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Moving On

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No, not me. I’m still job hunting. Mary Katharine Ham who made her name at Townhall.com will be editing The Washington Examiner’s website starting next month.
What makes it really good is she’s a conservative moving into the world of hard news. The MSM won’t change simply because we gripe, complaint, and shame them. It will […]

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45 Years of Novak

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Congrats to Bob “Prince of Darkness” Novak for 45 years in the political columnist business.
“A Column’s 45 Years”

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Ignorance is Bliss

I didn’t really need to know Barbara Walters had an affair with a Senator:
After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as “exciting” and “brilliant.”
Appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with […]

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Breeding the Arrogant Journalists of Tomorrow

MTV’s The Paper has quickly become the worst reality television show I’ve ever seen, and the premiere episode hasn’t even finished yet. All it took was was copy editor, Amanda, in the first scene tell the camera, “Journalists are the most important part of the world.”
She’ll fit perfectly in Columbia Journalism School.
The Paper makes The […]

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The Huffington Post Mainstream?

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Even New Media is out of touch with the rest of America. Recently fired Gawker editor Maggie Shnayerson comments on the direction of the gossip weblog:
You have [Nick Denton acting as] publisher and an editor, and I think that’s a conflict of interest. He’s trying to make Gawker much more mainstream, but I’m not sure […]

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Did Saturday Night Live Prick the Obama Bubble?

“Bitch is the new black.” That’s what Tina Fey told the Saturday Night Live audience last night when she hosted the show. Fey devoted an Weekend Update bit to encouraging voters to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton.

[video via TalkLeft]
To start the show SNL mocked the adoring MSM coverage towards Sen. Obama.

[video via Uncle Wiggly]
These clips […]

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Mary Katharine Ham, a White Board, and a NY Times Smear Campaign

It all equals a good episode of HamNation.

“They’ll break your heart everytime, Johnny.”

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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Did What the New York Times Couldn’t

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, known for being flippant instead of helpful, surprisingly decided not to run the NY Times hack job on Sen. John McCain. Why? Managing editor David McCumber explains:
To me, the story had serious flaws. It did not convincingly make the case that McCain either had an affair with a lobbyist, or was improperly […]

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NY Times Unintended Consequence

If it was the intention of the NY Times to unite conservatives around Sen. John McCain they’ve succeeded:
Rush Limbaugh, who has been critical of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), embraced him Thursday now that they have a common enemy: The New York Times.
Limbaugh and other conservative commentators rushed to defend McCain on Thursday against a potentially […]

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More Politico Junk

The Jawa Report compares and contrasts what actually happened at Fred Thompson’s post-caucus rally and what Ben Adler reported. It’s like Roger Simon Disease is spreading. Someone, call CDC. Or better yet Stick it to Politico.com.
“The Politico: A Team of Journalists, or a Team of Hacks?”
Disclaimer: I work for Friends of Fred Thompson, Inc.

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PM Buries Roger Simon

With this Pajamas Media story from Bob Owens the conservative blogosphere will never trust a Roger Simon story on Fred Thompson.
“Bias? More Doubts Raised About The Politico’s Thompson Article”
Disclaimer: I work for Friends of Fred Thompson, Inc.

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Roger Simon: Hack

Another reason I don’t like the Politico’s Roger Simon.
“The Politico Story on Thompson is Wrong (Update: Not Just Wrong. Really, Really Wrong)”
Disclaimer: I work for Friends of Fred Thompson.

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NBC Hates Freedom’s Watch

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Yes, Freedom’s Watch has an agenda. But these ads rejected for airing by NBC are innocuous.

They’re on par with one of the best ads I’ve seen in recent years:

Fox had no trouble airing that ad in 2005.
The best explanation is NBC opposes Freedom’s Watch’s mission and so refuses to accept their ad dollars even if […]

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The NY Times’ Division of Labor

Zephyr Teachout complains the NY Times hasn’t covered Mitt Romney’s time as Massachusetts governor:
A survey of New York Times coverage found no stories in the last 12 months that delve into what Romney actually achieved, and/or failed to achieve, as governor.
On the featured timeline of his career, there are only two mentions of actions Romney […]

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CNN Unfairly Bashes Fred

Letting Democrats ask questions at a Republican debate (we’re up to four) demonstrated CNN’s lack of journalistic integrity. This hit piece on Fred Thompson’s answer to a question about the Confederate flag–hardly a pressing GOP issue–only adds additional evidence. Here’s Warner Todd Huston’s analysis:
Not only does CNN try their best to muddy Fred Thompson’s stance […]

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