Category Archives: Wonky Media

President Obama Kills 24% More Afghany Civilians And US Troops

Oh, wait, sorry, other than the Washington Times, and buried around in tiny articles scattered here and there, ho hum The United Nations said Friday the number of civilians killed in conflict in Afghanistan has jumped 24 percent so far this year, with bombings by insurgents and air strikes by international forces the biggest single […]

Gates Half-Irish, Related To Officer Crowley

Here we have the Credentialed Media digging for their OMG, we’re all one world! story Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black professor at the center of the racial story involving his arrest outside his Harvard University-owned house, has spoken proudly of his Irish roots. Strangely enough, he and the Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested […]

Lights! Camera! P0rn On Grey Lady’s Front Page

This is what the New York Times thinks is part of all the news that is fit to print The actress known as Savanna Samson once relished preparing for a role. “I couldn’t wait to get my next script,” she said. There’s no reason to look at them anymore, she said, because her movies now […]

How Much Does It Cost To Control The Press?

Quite a bit, and, I’m suspecting the Credentialed Medai, no matter how left leaning they are, will not appreciate this report. If there is one thing they truly hate, it is being played Barack Obama’s White House is spending more than $80,000 a week to staff its old and new media offices. Add the price […]

Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency

Gotta give the old girl her props: she may be a serious far lefty and virulent Bush hater, but, it seems she has had quite enough of the way the Obama administration handles the press Following a testy exchange during today’s (Wednesday) briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen […]

ObamaCare Day Long Infomercial=Fail

OK, I’ll admit, I did not watch, ore really even read, anything during the day Wednesday as ABC News and The White House became one and the same. But, see there were two little problems for Obama and his “I’m not going to do away with private insurance *wink wink*” agenda: Mark Sanford, and ABC […]

Violence In Iran After Election Sham, And Grey Lady Gets HopeyChangeyIdioty

First of all It is impossible to know for sure how much the ostensible re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad represents the preference of an essentially conservative Iranian public and how much, as opposition voters passionately believe, it is the imposed verdict of a fundamentally authoritarian regime. Witnesses reported that at least one person had been shot […]

Gitmo Detainees To Get Satellite TV And Sudoku

Wow. Gauntanamo Bay detention facility is really turning into a fantastic prison. They get fantastic food to the point where they were gaining weight, movies, books, and incredible health care, so much so that James Inhofe (R-Ok) said “It just blows your mind when you stop and think about the way that they are, are […]

Five Convicted In Miami On Terrorism Charges

First I ran across this story on the subject, but, wanted more depth. Wanted to avoid the AP, so they couldn’t be whiny bitches. Then I ended up at the Detroit Free Press, which had an, shall we say, interesting spin After back-to-back mistrials, five men from one of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods were convicted today […]

How’d The Obama Contentless Prime Timers Go For The Networks?

Not so well, actually By and large, they personally forked out for his campaign, they voted for him, and they know he is capable of boosting TV ratings just by making an appearance. But executives at the Big Four broadcast networks are seething behind the scenes that President Obama has cost them about $30 million […]

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