Tag Archives: Media Matters

What About Your Claps?

Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Sure, Mitt Romney was out-matched, disjointed, and obviously agitated throughout the night, but Michelle Obama clapped for her husband of 20 years at one point in the debate! Gasp! Drudge siren! Conservative media outlets including The Weekly Standard, The Daily … Continue reading →

Posted in Epic Fail | Tagged , , , , , | 34 Comments

Wingnuts Still Fixated On Debunked Racist Conspiracy Theory

Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

The Daily Caller reported a story on Monday alleging that President Obama is responsible for the sub-prime mortgage meltdown because he helped poor blacks in Chicago obtain loans. The story was promoted by Tucker Carlson on Fox & Friends yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Racism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Worst Person in the World

Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

This is one of the ugliest things I’ve ever read. Ever. Via Media Matters, here’s Mister Brion McClanahan, writing for The Daily Caller, fantasizing about humiliating and shaming recipients of food stamps. My reform measures might seem draconian to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Worst Persons | Tagged , , , , , | 41 Comments

Fact Checking is for Liberals. And Girl Scouts.

Posted on December 30, 2011 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

Who says we can’t end the year with another absolutely ridiculous conspiracy and a Fox News exploitation of children? The controversy is over a section in the Girl Scouts’ media guide that advises readers to use sites like snopes.com and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cable News Watchdog | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Grover Norquist Is The NRA

Posted on September 13, 2011 at 5:50 pm by Bob Cesca

The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence just launched a new website that profiles the members of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. Scanning through the rogues gallery of far-right apparatchiks, it’s no wonder why it’s impossible to reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Doof Quote of the Day

Posted on November 2, 2010 at 2:30 pm by Bob Cesca

“It should concern and disappoint all well meaning Americans engaged in political discourse that Eric Boehlert and his ilk at Media Matters seem so content to cause controversy where none should exist, push inaccuracy, and attempt to stifle fee speech, … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Glenn Beck's Most Disgusting Trick Yet

Posted on September 18, 2009 at 7:07 pm by Bob Cesca

So, yes, Glenn Beck is crazy and a race-baiter and all the rest of it. But now he’s deliberately editing audio of the president — I mean, wholesale reconstruction of the president’s thoughts about the Constitution in order to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Wingnuts | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Drudge Link Trolling

Posted on September 2, 2009 at 10:16 am by Bob Cesca

For months now, Eric Boehlert at Media Matters has been documenting how Politico has been deliberately crafting stories in order to get juicy links from Drudge, and, thusly, spikes in their traffic. In other words, “link trolling.” Yesterday, Politico posted … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Drama!

Posted on July 21, 2009 at 5:40 pm by Bob Cesca

I’ve been observing for a couple of days the corporate media’s very obvious attempt to paint healthcare reform as being impossible, doomed, screwed and so forth. Of course this is because the corporate media, and especially cable news, takes its … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Worst Person

Posted on June 26, 2009 at 9:16 am by Bob Cesca

Mike Savage is a colossal douchebag.

Posted in The Media | Tagged , , | Comments Off