Barron of Blog Wife, Libby, and the Pursuit of Happiness

18Mar/100

Flogging the Scientists

A look at global climate change research and reporting; it is truly astonishing how scientific studies and interviews are twisted and manipulated to point in the polar opposite direction by the time they reach blogs and headlines:

(via pete)

19Sep/090

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Calls Out Fox News

Make sure to watch the whole clip. I particularly like it when he points out the difference between "covering" news and "promoting" news:

Here [are] the facts. We did cover the event. What we didn't do was promote the event. Just like when thousands marched on Washington to protest the war in Iraq we covered it as well - probably not as much as this event. But we didn't promote it. [...] That's not what real news organizations are supposed to do. We covered it. We didn't promote it. I invite you [Fox News] to look into the distinction between those two words.

This is exactly what Fox News likes to do - tell a lie, get a lot of press over it, then apologize. Fewer people will hear the apology (and thus the lie lives on). Faux News indeed.

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12May/090

Watching O’Reilly is Torture Enough


I blame BOTH sides of congress (Republican and Democrat) for allowing the torture to occur because both knew about it well before the memos were released. But I blame O'Reilly (and other Faux News talking heads) for being asshats.

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10Feb/090

How News Anchors Spend Commercial Breaks


I couldn't stop laughing - it's impressive and hilarious.

24Jan/092

Fox “News” Scared and Confused

Fox News Fear Imbalance
I don't understand people who watch Fox and swallow it's "news" whole. They are talking about the President of the United States... shouldn't they show some of the respect they claimed the office deserved before Tuesday?

It's a wonder that these "news" commentators don't choke on their own hypocrisy. Sometimes I wish they would.

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