The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally. [Associated Press] WHEN THE largest news gathering organization makes a “style” move like this everyone takes [...]
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History Channel Fail, Obama as Satan in “The Bible” Sparks Outrage
THE PHOTO above has gone viral, with the tweet from Glenn Beck asking a simple question: Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on HIstory Channel looks exactly like That Guy? Buzzfeed has more, including an original screen shot, with the History channel and everyone involved with the production weighing in defensively. The History [...]
Top Story: Panetta Comments on Benghazi Response, as Slain Navy SEAL’s Father Speaks Out *Updated*
Your browser does not support iframes. HOW DO you cover an ongoing story without also offering a voice that you believe is part of the right-wing freak show? The father of one of the Navy SEALS called up Glenn Beck, being the first family member to vent, after Ambassador Stevens’s father chastised people for playing [...]
News Desk: Glenn Beck Signs with Dish Network to Bring “The Blaze” to Cable
THIS IS an incredible deal and a groundbreaking formula. From the New York Times: One year after embracing an Internet-only distribution model, Mr. Beck is repositioning his streaming network, TheBlaze TV, as an offering for cable and satellite operators — in other words, TV the old-fashioned way. On Wednesday, he will announce an agreement with [...]
In Memoriam, Andy Griffith
THE EGOMANIACAL LONESOME Rhodes was played by Andy Griffith in the film masterpiece “Face in the Crowd.” The always stellar female lead played by Patricia Neal, the woman who took Lonesome down. Looking back on the film and Griffith’s raging, brilliant tour de force performance, it seems a warning and foreshadowing of an industry yet [...]
Target of Fantasy Flynt Ad “Commends” Hustler for “Honesty”
“That’s satire. I’m able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell.” – Larry Flynt [h/t The Blaze] HE’S THE RUSH Limbaugh of graphic images. The leader in sliming the right, as Limbaugh is to the left. Like Limbaugh’s verbal assault on Sandra Fluke, Larry Flynt has [...]
Joe Scarborough’s Weird DM Twitter Rant Invades My Weekend
*updated below* So much for keep calm and carry on, what Joe Scarborough proclaims to be his motto. It was the weirdest one-on-one back and forth with a high profile talking head imaginable. It makes high school look mature. It began with a Joe Scarborough blast of venom and didn’t let up until he’d finished [...]
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Roger Ailes’ FNC Retooling Catches Romney Off Guard
Spotting the reporter, Mr. Romney’s aides sprang into action, asking where he worked and what he was doing there, and then insisting that he not physically approach Mr. Romney before or after he was questioned on television by the attorneys general and Mr. Huckabee. [...] Mr. Gingrich, coming out of the studio after a tough [...]
Liberally Independent: “Where’s the Tea Party?”
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. At Media Matters, Will Bunch asks the “where’s the Tea Party” question in The Tea Party, Right-Wing Media, And The Dog That Didn’t Bark article. You could make the argument that the Tea Party movement is the most potent force in American politics today. … But [...]
Norway Domestic Terrorist Reportedly Influenced by Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, U.S. Right-Wing
Oh, the inconvenience of facts when met with ugly reality. Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer are cited in today’s New York Times story: Marc Sageman, a former C.I.A. officer and a consultant on terrorism, said it would be unfair to attribute Mr. Breivik’s violence to the writers who helped shape his world view. [...]
Herman Cain: Muslims Require Loyalty Oath
It’s hard to know where to start with this one. It starts with Cain demanding loyalty oaths from Muslims, but no one else. Charming, I know. Herman Cain was voted to have won the first Republican debate. He didn’t have a clue about anything on foreign policy, but that didn’t matter. With Republican primary voters [...]
Jon Stewart’s Farewell to Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart gave Glenn Beck the mother of all send offs last night. It’s bound to put the insanity in our world out of your mind for a little while. But it is Friday, so consider this a free for all, with anything goes on topics. I’m still betting there won’t be a shutdown. Major [...]
Say Buh-Bye to Glenn ‘Lonesome Roads’ Beck
He’s not on TV to gloat, but no one was more responsible for the decline and destruction of Glenn Beck than Keith Olbermann, whose works goes back years. Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year. His departure was jointly announced on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck’s company, Mercury [...]
The Apocalyptic Mr. Beck
What a weird column in the New York Times. But considering it’s subject is a moving target of calamity there’s a reason. It’s also not the first time someone has hinted about Glenn Beck’s demise. William Kristol writing on the real problem with Beck when he unrolled his caliphate rants: [H]ysteria is not a sign [...]
Egypt Sends Glenn Beck Squealing about a Caliphate
Who’s organizing these riots? What role are Marxists playing? What are the causes? Glenn Beck proves fear really is a product of ignorance. Beck is very afraid of The Arab, whom he equates to The Terrorist. Beck is also just another fundamentalist believing his religion is perfect, while Islam is unholy. It doesn’t appear he’s [...]
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