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Daily Archives: 06/November/2010
I’ll fly away…
Leaving the country. For awhile. I expect I’ll periodically be posting fascinating insights from across the wide Pacific.
I’ll be back in time for Thanksgiving.
Anyongheegaeseyo.
“What we’ve got here is–failure to communicate”
Coincidentally, I happened to watch the classic 1967 Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke the other night.
I’m sure y’all will recall this classic scene.
Well, it looks like it’s gonna be deja vu all over again on 60 Minutes Sunday.
“Making an argument that people can understand,” Mr. Obama continued, “I think that we haven’t always been successful at that. And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine carefully … as I go forward.”
President Obama may be many things. But one thing he is most assuredly not is Strother Martin.
Reviews of election night news coverage are in…
…and it turns out Fox News is, well, fair and balanced.
If you believe that the cable news landscape is symptomatic of our two-party political system, then you also probably, and predictably, saw a different tone in last nights election results. Fox News presented its coverage with a patina of celebration, while MSNBC’s took a more gloom and doom approach. But there was one important distinction between the two outlets: Fox News offered a far more balanced set of analysts for the election coverage than did MSNBC.
Read the rest at the link…
Say it ain’t so Olby!
Based on the clips from election night coverage I saw, I find it hard to believe that NBC even had standards. I really don’t give a care that Olbermann made campaign contributions, I just think MSNBC trying to demonstrate journalistic integrity is hilarious!
Yes, MSNBC is forever trying to distinguish itself from Fox as a “real” news organization — and forever failing miserably. Again, compare the coverage on Tuesday night. (Mediaite did!) A few weeks ago, Griffin noted that Fox lets its guests fundraise on air and crowed, “Show me an example of us fund-raising.” Whereupon Johnny Dollar quickly compiled a bunch of examples. Media Matters has also been whining on MSNBC’s behalf about Fox giving too much airtime to particular candidates, like Rand Paul. Johnny Dollar turned that one around too in a big way. It’s not that one network has a slant and the other doesn’t; it’s that, as Jon Stewart said the other day to Chris Wallace, MSNBC is “double-A ball.” And suspending Olby for this nonsense is a weak, transparent attempt by them to convince people that they’re not.
By the way, this is the inaugural post in my “oh, THAT liberal bias” category.