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pyrrhic victories

Defiant Clinton Voters Will Stick It To The Media

Despite the fact that he now leads the Democratic nomination race by every conceivable metric, Barack Obama will not be the candidate running against John McCain. Legions of Clinton die-hards will turn out in West Virginia tomorrow to stick it to MSNBC, Robert Reich, non-hard-working white people, and other members of the sexist cabal who want Hillary to throw in the towel before she has humiliated herself in all 50 states (plus Guam, Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Tatooine). More »

coups

Ben Smith Kills All 'Politico' Reporters, Keeps Two Ladies For Himself

The Politico's Democratic blogger Ben Smith is now simply "The Politico," if this front page is any indication. Jesus, I know I've linked to him twice already today. And just who the hell does this "Carrie Budoff Brown" think she is, keeping a whole byline for herself? [Politico]

walnuts!

John McCain's Volcanic Hell Temper Arises At Sweetie Reporter



Hey look, John McCain had an acid flashback to his days in the Mexican Hanoi Hilton and yelled at poor human condition-chronicler Elisabeth Bumiller of the NYT. Why? Because she asked about his conversation with John Kerry in 2004 to become his running mate. About halfway through the video, you can hear Cindy McCain throw a gin tumbler at the plane's wall, just before McCain's aides were able to feed her her Xanax/Oxycontin cocktail coated in strawberry cream cheese. [via The Caucus]

wah, wah, wah

Get Barry Fifty Nicotine Patches Right Now, Or He's Gonna Lose It

Never in his life has Barack Obama needed a cigarette more. What with Tony Rezko being on trial, his advisers telling Canada that his NAFTA support is a lie, and the media asking him questions about all of this stuff, Barry is getting mighty testy and could sob any minute. Is Barack the new Hillary? The evidence is leaning that way today, as he too is chiding the media for being mean to him. More »

moonie times

Introducing the Washington Times' New Unoffensive Style Guide

New Washington Times editor John Solomon was brought in recently to legitimize the paper’s operations and bring back the cutting journalism of its Golden Days. This should be a very, very easy task. Solomon got off to a good start yesterday when the paper reported that the military-industrial complex is worried about Obama’s inexperience at declaring wars. We hope these brilliant investigate reports continue, for America’s safety. On a more symbolic level, however, Solomon has changed aspects of the Times’ style guide to reflect modern society’s general dislike of racism, sexism and homophobia. How soft have these Moonies gone? More »

important primary coverage

Why Is Mark Halperin Naked On His Website?

I went to find important political information regarding the Michigan race on The Page, the news-aggregation website led by horserace political journalism guru Mark Halperin. Instead I found his “PageCast” which just has him in a robe. This clearly bodes well for Ron Paul in the Michigan, the Penis State. [The Page]

bill kristol

So The NYT Hires Bill Kristol, and We're Intolerant?

Bill Kristol, the new conservative crown jewel of the New York Times’ opinion squad, responded over the weekend to the criticism surrounding his hire. He said it was “amusing” to watch liberal bloggers — hey, we’re more or less that! — have their “heads explode.” Indeed, nothing casually amuses Bill Kristol more than heads exploding, particularly brown ones. Slightly more surprising, however, was the holier-than-thou defense by NYT opinion editor Andrew Rosenthal. My stars, what a self-righteous, harmless-but-slappy little man! He’s just like Frank Rich, but with a few extra tablespoons of Wrong. More »

news that's shit to print

NYT Op-Ed Page Dissolves Into Stinking Heap of Neocon Shit

HuffPo reported late yesterday afternoon that William Kristol — the glib neocon editor of the Weekly Standard and founder of the Project for the New American Century, in addition to his active work the last seven years helping the Bush Administration work out the particulars of destroying the world — will be a columnist for the New York Times in 2008. It’s not that the current op-ed columnists are any great shakes, but if you’re looking for a litany of reasons to cancel that print subscription you’re still stubbornly holding onto, I recommend this, this and this, for starters. Just wanted to pass the news along in case you haven’t banged your head against the wall today. [HuffPo]

shitty media research

Fox News Has Most Balanced Election Coverage, According to Fox News-supported Research Center

