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Posted on 05.15.08 by Lisa Mancini @ 2:12 am
“Sweetie,” huh? Good thing McCain didn’t say this…cause you know if he did, it’d be string-up-the-white-man time. Yep. Filed under: Barack Obama and Campaign 2008 and Democrats and Media Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.01.08 by Stephen Covington @ 3:42 pm
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Jeremiah Wright seems to be the Monica Lewinsky media circus clown of the moment. Isn’t there an actual election going on…with issues and stuff? Apparently that’s not exciting enough for serious discussion. We’ve given Wright his 15 minutes of fame, and clearly he takes to the limelight well. He’s obviously a polarizing figure, people have made up their minds about him, and there’s nothing more that can be said that would add substance. Furthermore, he’s completely irrelevant to the actual election. Filed under: Barack Obama and Campaign 2008 and Media Comments: 1 Comment |
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Posted on 04.12.08 by Stephen Covington @ 6:18 am
As many people may have heard, the Newseum - a museum dedicated to journalism and the media - has recently opened in Washington, D.C. It has exhibits concerning the First Amendment, an area where visitors can be anchors, various newspaper and media clips, and so on. The facility has been widely touted as a “new museum”. Actually, the truth has not been accurately reported. Ironically, the media has screwed up a story about a museum dedicated to the media. Here’s one such article from the Washington Post. Here’s another from ABC News. All media reports I have seen so far - both on television and in print - make no mention of the fact that the Newseum actually goes back to 1997. It was in a different location and it was much smaller, but it did exist and had many visitors. I vividly recall going there myself in 1999. The original location closed in 2002 as work commenced on the new facility. The reports as of late have been about the new location, but it’s important to realize that this does have some history behind it, and the Newseum is not just something that sprang to life as of April of 2008. The media might be good at getting the word out on something, but they’re terrible at showing context. Filed under: Breaking News and Media Comments: 3 Comments |
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Posted on 02.07.08 by Stephen Covington @ 4:52 am
There seems to be a great deal of misinformation spread recently concerning Arizona Senator John McCain’s voting record with regard to abortion. I didn’t realize the full extent of this until talking to several friends, who insisted that McCain’s voting record betrays his actual pro-choice stance. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth - since at least 1995, McCain has voted against bills that would advance abortion, and for bills that would hinder it. There is little to no ambiguity here - the man is solidly against abortion. Any information to the contrary is either from a parallel universe, or an outright lie. From Project Vote Smart - a description of the bill with Senator McCain’s vote. Some of the votes, from OnTheIssues.org:
Where are people getting the bizarre idea that John McCain is a “liberal” on abortion? Don’t believe anything you hear from the weird, distorted land of talk radio - it’s probably a good idea to check your facts before repeating anything. Filed under: Abortion and Campaign 2008 and John McCain and Media and Talk Radio Comments: 13 Comments |
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Posted on 01.26.08 by Austin Cassidy @ 5:05 am
The death of actor Heath Ledger is certainly a sad story, and it’s easy to understand why the public might be interested in finding out what happened. But Fox News Channel takes it to an entirely new level, giving the story massive amounts of coverage that reach far beyond it’s relative importance. Worse yet, reporting is replaced with random speculation and gossip mongering that doesn’t even resemble news. The anchors and reporters of Fox News have as much journalistic integrity as a pack of 14 year old girls. On the day of Ledger’s death, CNN reported the basic facts of the story and then moved on to other things until more details became available. Fox News went with the story full time. Reporters excitedly repeated every salacious internet rumor they could get their hands on. That Ledger had been depressed, that the death occurred in Mary Kate Olsen’s apartment, and that he had been addicted to drugs. Some of it was true, some totally false. But the truth was obviously not their main concern, it was reporting as much exciting quasi-information as they could. Fox News is attacked by liberals as a conservative mouthpiece, and some of the personalities do skew toward the right. But there’s nothing conservative about gossip-mongers exploiting the unfortunate death of a talented actor. Or reporting more in-depth information about the adventures of Britney Spears than a Middle East peace mission. That’s just lousy journalism and it’s time for conservatives to stop defending this sensationalistic trash once and for all. Filed under: Media and Opinion Comments: 1 Comment |
