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Donald Trump Is Our First Cubist Presidential Candidate (Because He’s on Every Side of Every Issue)
Seriously, could Donald Trump be any more scattered in his policy positions? Handy clip ‘n’ save graphic, compliments of Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury. Now come the latest examples of Trump’s Fractured Fairy Tales. Exhibit A (via Mediaite), after Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, cubist presidential candidate, Donald Trump, Donald Trump chaos, Doonesbury, Fractured Fairy Tales, Garry Trudeau, Georges Braque, Hillary Clinton, IRS, Mediaite, MOMA, Mr. Deportation Force, NBC News, O'Reilly Factor, Pablo Picasso, tax audit, The Hill, Watergate
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Newsies: Stop Covering Coverage of Donald Trump
Definition of irony: Journalists lamenting news coverage of Donald Trump’s self-promotional presidential campaign. Representative sample, via the Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby. News organizations are under no obligation to provide a platform to every narcissistic buffoon who declares himself a candidate for … Continue reading
Headscratching Stats o’ the Weekend
The hardditzing staff (mistakenly) thought Labor Day Weekend meant you should work all three days, so here are some of the startling statistics we came across. • From the New Republic’s 9/15 edition (sorry, no link: #TNRblows): Most Americans can name … Continue reading
Bill O’Reilly’s Assassination-Industrial Complex
Full-page ad in Thursday’s New York Times: Got that? #1 Bestselling authors of Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln. There’s also the boffo Killing Lincoln documentary that just ran on National Geographic Channel. Bottom line: Bill O’Reilly’s making a killing on … Continue reading
And The Hitman Just Keeps On Comin’
Boston Herald scribe Howie Carr has a new book out, and it’s been front-page news in the feisty local tabloid all week, starting on Monday: Even better, the publisher ran an ad for the tome in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal: … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, Boston Herald, Earl Wilson, Hitman, Howie Carr, Johnny Martorano, no-hitter, Wall Street Journal
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Steve Inskeep Nails Jell-O To The Wall
In the wake of On the Media‘s Sisyphean effort to debunk the charge that NPR’s news coverage has a liberal bias, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep ventured into the lion’s den – the Wall Street Journal op-ed page – to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, James O'Keefe, NPR, On the Media, Sarah Palindrones, Steve Inskeep, Wall Street Journal
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Amazingly, Canada Continues To Say No To Fake News
Canadian broadcasters 1, fake news 0. From the Globe and Mail: CRTC ditches bid to allow fake news Canada’s broadcasting regulator has abandoned its attempt to change a regulation that prohibits the dissemination of false or misleading news. The decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, CRTC, Fox News, Fox TV, Globe and Mail, Kent Brockman
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