Category: Mainstream Media Narcolepsy
Calling a lie when it is uttered - the role of the media
by Graham 
One of the things i slowly did over the last 12-13 years since I moved to the USA has been to mostly ignore mass media outlets, beyond immediate high-level news of world events. I have been seeking out commentary from all points of the spectrum on small… more »
08/30/12 01:42:13 pm, The pathetic Sunday news show syndrome
by Graham
An article from Jay Rosen about the terrible state of the Sunday current affairs shows and what could be done to fix them. Of course, as he himself admits on Twitter, it will most likely never happen... more »
The fetid stink of media and commentator double standards
by Graham
Eric Boehlert in Media Matters has gotten around to neatly summarizing what I concluded many moons ago - the mass media and commentators in this country are a bunch of myopic, biased fools. As he reminds us:
As early as June 2003, The New York Times was… more »
A good comment on Ed Cone's blog
by Graham
By commenter Justcorbly, who does a good job of explaining why the media is a terrible forum for any form of balanced discussion:
The way most of the media portrays balance is the way those car magazines I read as a kid reviewed new models: They pair th… more »
The rise of the "media bias" canard...again
by Graham
When I was coming of age in the UK, I grew wearily used to highly predictable talking points in the political process. One totally predictable one was the tendency of defeated politicians and political parties to whine about "media bias" after they lost… more »
From the UK comes this evisceration of Sarah Palin's VP debate performance
by Graham
From The Guardian newspaper in the UK comes this withering evisceration of Gov. Palin's performance in the VP debate (Disclaimer - I watched about 10 minutes of this "event" and, concluding that it bore as much resemblance to a debate as a chair does to… more »
The Wall Street Journal changes article after initial publication
by Graham
After publishing an article about Sarah Palin, which ended with a summary of her activity in requesting earmarks for Alaska, the WSJ has gone back and removed the summary entirely from its web site without acknowledging that a change has been made.
Thi… more »
Yesterday was not a good day...
by Graham
...on several fronts.
First off, the FAA did finally give me back the Medical Certificate that they denied me last September when I was still taking anti-anxiety medication. However, as I explain here on my aviation blog, they seem to want to me to kee… more »
Aha! A snappy, interesting site talking about media transformation....
by Graham
Brass Tacks Design. more »
Interview with George W. Bush from 2004
by Graham
The Huffington Post has resurrected discussion on an interview given by President Bush to Carol Coleman of the Irish TV network RTE in 2004. The interview is notable for Bush's inability to construct relevant or useful answers to many questions.
While… more »