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Never in the history of the country has there been a more dangerous and damning statement. Yet, based on a report from one publication that has had a problematic past, the Press of America was ready to bring down a duly-elected president based on: “If It Is True.” It is questionable whether the American public would tolerate this thinly-veiled maneuver so the Trump-haters had to have real ammunition.   They got it Thursday night January 17th at 10:11 P.M. when BuzzFeed released a story that caused even people like myself to be knocked back on their heels.  Trump purportedly had...

[PHOTO] At last. I’m seeing writers who don’t merely chronicle in some vapid, squishy manner. They don’t just report things politely anymore. They are no longer dispassionately “fair.” Those days have drifted ignobly into the sea of a lost Age. There was a time—long ago, it seems—when all sides of a given dispute would rationally debate, investigate possibilities, and see the best side win. No longer does that mindset exist. The days when a fair-minded, loyal-opposition of opposing groups would “defend with my life your right to say that,” are long gone. The election of Bill Clinton and his low...

Make no mistake, Fox News is still the ratings king. But the recent May numbers show that while all the cable channels had a decline in ratings (which is normal for May), Fox News was far from spared, with some of its lowest ratings in 12 years. While Fox dominates with the top 14 shows in overall viewers, the total day average for Fox News in the key advertising demographic of the 25- to 54-year-old category was 177,000 viewers, only the second time Fox has gone below a 200,000 average since 2001. Another key factor coming from May ratings is...

Newsweek stopped its print edition at the end of 2012, but they still tried to scandalize the country by producing a fake cover honoring Obama's second inauguration as "The Second Coming." This absurd attempt at myth making is a natural progression. The "cover" story was written by Evan Thomas, who proclaimed on MSNBC a few years ago that Obama was "sort of like God" in being above the gritty political fray. It was just as absurd when Newsweek writer David Frum, the formerly conservative Bush speechwriter, tweeted this piece of media-elite nonsense: "First term Obama: punchee, 2nd term Obama,...

Glenn Beck hates 9/11 survivors. Shocking as it may sound, Glenn Beck claimed that he hates 9/11 survivors. The Fox news personality and media clown has always been an outrageous demagogue, a pied piper to the illiterate, unwashed masses that make up the Fox news audience. Beck's remarks were made on the September 9 broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program: you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims' families? Took me about a year. And when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, "Oh shut up!" I'm so...

ON Hardball NBC anchor Brian Williams was asked by Chris Matthews if it was suprising that British muslims that had been exposed to western values, and where even British citizens would still hate us so much they would be willing to give up their lives to kill us. What was Brian Williams pontification? He said "we have guys on our side like that too. They are called Army Rangers and Navy Seals." What kind of mind would make that comparison. The question was what kind of hatered would overcome even a westernized muslin to want to die just to kill...

The Food and Drug Administration bans over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive that its own science advisers say would prevent half the nation's annual 3 million unintended pregnancies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wipes out references to the proper use of condoms to prevent both pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and instead warns that condoms might fail. The Department of Health and Human Services cooks the books on "abstinence-only" sex education by conveniently forgetting that such programs have not been proven to diminish sexual activity or teenage pregnancies. The Department of Defense forsakes plans to mandate testing for...

Dan Rather, who has announced his "retirement" next March from the anchor desk he has held for 24 years, is a dinosaur. After the last old news anchor leaves (Peter Jennings will be the final one sitting), Mr. Rather, Tom Brokaw and Mr. Jennings will be fossils. There will not be their like again. It doesn't matter who replaces Mr. Rather. Everyone at that level of broadcast journalism has been ideologically vetted. No conservative is allowed to ascend to the top of major news organizations. If you disagree, try naming one.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Internet will change the way news is provided to the world by giving consumers the power to demand and receive any sports score, analysis or breaking story instantly, the head of the world's largest news organization said.Newspapers, TV broadcasts and even fancy Web pages will have less meaning as people use Web-surfing programs and recording devices to pick and choose items from various providers, said Tom Curley, president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press. In the new media age, people will be able to dictate exactly what news they want, when they want...

Katie is visibly upset this morning knowing that Bush won in a HUGE way. Republicans WON BIG! Dan Rather is still blabbing and living in denial to the Bush victory.

New Gore-TV News 'Definitely Not Liberal' (2003-10-14) -- Former Vice President Al Gore's planned new all-news channel is "definitely not liberal," according to Mr. Gore. "We're aiming for a younger, hipper, not liberal audience," he said. "Our viewers will come from all parts of the political spectrum -- from those who favor a government-run universal health plan, to those who think that Kofi Annan ought to be in charge of the U.S. military. We'll even appeal to people who think that the rich don't pay enough taxes." The network, a cross between CNN and MTV, will start operations as soon...

Gore Ogles Cable in Vivendi Stable as His Media Buy by Joe Hagan Will the proposed merger of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, announced on Tuesday, Sept. 2, benefit the political-counterprogramming media dream of Al Gore? The Observer has learned that the former Vice President and his business partner, the entrepreneur and former Democratic fund-raiser Joel Hyatt—who both have been quietly sussing out the creation of a cable-TV network for the last year—called a meeting with executives of Universal Television Group early this summer to discuss buying Newsworld International, a tiny cable news channel owned by Universal. Sources familiar with...