how should I expect you to realize that you've lost an arguement?

Posted by: John at April 01, 2007 05:28 PM (S3Rzh)

9 John, if you're too dumb to see it, no use in telling you.  You really believe CNN is slightly less conservative than Fox?

You're probably a 9/11 truther. Right?  Do tell. 

Posted by: Richard Romano at April 01, 2007 05:55 PM (/2Xsz)

10 No John. The cowards on your side have lost the war. Our side is winning but keep on cheering for the terrorist you piece of shit.

Posted by: Randman at April 01, 2007 05:59 PM (Sal3J)

11 Hmmmm. I don't think any of the "cowards" were fighting... of course, clearly neither were you my lazy friend.

What I'm talking about is the neo-conservatives who started this boneheaded war, and then did such a lousy job of running it. You can't blame the left for something that fought by a Republican president and congress. Those clowns have nobody to blame but themselves, and they're running around like assholes trying to point the finger at each other.

Now as for CNN... I just cited two ultra-rightwing tv personalities who spend the duration of their show editorializing... please cite anyone on CNN who has their own show, and vehemently offers a rightwing perspective on events. Go for it.

Posted by: John at April 01, 2007 06:30 PM (S3Rzh)

12 Dollars to donuts says this is never confirmed.  It's going to "develop" right down the memory hole.

Posted by: jpe at April 01, 2007 06:32 PM (KeRC2)

13 John you piece of shit. Quit bothering. No one here really wishes to read your shit. Except your sidekick John Lyin. I'm sure you can find a lefturd blog to sprew your shit.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 07:11 PM (1Y2o3)

14 Well John. Unfortunately for America your too fucking stupid to know that wars are fought on many fronts. We are winning big time in Iraq but your tool politicians on the left who almost all voted for the war want power so bad that they will ensure defeat on the home front. And pukes like you are so loathing of your own nation you would sell it down the river to get that power. And leave it to an fagot like you to have a sentence with asshole and finger.      

of course, clearly neither were you my lazy friend.

Ya sure about that fuckface?

Posted by: Randman at April 01, 2007 08:21 PM (Sal3J)

15 Comming from the Communist News Network and Big Bad Wolf Blitzer and remember CNN is owned by the notorius RED TED TURNER

Posted by: sandpiper at April 01, 2007 08:24 PM (nRNnq)

16 You can't blame the left for something that fought by a Republican president and congress.

We can blame Islamofascists who destroyed the World Trade Center on 9-11, however. That's the inconvenient legacy your Clintonistas left the world to deal with after fellating themselves out of the White House.

You left that little part out.

Oh, and for the record, if you're going to blame the Bush administration for the "Republican war" (fought with American (not GOP) Troops, by the way and who all of your Democrat buddies voted for unequivocally in 2002 and 2003), then you're going to reflexively have to credit the Democrats with surrendering in Iraq and losing it.

Logic and consistency are twin bitches.

Personally, I'd rather have tried something monumental and had limited success at something like founding a fledgling democracy than become a sniveling and insecure leftwingnut paramecium like John.

Millions of freed Iraqis agree with  the "neocons" and not John. The people who agree with John are a combination of terrorists, leftists, former Hussein loyalists and psychopathic head-chopping murderers who hate America, the West and Israel.


Pipe.  Fire.  Previous passages.  Some assembly required.

Posted by: Good Lt at April 01, 2007 08:57 PM (yMbfY)

17 Sandpiper: Not anymore. Ted Turner has no say in anything. But he is an asshole.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 09:51 PM (yIWcV)

18 I see no point in trying to teach a pig to sing, it wastes your time and annoys the pig. Media bias goes waaayy back.

Posted by: wb at April 01, 2007 10:00 PM (JFQlq)

19 Thought waffle house was open at night?

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 10:19 PM (yIWcV)

20 "We can blame Islamofascists who destroyed the World Trade Center on 9-11, however."

Iraq didn't attack the US dummy.

The Dems may have voted for the war, but A) They assumed that Bush was telling the truth re WMDs, and B) They probably assumed that the retards knew what they were doing.

Now back to Ware... exactly why shouldn't he be pissed? Why aren't you calling McCain out on the carpet for lying about Iraq?

Oh yeah... I forgot, you're a bunch of rightwing zombies.

