Category Archives: Wonky Media

Dead Pirate And Illegal Immigrants

Double shot post. Following up (original here) on the pirates who drowned after getting their booty The body of a Somali pirate who reportedly drowned soon after receiving a huge ransom has washed ashore with $153,000 in cash, his uncle says. The man was one of a group of pirates who seized the Saudi supertanker Sirius […]

Surrender Monkey Friday: UN, CNN Make Israel Out To Be The Bad Guy

Surrendie would have much preferred covering the Jimmy Carter (hearts) Hamas story from yesterday, but, the United Nations’ and CNN’s pro-Hamas stance works, too: Israel brushes off U.N. cease-fire resolution Israel continued its offensive in Gaza on Friday, hitting more than 50 targets, despite the U.N. Security Council’s call for an immediate cease-fire. Prime Minister […]

French TV Slightly Better Then AP, Reuters, NY Times, Et All

Why? Because French public television network France 2 on Tuesday revealed they had aired photographs that allegedly showed destruction caused by the Israel Air Force during Operation Cast Lead, which were in fact taken during a different incident in 2005, one in which Gaza civilians were killed by an explosion caused by militants in the […]

Media Military Hatred Story Part Lots: “Marine” Pleads Innocent In Murder Case

One of the types of stories the Credentialed Media loves is when a military member is involved in some sort of crime, that way they can push the meme that they are all psycho’s and malcomtents. So, to see this headline on the front page of CNN – saw it on CNN mobile as the […]

USA Today Tells Us That The Surge Worked

After years of a constant Credentialed Media drumbeat of how bad the war deaths have been, particularly in Iraq, while mostly avoiding mention of the decreases caused by The Surge, now, with 21 days left with Dubya as President, they want to tell us how great things have gone because of The Surge. Perhaps some […]

UselessA Today: Say, Maybe We Should Rethink G’itmo

After years of the Credentialed Clueless Media discussing the vacationers at Guantanamo Bay with a plaintive cry, hey, Barry’s a comin’, maybe we should reconsider President-elect Barack Obama vowed on the campaign trail to shut down the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay. But he never said what he would do with the prisoners there. […]

Obama Learns About Life In The Bubble

And he doesn’t like it The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone – it’s been closing in on Barack Obama for some time. Now the president-elect appears increasingly conscious of the confines of his new position, bristling […]

NY Times Sued For Content Theft

Starting your day off with a bit of humor. This story is about a week old, but, still relevant GateHouse Media Inc. sued the Boston Globe’s parent company, claiming its new practice of grabbing headlines from GateHouse Web sites constitutes copyright infringement. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston, GateHouse asks […]

Bush’s Parting Shot On Women’s “Reproductive Rights”

The issue of abortion on demand is one I typically avoid for the most part, except regarding late term and parental notification, but, this one is just was too over the top to ignore Undermining women’s reproductive rights and access to health care has been a pervasive theme of the outgoing administration. On his first […]

Surrender Monkey Friday: Give Super Michelle A Paycheck

On of Surrendies favorite things, when it comes to surrender, is when newspapers surrender to massive idiocy in pushing a political agenda. They can wrap it up in nice prose and “facts,” but, idiocy is still idiocy. Case in point: Lauren Stiller, New York Times: First Lady: A Job Worth A Paycheck First lady. First […]

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