Tag Archives: Conservative Media

James McEnteer : How Intolerance Is Poisoning the Well

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Art by Alice Brickner / Getty / Big Questions Online.Deadly discourse:How intolerance poisons our well Most public ‘discussion’ consists of one side lobbing insults at the other from across an unbridgeable divide. There is little genuine give and take. By … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Lamar W. Hankins : ‘The Fox Effect’ Poisons Public Discourse

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The Fox Effect:Disinformation that poisons public discourse By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2012 [The Fox Effect, by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America (2012: Anchor); Paperback; 336 pp; $15.] Sometimes education … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Political News as Commodity

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Screenshot of Rachel Maddow reporting on the phony ACORN media sting during her MSNBC show. Image from Democurmudgeon.What sells is legitimate:Political news is a commodityBy Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 6, 2012 “The public version of Andrew … Continue reading →

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National Review’s Texas Tall Tale

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas through the looking glass:Chamber of Commerce fluff By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 7, 2009 See ‘Going Alamo,’ by Kevin D. Williamson, Below. Here’s a dandy bit of fabricated economic good news from National Review. It … Continue reading →

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Mancow on Waterboarding : ‘I Would Have Said Anything to Make it Stop’

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Mancow on Olbermann. Below, waterboard denier Sean Hannity. Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP.Mancow: Hannity called me after I was waterboarded and said, ‘It’s still not Torture’ By Satyam Khanna / May 27, 2009 With Keith Olbermann Video. Last … Continue reading →

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Racism in the New York Post? Sharpton Spanks the Monkey Cartoon

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Sean Delonas in today’s New York Post.‘The cartoon in today’s New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys.’ — Rev. Al Sharpton By TMZ / February 18, … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Need a Weatherman : George Will and Friends Blast McCain Tactics

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

George Will calls Sarah Palin John McCain’s ‘female Sancho Panza.’Conservative pundits say negative campaign just isn’t cutting it.By Michael C. Moynihan / October 9, 2008 A bit of conservative blowback on the McCain campaign’s impotent strategy of making the final … Continue reading →

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Curbing Their Enthusiasm : Conservatives Souring on Sarah

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Gov. Sarah Palin walks along the grounds of the United Nations with Katie Couric on Wednesday.Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker’s call for Palin to withdraw a ‘watershed moment’By Kate Phillips / September 26, 2008 The drip, drip, drip of bad reviews … Continue reading →

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