Posted by: John at April 01, 2007 11:38 PM (S3Rzh)

21 "Iraq didn't attack the US dummy"  Actually we have been in a state of war since Desert Storm, with the transitional years being composed of a 'cease fire' during which a whole lot of shooting went on. Saddam prety much ignored it, except the part that suppossedly kept us from draging his butt out to pay accounts. On 9-11 things changed except for the real dummies like 'John'.    
                     USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 02, 2007 01:16 AM (2OHpj)

22 "The Dems may have voted for the war"  Under President Clinton. Then after 9-11 they decided to let Bush proced with actually carrying it out. Someone named John has ben sniffing glue.      
                  USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 02, 2007 01:18 AM (2OHpj)

23 "rightwing zombies"  and if you remove our brains we become leftwing zombies                       USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 02, 2007 01:20 AM (2OHpj)

24 John: You piece of shit. Muslims attacked the WTC. We attacked the muslims back. Asshole. Muslims. Get it.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2007 12:33 PM (QJgPi)

25 Greyrooster, you're so fucking stupid it's just not even funny. At least attack the right Muslims retard. Fuck me... people like you and Bin Laden deserve each other. It's a shame for the rest of us you can't just get together and wipe each other out.

Now, it looks like all of this is bullshit, because Mike Ware has come out to say this in a recent interview:

GORANI:  And lastly, I've got to ask you about a report there that
said that you were heckling and laughing during Senator McCain's news
conference in Baghdad. Is there any truth to that?

WARE:  No, there is not, Hala.  I didn't heckle.  Indeed, it's been
accused that I asked mocking questions.  And as you'll see, I never
even asked a question.  In fact, I sat there silently.

So I'll tell you what... go find somebody who is willing to stand behind this claim rather than some nameless source, and you might have an case. Right now all you have is a cowardly smear, but then that's how you guys operate isn't it? Is this part of your John Doe manifesto? Hahahahahahaha!

Losers.

Posted by: John at April 02, 2007 12:43 PM (qiTAx)

26 rooster, it's denny's. now you may not remember since you drink shit for whiskey, but it used to be sambo's until people like you started abusing the name so they changed it to lil jew boy, that didn't fly either so now it's denny's. and guess what, they're serving something new there, black people.     john, the people here look for the truth, it takes a great deal of shit shoveling to get to it and even then you only get part of it.   No one here has ever said that they were always right, and in fact the people who are right most of the time are also the first ones to admit when they made a mistake. Does that really sound like losers to you?

Posted by: wb at April 02, 2007 12:52 PM (syC+J)

27 I spend a lot of time on the internets, and I have to say, I have never seen so much bullshit anywhere as I see here. Nobody here is interested in truth, and in fact you actively ignore it.

Mike Ware is a guy who spends most of his time in Iraq. He isn't some bullshit reporter embedded with the troops accepting whatever propaganda the military wants published. He goes out looking for stories, and the best you assholes can do is smear him with claims by people who won't even give their names.

Now I'm just waiting for the retards to pipe up about how the military neeeeeeeeeever would stoop to propaganda. No way! They'd never try to cover things up, or say things that weren't true about people like Jessica Lynch, or Pat Tillman. No way! They're straight up.

You guys can't handle the truth, and the truth is that America has lost the war in Iraq, and it losing the war on terror.

The reason? Cuz you thought you could win hearts and minds by throwing people in secret prisons, and invading other nations. You're as stupid as you are arrogant. Right now America deserves to go down the shitter, because as a democracy it had every chance to reject this sort of bullshit, and it didn't. There's still a chance though that people will start thinking with their heads, and not with their assholes, but not much.

A good first step is realizing that virtually everything on sites like this one is totally wrong. You guys are the George Costanzas of the internet. Try doing the opposite of what seems natural. Chances are it's the right thing to do.

Posted by: John at April 02, 2007 01:35 PM (qiTAx)

28 Here is a link which features the actual press conference, sans any interruptions.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/CNN_reporter_slams_Drudges_charge_that_0402.html

At the very least when people smear like this, they should maybe try not to pick issues which can easily be countered with evidence.

How's about an apology to Mr. Ware?

