Category Archives: Wonky Media

Eason Jordan Resigns-This Sucks

Yes, it sucks. Blows. Stinks. Once again, a big shot in the MSM is allowed to dictate their terms. Jordan should have been shitcanned by CNN, not given the chance to resign. Is this the way that CNN hopes to build its reputation back? Won’t work. CNN can probably look forward to many a blogger […]

This Must Have Really Hurt

From the Editorial Page of the Washington Post: FOR MONTHS news from Iraq has told the story of the extremists, those who destroy themselves to murder others and to proclaim the cause of a religious or Baathist dictatorship. Yesterday the world saw and heard, at last, another Iraq, one in which millions of people from […]

See, It’s the Corruption, Sort Of, Maybe, We Hope.

Indonesia is one of the top 10 most corrupt areas in the world, according to Transparency International.  Now, the media is concerned about corruption hitting the money earmarked for the victims of the tsunami. When delegates at a tsunami aid world summit in Jakarta tucked into beef, lamb, chicken and swordfish even as Indonesians scavenged […]

Myopic Zeal, or Scapegoat Soup

Avast! So, cBS finally pulled the trigger, eh? Four CBS executives were fired Monday following the release of an independent investigation that said a "myopic zeal" led to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" story about President Bush’s military service that relied on allegedly forged documents. The network fired Mary Mapes, producer of the report; Josh Howard, […]

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