The Center for Media and Public Affairs, a self-described “nonpartisan” research outlet with George Mason University, has released a study showing that the media has attacked Hillary the most this election season (duh) and has been really, really nice to Obama (DUH). CMPA’s results also show that Fox News provided the most balanced election coverage. Don’t freak just yet! It’s because Fox News aired less negative stories on Republicans than the three major networks. Why does CMPA need to kiss Fox’s ass so much? Probs because its president and founder, Dr. S. Robert Lichter is, you know, a contributor to Fox News. [CPMA]

a tree falls in the forrest

The LA Times Got Scooped by Christmas

The Los Angeles Times knows what led to the CIA’s destruction of those torture tapes! If you’re wondering why you didn’t read about this, it might be because they broke it like late-morning on Monday — the day before Christmas. Hey, smooth move, guys! I’m sure eeeverybody saw it! Next time, you may want to point your team of crack reporters toward a calendar. More »

dana perino

NYT Changes Subhead After Perino's Bitching

After the White House released a statement lambasting the New York Times for a freaking sub-headline, the NYT has decided to play the bigger man by changing it online and issuing a correction. The controversial headline — “White House Role Was Wider Than It Said” — has been replaced with “Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of Tapes.” As the Times’ DC editor told Politico, however, “If they want to quibble with the deck, they have a legitimate point. But nobody is raising any questions with what the story is about, and what the story said.” Indeed, and now probably twice as many people have read the damning story. So Dana Perino continues to be a dumbshit, and the world is as it was. [Politico]

media

Time Fires Major Neocon Douches

Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol, wild-eyed advocates of an Iraq invasion from way back in the day who have written in Time for who knows how long, won’t be returning after the end of the month. So who’s going to defend America from Democrats, liberals and homosexuals now? Some other asshole! More »

person of the year

... Putin?

Time’s editors continued their annual assault on reason this morning by selecting Russian frienemy Vladimir Putin as its Person of the Year™. Impossible to relate the lameness of this selection; It’s doubtful more than 17% of Time’s readership know who Putin is. And what was so special about him this year? He had awkward dealings with the US and might be leaving power soon? Yeah, that’s what we call “any year.” Why no Rowling? I mean she only wrote about THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS AND MAGICAL GOBLINS AND… YOU KNOW… COOL SHIT LIKE THAT. No biggie, though. [Time]

person of the year

Who Will Be Time's Person of the Year? Why Are We Asking?

On the esteemed television program Today tomorrow (hehe, “today tomorrow”… get it?), esteemed kingmaker Meredith Vieira will announce the winner of Time’s “Person of the Year,” which the American public for some reason gives a huge shit about. More »

media

Neocon Helms NY Times Week In Review Section

Tweedy liberals are gonna be groaning over the appointment of conservative Sam Tanenhaus to editor of The New York Times’ Week In Review. In an internal memo, posted in full after the jump, you can see how The Grey Lady in no way takes it’s too seriously. Frank Rich suicide watch at Sardi’s! More »

journalism 101

Washington Times Doing Our Work For Us

The retards at the Washington Times are getting what they deserve on this snowiest of evenings. Here’s the link to Julie Bone’s fascinating study of National/Political trends, until they change it. Although the real article can’t be much different. [WT]

Local paper The Hill is hiring two sorta famous new columnists! One is Jim Mills, the former senior producer at Fox News who quit that to work for Fred Thompson and was fired shortly thereafter. The other is Markos Moulitsas, who runs that outfit that’s always babbling on about netroots.

fun with photo cropping

Politico Captures "Hill Staffers" In Partying Milieu

Old man Politico sure is concerned about those Hill staffers not getting their holiday parties, what with damnable new ethics laws poisoning the egg nog. Le sigh. But hey, who are those sexy looking “staffers” in the accompanying photo? More »