Drudge Link Trolling
For months now, Eric Boehlert at Media Matters has been documenting how Politico has been deliberately crafting stories in order to get juicy links from Drudge, and, thusly, spikes in their traffic. In...
View ArticleGlenn Beck's Most Disgusting Trick Yet
So, yes, Glenn Beck is crazy and a race-baiter and all the rest of it. But now he’s deliberately editing audio of the president — I mean, wholesale reconstruction of the president’s thoughts about the...
View ArticleDoof Quote of the Day
“It should concern and disappoint all well meaning Americans engaged in political discourse that Eric Boehlert and his ilk at Media Matters seem so content to cause controversy where none should exist,...
View ArticleGrover Norquist Is The NRA
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence just launched a new website that profiles the members of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. Scanning through the rogues gallery of far-right...
View ArticleFact Checking is for Liberals. And Girl Scouts.
Who says we can’t end the year with another absolutely ridiculous conspiracy and a Fox News exploitation of children? The controversy is over a section in the Girl Scouts’ media guide that advises...
View ArticleWorst Person in the World
This is one of the ugliest things I’ve ever read. Ever. Via Media Matters, here’s Mister Brion McClanahan, writing for The Daily Caller, fantasizing about humiliating and shaming recipients of food...
View ArticleWingnuts Still Fixated On Debunked Racist Conspiracy Theory
The Daily Caller reported a story on Monday alleging that President Obama is responsible for the sub-prime mortgage meltdown because he helped poor blacks in Chicago obtain loans. The story was...
View ArticleWhat About Your Claps?
Sure, Mitt Romney was out-matched, disjointed, and obviously agitated throughout the night, but Michelle Obama clapped for her husband of 20 years at one point in the debate! Gasp! Drudge siren!...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Network
According to a report from Media Matters, Fox News aired nearly 1,100 segments on Benghazi between September of 2012 and May of 2014. And to be clear, this does not merely include mentions of...
View ArticleChart: The Media’s Ebola Coverage Vanishes
No, it’s not your imagination; media coverage of Ebola has evaporated. According to a new report from Media Matters, cable news channels and broadcasters aired nearly 1,000 segments on Ebola during the...
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