Tag Archives: 'media'

• In the News

  - MoveOn.org apparently paid less for ad space in the New York Times than conservative groups. This has upset the conservatives to no end, and they “demand the same ad rate [that MoveOn.org] paid.” Someone get a textbook, teach the conservatives the laws of supply and demand. – Speaking of MoveOn.org’s now infamous ad — [...]

• In the News… Choice.

  - Internet hunting isn’t real. “‘Internet hunting would be wrong,’ said a Delaware representative who opposed his state’s ban [on internet hunting]. ‘But there’s a lot that would be wrong, if it were happening.’” Where are the gun nuts on the issue of a federal ban on internet hunting? – Cheney is urging the president [...]

• Huffington Post’s Cryptic Spell-Check

  Umh, The Huffington Post isn’t dat gud wiht speling eether. “Crpytic…” (Story on the right.) Image: Huffington Post

• Politico Spell-Check Gets Low Mileage

  As of 8:26am, The Politico ran a glaring typo on its main page, which should haunt every editor in the business. “Mileage…” (Fourth story down on the right.) Image: The Politico

• In the News

  - With Katie Couric upset that she made the switch to a “hard-news evening newscast,” maybe CBS will bring back Dan Rather. Or, go for the jugular, and get Jon Stewart. – If Bush wouldn’t have commuted Libby’s sentence (with a full pardon coming January 2009), “it would have caused a fracture with the vice [...]

• In the News

  - Uh-oh, Ralph Nader is supposedly pondering a run. Says Nader, “The two parties are still converging — they don’t even debate the military budget anymore. I really think there needs to be more competition from outside the two parties.” I agree, the two-party system hurts the natural breakdown of the American voting public. And, [...]

• Modern-Media Flaws

  The reason Ari Emanuel is an idiot is because he is speaking in support of a person in which he has business ties (a lot of). Have an opinion on the subject? Recuse yourself. This is the biggest flaw in the modern age of news media. People with conflicts of interest get much press and [...]

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