No, Gannett, the Tea Party and Occupists Have Nothing in Common
My gracious, so many members of the Make Believe Media keep trying to make this idea stick, yet never seem to seal the deal…. Frustration with the government’s response to the Great Recession has given birth to two movements – the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street – that share some important elements. “Historically, I [...]
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Media Battlezone Prep: Pretty Vacant
This is the second of a recurring series. The first installment is here. Back on September 17, 2011, a bunch of idealistic, disillusioned protesters gathered in Lower Manhattan to protest, as is their wont. The target of their ire was the barons of Wall Street; the fat cats, the oligarchs, the insanely rich “1%” of [...]
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You Ain’t Seen Nuthin’ Yet
This is just the beginning: In the last few days, it seems every third liberal columnist and commentator has taken to libeling the Tea Party Movement, referring to it as (take your pick) terrorists, suicide bombers, hostage takers, the Hezbollah faction of the GOP, traitors, nihilists, anarchists and people suffering from halitosis. (The last reference [...]
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We Want the Airwaves (and all the pipes)
Image via Wikipedia Past as Prologue…. In 1941, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made what one could call its first big splash on the national media scene when it released its “Report on Chain Broadcasting,” a document which led to “NBC v. US,” a Supreme Court case that allowed the FCC could operate in a [...]
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Katrina Aftermath: Governor Blankety Blanco
She sounds like she doesn’t like that the body count isn’t turning out to be as horrific as first wildly, blindly predicted, so it must be those lazy bastards from FEMA’s fault: Louisiana’s governor lashed out at the federal government Tuesday, accusing it of moving too slowly in recovering the bodies of those killed by [...]
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