Obama Gets a Pass
Sunday, November 9th, 2008The Left’s domination of the mainstream media is a significant detriment to any effort to improve the philosophical culture. PowerLine has more on this topic: Having run interference for Barack Obama throughout the campaign, the press is now preparing to do the same once he has been sworn in. A common theme, as the media anticipate [...]
CNN: So Confident of Obama’s Victory, Networks Bring Forth New Technology
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Now here’s an interesting bit: CNN’s tryout of holograms was the talk of TV on a night where networks brought forth all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to cover Barack Obama’s election as president. [Emphasis added.] There you have it, folks. The networks were so confident in Obama’s victory that they “brought forth all sorts of gizmos [...]
The New York Times (!) on the Media’s Leftist Bias
Monday, November 3rd, 2008It’s strange to post a link to a New York Times editorial in support of the idea that the mainstream media is Leftist, but here it is: Media Credibility: Over at ABCnews.com, Michael S. Malone, a columnist, posted an article last week that created a firestorm of comment and interest. In part, he wrote: “The traditional media are [...]
Justifying the Story
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I’m not sure why this Forbes writer had to qualify the obvious: The government played its own part in the current credit crunch, too. For all the scapegoating of deregulation, thoughtful commentators also point to the Federal Reserve’s policy of cheap money, and Fannie and Freddie’s enormous appetite for junk mortgages–urged all the way by politicians [...]
AP Revels in the Suffering of the Successful
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Apparently the AP feels that we commoners should take heart in the suffering of the wealthy: Here’s something that might provide a bit of solace amid the plunging values in your retirement accounts: Warren Buffett is losing lots of money, too. So are Kirk Kerkorian, Carl Icahn and Sumner Redstone. Gee, I feel better already. [...]
News Flash: AP Recognizes Obama Obfuscations
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Well, color me shocked: here’s the AP on Obama’s 30-minute infomercial, via US News & World Report: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office. Obama’s assertion that “I’ve offered spending cuts [...]
News Flash: New York Times Blogger Notes Existence of Anti-Capitalism
Monday, October 27th, 2008What I find most interesting about this New York Times blog post about one of Obama’s past interviews showing him to be a fan of wealth redistribution, isn’t that it supports the notion that Obama wasn’t holding a controversial position. To me, it’s clear that he was, particularly when this one audio clip is compared to [...]
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