Posted by: John at April 02, 2007 01:39 PM (qiTAx)

29 The amount of time you spend on the internet is irrelvant, where ever you've been before has no bearing on what goes on here. Nobody here is interested in a distorted truth, like the type of crap that gets pumped out by the maintstream bullshitters. That's why so many people come to these sites to get a different veiw point. The one thing that is actively ignored is the slanted bias that people as yourself come here with as it is straight from the same pack of lies that are not tolerated. The truth is the truth, whatever that is. The over all implications and consequences are what are open for debate and discussion but there are some ground rules and the primary being that it has to have som basis in reality. This negates your position since you are at fault from the start. America has not and will not lose in Iraq as long as people think for themselves and can see a bigger picture other than what's on American idol next.  That precludes pretty much anyone that would think that we are losing the war on terror or that our being there is arrogant. So you can do your little sound bite dribble and prance around in a snit but bit the facts are what they are. Progress is being made daily. Even the bad days are another day farther along. Keep this thought if nothing else. We are the greatest nation on this earth. We are the greatest people. We are the only thing that keeps the rest of the world from being swallowed up in it's own bull shit and we do it with nutfucks like you who stab everyone in the back by regugitating propagnada. Fuck you you mindless little twit and God damn you for insulting this country. 

Posted by: wb at April 02, 2007 04:47 PM (syC+J)

30 Err.. Jawa reporters, ever hear of a retraction?
 
So much for the self correcting blogosphere eh?
 
Drudged yet again.  Some people never learn.   Maybe because their idiots, or maybe because they just really want to believe.
 
Of course, both could be true.

Posted by: Davebo at April 02, 2007 04:49 PM (vdjgh)

31 "The truth is the truth, whatever that is."

So long as it's exactly what you want it to be. It's just too bad that reality has such a leftwing bias eh?

Posted by: John at April 02, 2007 05:29 PM (qiTAx)

32

Denny's was more fun when it was Sambos' One could sit in a booth, enjoy your meal and watch the picketers through the window. I always considered it intertainment. Shame a free American can't name his restaurant what he chooses. Those that don't like it can always go elsewhere. Denny's has gone downhill ever since they gave into the rabble. Next the rabble will insist on no more bacon or pork chops then cry because they are not top management. The fact that they can't read or write has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2007 07:13 PM (QJgPi)

33 John you're so fucking stupid you think we should stop every muslim and ask if he is a terrorist before stopping him. Dumb ass! When we were forced to bomb the Germans did we ask if they were Nazis or not? I guess we shouldn't have bombed them because some of them didn't invade the rest of Europe. Shit flows out your ears. Asswipe. This war on terrorism has anothr name. It's called the war on Islam. You commie simple minded prick.  America going down the shitter? No room asshole. The little socialist shithole called Canada is already there.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2007 07:22 PM (QJgPi)

34 wb: Noticed your Lil Jew thing. Got you number blackneck. It's the fourth little inuendo you've made. As I've said many times before. The biggest group of racists on the planet are blacks. Now that it's out you can put your silly little Jim Brown hat on and head for the nearest mosque.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2007 07:28 PM (QJgPi)

35 I think wb said it right.                     USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 05, 2007 08:44 AM (2OHpj)

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Ian notes that CNN contributor James Carville is currently working and fund raising with Team Hildebeast.

In the old days of real journalism, that was known as a severe and actionable conflict of interest.

If a campaign worker of Tom Tancredo worked at CNN in the same general capacity as James Carville, would he have to step aside?

Oh, wait. He did. What say you, Baldy?

Time. To. Go.

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Jim Rose and the Astute Bloggers both tried doing a Google News search for the story. You'd be hard pressed to find it on anything that wasn't a conservative blog.

Pathetic. Guess we'll just have to keep bringing it up over and over again at inconvenient times until someone notices.

MORE...Michelle Malkin has a question for DiFi. And speaking of Google News searches, check this one out. The original MetroActive story is at the top of the list, and the rest of the listed articles are about DiFi calling on the Attorney General to resign.

Heh.

For those who want to dig further, the MetroActive site's blog has a response written on March 15 from Camp DiFi regarding the paper's reporting. Here's what DiFi had to say:

Sen. Feinstein has never had any knowledge nor has she exercised any influence on the award of environmental cleanup contracts under the jurisdiction of the Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee.

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I want to be like Howie Kurtz. A spot of intelligence pops out of the guy every now and then. But when he engages in Greenwaldism, he deserves what he gets.

