Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating.
via rawstory.com
C-SPAN has no control over the U.S. House TV cameras - the Speaker of the House does.
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Mar 30 / 4:40pm
Top Fox Exec admits regularly lying on-air about Obama.
Last year, candidate Barack Obama stood on a sidewalk in Toledo, Ohio, and first let it slip to Joe the Plumber that he wanted to quote, 'spread the wealth around,' " said Sammon. "At that time, I have to admit, that I went on TV on Fox News and publicly engaged in what I guess was some rather mischievous speculation about whether Barack Obama really advocated socialism, a premise that privately I found rather far-fetched.
via mediamatters.org
Mar 18 / 6:36am
U.S. House Votes to Cut NPR Funding.
Under the guise of saving taxpayer dollars what they're doing is silencing NPR -- not because it saves money, but because it is not on the same ideological frequency of the extreme right
via pbs.org
Feb 13 / 4:20pm
Dec 16 / 4:01pm
Fox boss ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science
From: Sammon, Bill
To: 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 036 -FOX.WHU; 054 -FNSunday; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers; 069 -Politics; 005 -Washington
Cc: Clemente, Michael; Stack, John; Wallace, Jay; Smith, Sean
Sent: Tue Dec 08 12:49:51 2009
Subject: Given the controversy over the veracity of climate change data......we should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question. It is not our place as journalists to assert such notions as facts, especially as this debate intensifies.
via mediamatters.org
Nov 13 / 6:20am
Finally got around to watching Orwell Rolls In His Grave (2003)
via video.google.com
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss & examine the mix of businesses, politics & ideology that is the mainstream media.
via imdb.com
Nov 4 / 11:29am
We have a problem here, folks.
Fox News, a favorite of Republicans, averaged 6.96 million viewers in prime time on Tuesday, according to ratings results from the Nielsen Company. Fox more than doubled CNN's numbers, which averaged 2.42 million viewers, and more than tripled MSNBC, which averaged 1.94 million viewers.
