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Since it falls under the heading of cruel and unusual punishment, I won't subject anyone to the video of Sean Hannity interviewing Sarah Palin yesterday. For the masochistic, News Hounds has it. But here's some of what Palin said in response to President Obama telling NBC's Brian Williams that there is a "network of misinformation" which keeps alive non-news like his birth certificate and his religion. "I was pretty appalled at that notion that Brian...

Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

I had a unique opportunity to observe a fascinating process that perfectly illustrates why we're where we are as a nation. I attended an American Idol open call audition in another city this year as an observer. For those who aren't familiar with what their audition process is, I'll share some info. We arrived very early in the morning the day before the open call with our photo ID and proof of citizenship in...

Here's the one telling sentence in an article at the Washington Post on the results of a Pew poll showing that an increasing number of Americans, including more than a third of those who identify themselves as conservative Republicans, believe that President Obama is a Muslim:"Among those who say Obama is a Muslim, 60 percent say they learned about his religion from the media, suggesting that their opinions are fueled by misinformation.""Misinformation?" No, the word...

A compilation of reports on Fox News about its parent company, News Corp, giving a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association:      That's right, not a word: "A review of TV Eyes and Nexis transcripts shows that Fox News and Fox Business Network programs have not reported on News Corp.'s $1 million contribution to the RGA. Similarly, a review of FoxNews.com shows no mention of the contribution." Not only that: "A top...

 In news from the Republican Bizarro World, Karl Rove told Neil Cavuto and Fox News viewers that George Bush never blamed Bill Clinton for anything. Bush cowboyed up and took responsibility---because blaming his predecessor would have "poisoned the political atmosphere," and besides,  it's just "not his style." (If you can't stomach 3:16 of Karl Rove jump ahead to around 2:10 of the clip).      Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars has some instances that must...

You just can't make this stuff up. On Fox News Sunday night Carl Cameron asked Sharron Angle about running away from reporters who were trying to ask her questions about her wacky positions like what she meant by "Second Amendment remedies": Cameron: There was a tremendous amount of discussion about Sharron Angle's taking the defensive posture. Angle: We needed to have the press be our friend. Cameron: Wait a minute! Hold on a second... to...

Fox News Sunday became the Theater of the Absurd yesterday. First, when host Chris Wallace asked Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner about evidence that the economy is slowing, and about leading economists calling for additional stimulus in response to those falling GDP numbers, Boehner said: "Well, I don't need to see GDP numbers or to listen to economists. All I need to do is listen to the American people, because they've been asking the...

The bloviator-in-chief yesterday, from behind the golden microphone at the Excrement In Broadcasting Network: "On his show Thursday, Limbaugh blasted [Fox News anchor Shepard] Smith for not showing the video, suggesting that Smith only showed restraint because he didn't have the "guts" to show it. "Even Fox caved on this. Even poor old Shep Smith went down there and said that everybody's wrong on this, that Breitbart is wrong and so forth," Limbaugh said during...

As I was watching Rachel Maddow's opening segment tonight it brought to mind this comment from Huey Freeman on this morning's post about the Shirley Sherrod firing. Huey wrote:"...what I find to be the most troubling is the story that's not being covered, which is that the right is making a concerted effort play on people's racial fears to bring down the Obama Presidency...The right is playing a sinister game. Instead of trying to...