Charles returned fire by finding a few HuffPoesque comments on the Washington Post story on Tony Snow's cancer. Here are some of the more choice haters.

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A new Zogby poll on press bias yields the expected results:

83 percent of likely voters think bias is "alive and well." Of that number, 64 percent said the press leans left, while slightly more than a quarter -- 28 percent -- said there was a conservative bias.

Naturally, there's a partisan divide, and a pronounced one. Among Republican respondents, 97 percent said the press was liberal. Two-thirds of political independents agreed with them, with less than a quarter of the independents -- 23 percent -- saying there was a conservative bias.

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The eeeevil Rovian Email Plot to Function as the Political Advisor to the President:

On its face, the plan is not improper, inappropriate or even unusual: The president has the right to fire U.S. attorneys at any time, and presidents have done so when they took office.

Faux-outrage. Trying to find impropriety and crimes where there are none. Open admission that these things aren't illegal or unusual, and that those before have done the same things for the same reasons. Mountains made of molehills. Important news ignored. Nobody cares.

The American people aren't being fooled, you know.

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Weird:

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Ever wonder why stories like this one are daily fare in the MSM?:

Attacks on Iraq Shiite pilgrims continue

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attacks on Shiite pilgrims showed no sign of easing Wednesday with at least 11 people killed by bombs and gunfire as they streamed toward a Muslim shrine ahead of a weekend holiday.

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Bam!

As a proud member of the mainstream media, let me suggest that this double-standard — this refusal to hold Al Gore accountable for his actions which are contradictory to his words — only feeds the belief that the media is biased in favor of liberals — particularly born-to-the-manor, overfed, limousine liberals who consume 220,000 kilowatts of electricity each year in just one of his three homes.

Because they're interested in drastic lifestyle changes - for you, not them.

ht: Insty

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Indulge me some media notes/noodlings here, good padawans. Fell free to chime in.

There's a case to be made the Drudge helped tank the markets today, particularly when thinking about information/news sensitive environments like the market floors.

Interesting if you're one of those types who believes the "hypodermic needle (strong effects)" theory of communications - namely, that the transmission of a message on a widely read and relied-upon source (usually a news source) will have a strong impact on the receivers of that message.

By the same token, the overall MSM coverage of the war in Iraq has had a negative net impact on the opinions and perceptions of many Americans regarding the daily events taking place there. Individual stories are not enough to do it alone. This is not to say that covering the markets is exactly like covering a war, but I would surmise that market reporters at least report positive developments in the markets from time to time without hesitation. So in terms of general news practice and protocol, there is an imbalance coming out of Iraq in the coverage.

The aggregation of the drip-drip-drip is what killed the public support of the war. The negative effect was not as instantaneously felt or as potent this time as it was when TV nightly news was in its "Uncle Walter" infancy (and before 24-7 repetition of newspaper headlines news networks) during Vietnam era. It is also inevitably true that bureaucratic and political mismanagement from all sides of the aisles has prevented the war from being executed in a more precise and efficient manner, but you go to war with the "slam dunk" Intel agencies, "Peace Dividend" military and Marx-lite Political Parties you have, not the ones you want.

A balanced drip, with positive (or even the seemingly mundane "everyday Iraqi/American troop interactions" angle reported with equal ferocity and breathlessness as the bad news), would perhaps have yielded a more moderate divergence on the collective public perceptions of the war. Fweh. Childish fantasy.

Instapunk had a great post on this sort of thing all the way back last May, dubbing it the "water torture" effect of negative media coverage. He also asserted that (for better or worse) the MSM were winning. In many ways, he was right. Here's the nut:

It doesn't have to be true, it doesn't have to be fair, it doesn't have to be consistent in its terms. All that matters is that it is repeated with uniform constancy: drip, drip, drip. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. Change the headlines, seem to change the subject. Abu Ghraib. European disdain. Tom Delay. Katrina. Deficits. Valerie Plame. Gas prices. Karl Rove. Death in Iraq. Angry mothers. NSA wiretaps. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, the lede is always the same. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. George W. Bush is no good. Forget the good news, bury the accomplishments or ignore them altogether. Drip, drip, George W. Bush is no good, George W. Bush is no good, George W. Bush is no good.

