Pundits from Onion Network News got fed up with a recent string of miscues by Vice-President Joe Biden.
Gaffe-Prone Biden Embarrasses Nation Yet Again By Sneezing During Meeting
As you can see, the “pundits” from The Onion were actually hammering real life pundits, and had to work extra hard to parody the absurd.
What does the White House think of Fox News? White House communications director Anita Dunn spells it out for Howard Kurtz:
Dunn didn’t quite say it like I would. FOX works hard to make Obama look bad, no matter what he does. Or no matter if Obama didn’t do anything at all, as was the case with Obama award of the Nobel Peace Prize. Truly, what kind of “news” channel would criticize Obama when a prestigious organization over which he had no control awarded him a prize he was not seeking? This is just the latest incident, of course. Dunn spells out a few recent examples too (for many more examples, see NewsHounds and consider a recent FOX abomination–the youtube attached to this article). The bottom line is that an organization that starts with the premise that this sitting president is wrong/evil, it is not a news organization and shouldn’t be treated like one, even though it features a few reporters who sometimes get it right.
If you want to keep up to the minute on the topic of the Iranian election, Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish is offering impressive coverage.
How do you upgrade professional hockey in order to bring in more fans? The Onion Network News has all of the details.
NHL Eliminates Sticks, Expands Goal Zone To Encourage More Touchdowns
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently fired one of its prominent columnists, Sylvester Brown. Why? Here’s all you’ll find even if you carefully scour the Post-Dispatch: A one-paragraph “Note” that Sylvester Brown acted unethically and that he deserved to be gone.
But isn’t it a big news story whenever the only daily newspaper serving a major metropolitan area fires one of its columnists for a purported isolated ethics infraction? Doesn’t it deserve more coverage than a one-paragraph “Note to Readers”? Isn’t this story news?
What about when the columnist (who wrote three full columns per week) disputes the Post-Dispatch version of the facts? Isn’t that news? You won’t read about both sides of this dispute in the Post-Dispatch (though you can read about it here).
What about the fact that Brown often criticized the Mayor of St. Louis coupled with the fact that the Mayor is on the paper’s “Advisory Board?” Isn’t that news? Should a newspaper ever have politicians on its “Advisory Board”? Isn’t that issue big news?
I decided to put out my own “edition” of the St. Louis Daily newspaper. I called it the St. Louis Post-Disgrace. Click on it to see the “paper” full screen.” It contains the headlines that illustrate various aspects of the Sylvester Brown story that the Post-Dispatch failed to cover. I’ll be waiting and watching to see whether the Post-Dispatch ever advises its readers any of these issues.
Andrew Sullivan talks things over with reporter Marc Ambinder.
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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Perhaps some people think that I’m being unfair to Sarah Palin. After all, maybe she knows a lot about the world but just isn’t telling us anything that inspires us. It’s with that backdrop that Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin about the news sources Palin consults [...]
It’s amazing to see the horrifically slanted local coverage of Sarah Palin by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . The only daily newspaper in St. Louis has now unveiled Palin as a party savior, refusing to engage with the ongoing torrent of information revealing Sarah Palin to be an inexperienced, dishonest and vindictive politician.
For those people [...]
Quite predictably, FOX didn’ “hear” any of these protesters address any real issues. That’s because FOX doesn’t want to hear things like “Stop the War” and “Stop the torture.”
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FOX got exactly the chant it deserved at the end of this video. That’s some free speech for you, FOX. Nonetheless, the studio newscaster is worried about [...]
There was a tragedy in Kirkwood Missouri last night. A madman opened fire on a City Council meeting in Kirkwood Missouri, killing five people. That was last night.
I was riding my bike through Kirkwood today, and I happened to travel past the Kirkwood City Hall. It was about 1:00 pm and the media were out there, forcused on [...]
Connie is a well-informed writer who hits the nail right on the head while addressing the FCC. Just ignore the sync problem with the vido and listen to five-minutes of an experienced reporter who illustrates the problem succinctly and eloquently.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inw154j518c&eurl[/youtube]
