Dunn Leaves, Hyperbole Ensues

Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 6:00 | Category : Authors, Hypocrisy, Politics, Wink
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By Wink
White House Communication Director Anita Dunn will be leaving her post soon. She is best-known for saying that Fox News was acting as an arm of the Republican Party.
In spite of (or perhaps as proof of) the obviousness of that comment, the collection of Fox commentators ripped into her for those sentiments.
Now that she [...]

Stuffing the Online Poll

Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 11:58 | Category : Authors, Obama, Politics, Wink
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By Wink
As you would guess, on-line polls are not exactly random, and are almost as unscientific as is possible.
A recent MSNBC poll was taken to rate President Obama. This poll was pretty straight-forward: How do you think Obama did in his first 100 days? The only options were letter grades A, B, C, D [...]

Teabags, Racism & Fox News

Monday, 20 April 2009, 6:52 | Category : Authors, Obama, Politics, Wink
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By Wink
Well, Teabag Day has come and gone.
Do you feel different now? Do you feel the swell of excitement?
No? That is because THERE IS NO GROUNDSWELL for the teabag issue. Fox News, which still bothers to use the phrase “Fair and Balanced,” drummed up this phony event in yet another cheap attempt to denigrate President [...]

Blog-Tastic

Monday, 20 October 2008, 8:16 | Category : Authors, Bush, Politics, Wink
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If conservatives think the media is generally liberal, maybe it is true.
Maybe this is partly because conservatives have made lies & smears part of their standard operating procedure. Eventually, even a moronic, weak-kneed press will catch on and start investigating what you say rather than just reporting it.
Case in Point:   The GW lie machine was [...]