Archive for the ‘Print Media’ Category

Conservatives Don’t Like The Taste Of Their Own Medicine

Ah yes…
It’s terrifying to imagine a world where sentient citizens are now STANDING UP and calling BULLSHIT, isn’t it, locksteppers?
BARONE: The coming liberal thugocracy
Just remember two words, conservatives: DIXIE CHICKS
We remember the last 7 years, even if you don’t.
Cry me a river…

Scott McClellan, Meet The Underside Of The Bus…

Scott McClellan’s new kiss and tell memoir is the talk of the town. And it ain’t pretty for poor ole Scott.
You have to admire, at least a little, the fact that he KNEW they were going to ballistic on him the minute this dropped. Maybe I’ve just always pitied the pudgy bastard…
TP has the story… [...]

Deconstructing GOP FUD, Frost Just The Latest

Krugman succinctly states the obvious:
the Graeme Frost case is a perfect illustration of the modern right-wing political machine at work, and in particular its routine reliance on character assassination in place of honest debate.
If service members oppose a Republican war, they’re “phony soldiers”;
if Michael J. Fox opposes Bush policy on stem cells, he’s [...]

Why We Tend To Believe FUD & Other Propaganda

Why do people fall for obvious FUD and manipulation so easily? What is it that causes us to suspend rational and intellectual honesty in favor of the emotional “charge” we get out of propaganda?
The quote below summarizes things quite well:
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it [...]

“The Media Likes Scaring Us, and We Like It”, John Stossel

John Stossel rips fear mongering in the media
Listening to us, you’d think our growing exposure to pesticides, food additives, and other mysterious chemicals has created America’s “cancer epidemic.” But in truth there is no cancer epidemic — cancer incidence is flat, and death rates have been falling for years. But such good news doesn’t get [...]