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Since the mainstream media, with the exception of ABC, has chosen to virtually ignore the story of the former ACLU chapter president arrested for possession of child pornography videotapes, here's a link to Stop the ACLU's roundup, and another link to a July, 2005 STACLU story detailing the ACLU's efforts to legalize child pornography.

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A documentary film which purports to have found the burial cave of Jesus is soon to be screened.

The Israeli-born, Canadian-based filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici is reigniting claims, first made over a decade ago, that a burial cave uncovered 27 years ago in Talpiot, Jerusalem, is the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth and his family.

At a press conference in New York on Monday, the two-time Emmy winner Jacobovici and his team - including Hollywood director James Cameron - will detail claims that of 10 ossuaries found in the cave when it was discovered in 1980, six bear inscriptions identifying them as those of Jesus, his mother Mary, a second Mary (possibly Mary Magdalene), and relatives Matthew, Josa and Judah (possibly Jesus's son).

Their documentary will be screened this week in the US, UK, on Channel 8 in Israel and around the world. The producers are said to have worked on the project with world-renowned archeologists, statisticians and DNA specialists.

On a lighter note, one source hints that James Cameron wasn't satisfied sinking the Titanic, so now he's going to sink Christianity.

Heh.

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1 DNA specialists.

This will impress the Leftard christianity haters, because hey, it's "science!"  No matter that even if they could recover any DNA, they wouldn't have anybody to compare it to.  Who cares!  It's science!!!

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 26, 2007 08:47 AM (8e/V4)

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And what they claim as strong supporting evidence is the James ossuary?  Isn't that the subject of serious allegations with regard to forgery?

"But, but...I'm a film director and therefore perfectly qualified to wax lyrical on subjects in which I have no knowledge nor expertise!"  Oh wow.  Guess that settles it then, lol.

Why can't these people ever subject other religions (oooh I don't know...how about Islam and the koran for example?) to critical analysis?  Proper critical analysis that is, not this pseudo-science rubbish.  Guess I already know the answer to that one.

Posted by: Tim at February 26, 2007 09:12 AM (mm59k)

3 Why can't these people ever subject other religions to critical
analysis?

Because they would rather not be separated from head.  Liberals are "courageous", but only to a point.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 26, 2007 09:21 AM (8e/V4)

4 ...from their head.

I really do need to proof my comments.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 26, 2007 09:39 AM (8e/V4)

5 I'm just waiting for the big tie in to how Jesus caused global warming.

Posted by: Randman at February 26, 2007 09:59 AM (Sal3J)

6 That shouldn't be too hard.  Christians drive SUVs.  Jesus's fault.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at February 26, 2007 10:03 AM (8e/V4)

7 If there is enough DNA available do you think that they may attempt cloning ?

Posted by: JOHN RYAN at February 26, 2007 10:59 AM (TcoRJ)

8 John Ryan: Cloning requires very intact, undamaged DNA. It's highly unlikely, but then maybe I'll be taking my words back when a cloned Jesus makes a second coming and the Rapture leaves my ass behind.

Posted by: osamabinhiding at February 26, 2007 11:56 AM (JVqe0)

9 But wait, I thought Jesus didn't exist! Now they found his tomb?  Make up your minds leftards!

Posted by: dcb at February 26, 2007 12:05 PM (8e/V4)

10 Jesus caused global warming because the resurrection kept his body from decomposing into the earth.  Really bad carbon footprint mojo.

Posted by: wooga at February 26, 2007 12:49 PM (t9sT5)

11  I will just say this "follow the money".
 
 

Posted by: akak at February 26, 2007 12:57 PM (0LSAu)

12 "Cloning requires very intact, undamaged DNA"   Which you won't probably get. Jesus walked the Earth as any other human being, and I doubt any religious scholars would disagree with that. I don't think a cloning arguement is relevant, and no offense.     USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at February 26, 2007 08:21 PM (2OHpj)

13 oh no! who will keep the Imam Al-Mahdi company?

Posted by: davec at February 26, 2007 11:09 PM (yaQM4)

14 And have they ever found the HOLY GRAIL or THE CROSS and then there still the SHROUD OF TURINE

Posted by: sandpiper at February 28, 2007 11:17 AM (4pkrX)

15 A transparent attempt to claim that Jesus never rose from the dead. Just another "Gospel of Judas," "Da Vinci Code" style farce.


It's already forgotten.

