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AMERICAN SNIPER BULLSH_T
“They are heroes, and that’s obvious to anyone thinking clearly” Jeff Koopersmith, 12 January 2015 I cannot understand what the battle about the film “American Sniper” is all about. The American snipers I know of did not start the wars in the middle east. Dick Cheney did that despite warnings to the contrary which weContinue reading “AMERICAN SNIPER BULLSH_T”
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Jayne Lynn Stahl on Egypt’s Bastille Day
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How Glenn Beck Doctors George Soros’s Words
From the November 11th edition of Glenn Beck's program on the FOX News Channel: http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/player.swf Transcript: eBECK: I want you to know and remember this: In the last three episodes, I'm not making claims, I'm not asking questions, I'm not telling you statements of fact. What I'm telling you is, watch George Soros in hisContinue reading “How Glenn Beck Doctors George Soros’s Words”
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Republicans in Disarray: Chaos Spreads to Blogosphere
Tuesday's primary victories by teabag extremists Christine O'Donnell and Carl Paladino are not the only signs that the Republican Party and conservative establishment are in chaos. Go read fringe rightie blogger Dan Riehl's latest and laugh. Here's a hint for Dan and his unhinged fellow traveler Michelle Maglalang Malkin: there is no damn way thatContinue reading “Republicans in Disarray: Chaos Spreads to Blogosphere”
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Matt Drudge Should Set Himself on Fire
Dave Weigel was being facetious, but, by God, the Versailles Media must have blood when someone dares get snarky and jokingly suggest that repeatedly proven prevaricator Matt "Eggman " Drudge set himself on fire. I could rant, but I'm on vacation and wouldn't want to get in the way of Amanda Marcotte's brilliant takedown ofContinue reading “Matt Drudge Should Set Himself on Fire”
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CA-Sen: Demon Sheep Trilogy of Terror
Some months back, the California GOP misfired with the weirdest political ad of the season, featuring a flock of sheep. Now, Democrats have turned the meme inside-out and produced our favorite political ad of the season…
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Nolo Contendere
Ernest Partridge on bias, the dearth of progressive voices in the "mainstream" media, and the threat posed to American democracy. An Uneven Contest What if there were a great debate concerning the nature and future of American society, and only one side showed up? That approximately describes the condition of the U. S. media today.Continue reading “Nolo Contendere”
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Ayn Rand’s Excellent Proposal
In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's protagonist, John Galt, leads a strike of the "best and brightest" capitalists, and together they leave the country to set up a "new order." The scheme offers great advantages — to the rest of us who are "left behind." The organizer of industry who thinks he has 'made' himself andContinue reading “Ayn Rand’s Excellent Proposal”
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Joel Silberman: Media Creates Misinformed Americans
The Doc is for the most part no fan of RT Television (Russia Today, i.e. The Putin Channel) — but every once in a while, they run a short segment as smart and informative as the one below, and you know you'll never see such a moment from the broadcast networks, CNN, or even MSNBC.Continue reading “Joel Silberman: Media Creates Misinformed Americans”
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Steve Young on the Trouble with Lefty Radio
Go read his piece in the Inky.
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Even More Accurate 9 Years Later!
Tom Tomorrow has re-posted his classic This Modern World animation, originally posted in 2000 and reactivated just in time for the season of conspicuous consumption. Click the screen grab to be magically transported to one of the funniest takedowns of television "news" ever!
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Joan Walsh Dares Say It
Via the incomparable Bob Somerby comes this gem written by Joan Walsh, echoing exactly what our founding editor, Jeff Koopersmith, was saying well over a decade ago (Bob's emphases preserved): "The Clinton Tapes" makes clear that from start to finish, President Clinton was besieged by a vicious just-say-no GOP abetted by the perversely, inexplicably, cruellyContinue reading “Joan Walsh Dares Say It”
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Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
Ted Kennedy has died at age 77 following a struggle with brain cancer. Both lengthy obituaries in the New York Times and the Boston Globe are well worth your time. Via TMW's Greg Sargent comes this quote, from one year ago today: “This is the cause of my life. New hope that we will breakContinue reading “Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009”
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Glenn Greenwald explains the Beltway Press Rules on Torture
April 24, 2009 – New York (apj.us) – Salon's Glenn Greenwald gets it. In an early morning blog post, the legal analyst and press critic spells out three rules of the Beltway elite that are shaping the so-called media "coverage" of torture: Any policy that Beltway elites dislike is demonized as coming from "the Left"Continue reading “Glenn Greenwald explains the Beltway Press Rules on Torture”
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FOX News? New Network Set To Redefine News
Steve Young reports on what may be the newsiest newsy news network ever! April 11, 2009 – Hollywood (SteveYoungOnPolitics / apj.us) FOX News Release… The FOX News Adrenalin Network is meant to serve every political persuasion from the militia man who no longer wants to waste their target practice on newspaper clipping of presidents orContinue reading “FOX News? New Network Set To Redefine News”
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UPS to Billo the Clown: Buh-bye, Bozo!
