FTC To Go After Bloggers That Make False Claims
June 22nd, 2009 1:06 AM
In today's "Truly Delicious Irony" segment, the Federal Trade Commission, just months after so-called journalists decided who should win a presidential primary and subsequent election, is going to begin going after bloggers who make false claims about products and/or don't fully disclose conflicts of interest.Imagine that.As reported by the Associated Press Sunday:
Tone Deaf: Will Media Give Obamas’ Ice Cream Outing the ‘Bush Golf
June 20th, 2009 9:12 PM
Boy, the press can really do the nitty-gritty detail work (also saved here) when they set their minds to it (graphics at right via West Coast Outpost):
Has the Left Tired of Michael Moore’s Shtick
June 19th, 2009 12:55 PM
Whenever Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore releases a new documentary the reaction in the press is typically jubilant. Rave reviews. Fawning interviews which rarely ask tough questions. Oscar buzz aplenty. But this time could be different. Moore’s last film, “Slacker Uprising,” didn’t go straight to DVD. It went straight to download. Now, Moore’s catching heat from Movieline.com, the online…
Time's Joe Klein: Ahmadinejad Supporters Like Bush's Base Voters, Mous
June 17th, 2009 1:14 PM
In the midst of his June 16 Swampland blog screed leveled against the "unhinged" Sen. John McCain for his criticism of President Obama's low-key response to the Iranian election, Time magazine's Joe Klein [shown in file photo at right] also worked in a comparison of hardliner Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's support base with former U.S. President George W. Bush's core supporters:It is not…
USNews's Erbe: Time to Start 'Rounding Up' Hate Promoters Like Rev. Wr
June 15th, 2009 12:26 PM
For all the bluster from the Left during the Bush administration about the doctrine of preemptive warfare, it seems at least one journalist favors the doctrine adapted for use within the U.S. justice system to prevent lone-wolf terroristic violence. U.S. News & World Report contributor and PBS "To the Contrary" host Bonnie Erbe on June 11 sounded a decidedly authoritarian note in a Thomas…
Traditional Marriage Rallies Ignored by Media
June 15th, 2009 2:43 AM
On June 9 a rally that saw thousands of participants in support of traditional marriage assembled at Albany, New York, the state capitol. One month earlier, a similar rally was held in Midtown Manhattan that also saw thousands in attendance. And in neither case was there much by the way of media coverage. A Google search of the words marriage rally in New York June 9 turns up many hits on the…
New GM Chair: 'I Don't Know Anything About Cars'; He's Just the Latest
June 10th, 2009 5:00 PM
You can't make this stuff up. The titled quote comes from a Bloomberg story today about new GM Chairman Ed Whitacre. You also can't make up most of the media's calm acceptance of yet another person heavily involved with running General Motors, aka Government Motors, who knows next to nothing about cars except as a consumer who drives them.
At least it's refreshing that this guy has…
Megan Fox: 'Take Out the White Trash
June 8th, 2009 12:02 PM
Bad news for those living in “Middle America.” Actress Megan Fox would like Megatron, the evil character from her new movie “Transformers,” to blow you up. Kat Giantis, of Wonderwall, reported the actress was recently interviewed by “Total Film UK.” Although nobody asked her who she would like Megatron to obliterate, she volunteered it anyway. When asked how she would stop the ruthless Megatron…
Joe Klein Notes a Terrorist with a 'Good Question
June 5th, 2009 3:52 PM
Time magazine's Joe "Anonymous" Klein is at it again. Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb yesterday picked up on how the journalist -- who as we've documented is harsher on Israel than Iran -- credited a terrorist with having a "good question" about what pressure the Obama administration will place on the Netanyahu government regarding settlements in Palestinian territories:Joe Klein, who has in…
CNNMoney's Hour-Later Employment Report Reax: 'Better Than Expected
June 5th, 2009 1:56 PM
It doesn't seem like it would be too much to ask CNNMoney's headline e-mailers to read past the first sentence of a government announcement. But, maybe it is. Here are the first two sentences of the Employment Situation Report from Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics released this morning: Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 345,000 in May, about half the average monthly decline for the prior 6…
When Keith Olbermann Attacks
June 5th, 2009 11:10 AM
It takes a big man to admit when he’s been bested. I have to say however, that after this one I had to walk away with my head hanging in shame. You win this round, Mr Olbermann… You win this round. [video below page break]In my defense however, I will say that Maddow came way out of left field with the double-teaming. I personally found it to be distasteful… But well played on Maddow’s part.
CNNMoney.com E-Mail Exemplifies Unjustified Happy Talk About Down Econ
June 5th, 2009 8:11 AM
Today's Employment Situation Report from Uncle Sam (link will be updated for May results at 8:30 a.m.) will almost certainly report hundreds of thousands of seasonally adjusted jobs lost. According to this AFP report, "Most analysts expect employers to have cut 520,000 jobs, down from 539,000 in April. But the unemployment rate is still expected to have jumped to 9.2 percent, its highest since…
Feminist Bonnie Erbe Hints Michelle Malkin Deserved to Be Target of Pl
June 3rd, 2009 12:52 PM
Updated belowIt was wrong of Playboy to publish a top ten list of conservative women its writer Guy Cimbalo would like to "hate-f***" but, c'mon, we all know Michelle Malkin had it coming. That's the gist of PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News contributing editor Bonnie Erbe's June 3 blog post, "Playboy Mix of Sex, Hate, and Politics Demeans Conservative Women" (emphasis mine):Yesterday, I…