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Some of my fellow gun enthusiasts may have been keeping up with the rapid fall of Jim Zumbo, an Outdoor Life writer who had the poor judgment to write a blog post denouncing AR-15s as "terrorist" rifles.:

"Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity," Zumbo wrote in his blog on the Outdoor Life Web site. The Feb. 16 posting has since been taken down. "As hunters, we don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them. . . . I'll go so far as to call them 'terrorist' rifles."

The reaction -- from tens of thousands of owners of assault rifles across the country, from media and manufacturers rooted in the gun business, and from the National Rifle Association -- has been swift, severe and unforgiving. Despite a profuse public apology and a vow to go hunting soon with an assault weapon, Zumbo's career appears to be over.

In any event, the fate of Jim Zumbo should serve as a word to the wise : if you rely on gun owners for your bread and butter, don't go relying on Sarah Brady for edgy article ideas.

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In a story headlined, "Cheney Slams Iraq Plan Advocated by Dems," the Associated Press doesn't bother to tell readers what the VP actually said until giving Nancy Pelosi the chance to hysterically bitch and moan about her "patriotism" being questioned. more...

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Following up yesterday's post on the leftist home invader, Jawa reader Craig emailed the reporter of this story a question regarding this last line in the story:

Dear Sir

You state that this man attacked the Republicans stating "argument
got heated and the suspect learned that the young residents had not
enlisted in the military and "put their all" behind the Republican-led
war effort in Iraq". You then state "It was not clear in the report what
political agenda Stone was supporting." Are you for real? Come on
man...you can't be that dense.

Craig, Texas

I'm not and never claimed to be a political whiz, but there are Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and a myriad of other political affiliations. So yes, I can be that dense because I know what can happen when you make assumptions.

Just tryin to help, Keith.

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Its well past time to resurrect the NYT from 1945, to see how it was reporting and opining (same thing) on the US victory back then:

"Loss of Victory in Germany Through U.S. Policy Feared," November 18, 1945

Grave concern was expressed today by informed officials that the United States might soon lose the fruits of victory in Germany through the failure to prepare adequately for carrying out its long-term commitments under the Potsdam Declaration. Government failures were attributed in part to public apathy. The predictions of a coming crisis are predicated upon three points:

1) The failure to start training a civilian corps of administrators to take over when the Army's Military Government pulls out of Germany by June 1.

2) The failure of the Government to set up an expert advisory group, such as that which existed in the Foreign Economic Administration's Enemy Branch to back up the American administrators of Germany with informed advice and provide a focal point in Washington for policy-making on the German question.

3) The failure of the Allies to decide together, or the United States for itself, the crucial economic question raised by the Potsdam Declaration; namely what level of German economic activity is desired over the long term?

Days ago in 2007, from the lofty perches of the Ivory Tower in their air-conditioned offices playing armchair quaterback from half-a-world away:

President Bush lost touch long ago with Iraq’s political reality — not to mention Americans’ anguish and disbelief at his mismanagement of the war. So we welcome the House of Representatives’ long-overdue attempt to shake some sense into Mr. Bush with a resolution opposing his decision to send another 20,000 combat troops to fight this disastrous war without any plan to end it.

Yet yesterday’s vote, in which 17 Republicans joined the Democrats to produce a margin of 246 to 182, was the easy part. It takes no great courage or creativity for a politician to express continuing support for the troops and opposition to a vastly unpopular and unpromising military escalation. Even if the Senate manages to overcome its procedural self-hobbling and approve a similar resolution, the war and the mismanagement will go on.

The next necessary steps will require harder thinking and harder choices. Congress needs to do what Mr. Bush is refusing to do: link further financing for the war to the performance of Iraq’s Shiite-led government, which is making no serious effort to rescue its country from civil war.

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Although the case was adjudicated in Belgium, the implications could be felt worldwide.

From AdAge.com:

Google has lost a copyright lawsuit in Belgium brought on by a group of newspapers. The case was decided in favor of copyright protection group Copiepresse, composed of 17 mostly French-language newspapers.

The newspapers complained that Google breached copyrights by publishing headlines and links to news stories without permission. They also claimed Google's cached links allowed searchers to find and read past articles that were no longer available for free online. Google has been ordered to pay a retroactive fine for the days it used the content; the company said it will appeal the decision.

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