We learn via Crooks and Liars' Nicole Belle that UPS will no longer sponsor FARCE News Channel's marquis prime time atrocity, the Billo the Clown Hour. And while it may be too early… … to cue the fat lady, let alone pin down the date that Rupert Murdoch will ring down the curtain on AndreaContinue reading “UPS to Billo the Clown: Buh-bye, Bozo!”
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Astroturf Watch: Kochzilla Caught Planting Faux Seeds Again
Over at Playboy.com , Mark Ames and Yasha Levine connect the dots between Rick Santelli's bizarre rant on CNBC early last week, a couple of domain names, something called the "Sam Adams Alliance," and the oligarchic Koch family, who have been tied to previous astroturf (as in "fake grassroots") campaigns. So what's holding you up?Continue reading “Astroturf Watch: Kochzilla Caught Planting Faux Seeds Again”
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Magazine Covers We’d Love to See
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The Truth about the Fairness Doctrine
Click here for super-sized version. The demise of the Fairness Doctrine gave us Rush Limbaugh, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, nearly 5,000 dead American soldiers in Iraq, perhaps as many dead "contractors," a “million or so” dead civilians, and a world unimaginably stricken with poverty and illness. But now, says Jeff Koopersmith, there's a newContinue reading “The Truth about the Fairness Doctrine”
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Live Feeds: Inauguration 2009
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Confessions of a Bush Hater
On the eve of 43's departure, Steve Young comes clean. January 19, 2009 – Hollywood (SteveYoungOnPolitics / apj.us) – This is my final column written during the George W Bush presidency. While I have never been a fan, I was incredibly taken by this president’s ability for consistency. No matter how many opportunities to makeContinue reading “Confessions of a Bush Hater”
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Hannity and… (Stephanie) Miller? Why Not!
Steve Young gives Roger Ailes a sugggestion that could well increase their ratings… among liberals! Fo November 25, 2008 – Hollywood (SteveYoungOnPolitics / apj.us) – The biggest question on the FOX News poll front isn’t “How many ways do you think the economic disaster is Obama’s fault?” That’s second. Now that Alan Colmes has vacatedContinue reading “Hannity and… (Stephanie) Miller? Why Not!”
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What Athenae Said…
… about P.J. O'Rourke's break with the reality-based world: It's like he threw Red State in a blender and this is what came out. "Blargle blargle flap flap AYERS blargle!" Conservatism has failed, objectively, because for the past 20 years at least all conservatives wanted to talk about was presidential blowjobs, phony associations, windsurfing, faux-scandalousContinue reading “What Athenae Said…”
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Just What?s Jeffrey Scott Shapiro Up To?
Jeff Koopersmith introduces you to Jeffrey Shapiro, another hard-right spinmeister from the Murdoch Wall Street Journal who whines about America's treatment of Bush the day after Obama is elected President – and merits more than a modicum of scrutiny. November 7, 2008 – Geneva (apj.us) – Most of us have never heard of Jeffrey ScottContinue reading “Just What?s Jeffrey Scott Shapiro Up To?”
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Only on the Beeb: Obama wins, Gore Vidal speaks the truth
Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in London), the BBC called the US presidential election for Barack Obama – and then welcomed their first guest, Gore Vidal, who shared his incomparable observations and bad-boy attitude with BBC institution David Dimbleby: Hat tip to Sybille Werner and twittervlog
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Townhall.com’s Barrage of Hatred: Your 2008 Guide to the Gay-bashing
October 29, 2008 – Geneva (apj.us) – Here is a list of Townhall.com editorials attacking gay men and women just in the past year. There are 204 of them, using their own search engine. I repeat: 204 times these freaks attack people who just want to live as they were born. Be sure to readContinue reading “Townhall.com’s Barrage of Hatred: Your 2008 Guide to the Gay-bashing”
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Why Berke Breathed Is Retiring “Opus”
Lauerman: Your children's books seem to appeal to your gentler, Charles Schulz side. But how — without Opus — will you exercise your Michael Moore side? Breathed: I'll be on my couch Sunday mornings screaming at Brokaw and Stephanopoulos to call out the blathering bastards on their stupid fucking talking points and pin the dancing,Continue reading “Why Berke Breathed Is Retiring “Opus””
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When FOX News and Antiwar Protesters Collide?
… the result is, as Steve Young would say, pure comedy gold – especially when it happens live on the air. Watch FOX News [sic] Channel's dweeb-in-the-street Griff Jenkins receive a candid earful in Denver as one of Rupert's newsmodels watches in shock from the safety of the New York studio.
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13,600 Google Hits on “Jerome Corsi” + “scum”
August 14, 2008 – Geneva (apj.us) – Do you remember Dr. Joseph Goebbels? He was Hitler’s chief of propaganda and in the end he became the Chancellor of the Third Reich for less than one day after Hitler did himself in. Goebbels and his delicate wife then murdered all their children in a bunkerContinue reading “13,600 Google Hits on “Jerome Corsi” + “scum””
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Book Review: “The Pornography of Power”
Jeff Koopersmith on Robert Scheer's new book: "It is a wake-up call, but more important it is a record of American history that will not disappear even though no one in advertising-related businesses wants to talk about it." Robert ScheerThe Pornography of Power:How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened AmericaTwelve (A division of the HachetteContinue reading “Book Review: “The Pornography of Power””
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Hammer of the Hawks
Nukes are here to stay! Arch-conservative, carrion-chomping columnist Charles Krauthammer says efforts to end proliferation are dead. Jeff Koopersmith offers his own deterrent to today's silliness from the "Hammer of the Hawks." April 18, 2008 – Lugano (apj.us) – If you think Charles Krauthammer has a problem because he looks like a hawk, you mightContinue reading “Hammer of the Hawks”
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Book Review: “The Nuclear Jihadist”
Jeff Koopersmith reviews an important new book about one of the most dangerous men alive – and finds far more of interest within than the mere biography and exploits of Dr. A.Q. Khan. The Nuclear JihadistBy Douglas Frantz and Catherine CollinsHachette Book Group, 2007 Oct. 23, 2007 – Geneva (apj.us) – Douglas Frantz and CatherineContinue reading “Book Review: “The Nuclear Jihadist””
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The Petraeus Panic Continues!
Neocons crybabies can’t take a ribbing – but they can, as always, tell lies! Sept. 24, 2007 –GENEVA (apj.us) – One of the delightfully entertaining things about living in Europe part of the year is that FOX News – the American version – is available 24/7 on satellite – the satellite owned of course byContinue reading “The Petraeus Panic Continues!”
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CNN News University Presents: Media Overkill 101
TODAY'S WOLF BLITZER MEMORIAL LECTURE:“How to handle a bridge collapse” Most of us woke up this morning to news that a large bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapsed without warning. Turning on the television after a shower, I found CNN fully engaged in the usual nonsense that passes for broadcast journalism: Helicopter circling, taking pictures thatContinue reading “CNN News University Presents: Media Overkill 101”
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In the Wake of Cho Seung Hui
What do the murders in Blacksburg mean for America? April 19, 2007 — Geneva (apj.us) — I am struck speechless by the cell phone video captured by Virginia Tech graduate student Jamal al Barghouti from outside Norris Hall where Cho Seung Hui was committing mass murder. That video, which features the deafening sounds of 27 gunshots,Continue reading “In the Wake of Cho Seung Hui”
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Jodie Foster, Suspected Terrorist?
February 3, 2007 (apj.us) — How would you like to know what our crack customs people were up to today? Here's what they did: Jodie Foster, probably America's finest film actor, was on her way back from vacation in the Turks and Caicos, She was, as many of us have been, in the huge immigrationContinue reading “Jodie Foster, Suspected Terrorist?”
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It’s Time to Go After Michael Ishikoff
Jeff Koopersmith I've just finished reading Joan Didion's latest tome that is a republished version of her best work, and was reminded of my disgust with so-called media stars the likes of Bob Woodward, Mike Ishikoff, and others who seem to have escaped retribution from their publishers for the damage they did during the last decade,Continue reading “It’s Time to Go After Michael Ishikoff”
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Another New York Times Cover-up?
It sure looks that way… and this time around, brought to you by John Burns John Burns, the bearded little blonde troll that seems to appear magically on PBS's NewsHour now and again, has penned what seems to be either a sign of his naiveté or simply the usual New York Times dross about theContinue reading “Another New York Times Cover-up?”
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Why Al Jazeera Is Not Taken Seriously
Their coverage of the Iranian Holocaust "Conference" is but one example Dec. 19, 2006 — Lugano (apj.us) — While in Europe, I have the opportunity to watch Al Jazeera television for an hour or so nearly every evening. I must say that the coverage Al Jazeera gives to the Middle East and, of course, theContinue reading “Why Al Jazeera Is Not Taken Seriously”
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Lessons for Today From Fritz Stern
Book Review: A New Book on Germany Has Much to teach Today's Decision-makers Fritz Stern: "Five Germanys I have Known" — 2006, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux [ISBN 0-374-15540-2] December 13, 2006 — Philadelphia (apj.us) — As I savored the five-hundred-plus pages of Professor Fritz Stern's new book, "Five Germanys I Have Known," I couldn't help butContinue reading “Lessons for Today From Fritz Stern”
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