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For Love or Money- Political Pull vs Profit

So, Bill O’Reilly says that without sponsors, a show can’t stay on the air. Not true! The liberal watchdog group, Media Matters, this morning takes O’Reilly to task for his commentary yesterday about the MTV show, Skins, and its loss of advertisers, apparently as a consequence of the show’s controversial content . [...] [...]

What’s REALLY behind the numbers

Media Matters for America today discusses the “Behind the Numbers” blog at WaPo, and its efforts to downplay the fact that, according to the news organization’s own poll (conducted jointly with ABC), nearly one in three Tea Party supporters believe that the POTUS was born “in another country.” (Overwhelmingly, and more specifically, they actually [...] [...]

Bailout, Shmailout: who is STBTF, really?

‘Stop Too Big to Fail’ claims to be a grassroots organization formed to oppose the current financial reform bill in the senate, but they aren’t disclosing who they are, nor where the money for their $1.6M ad buy is coming from. Their domain whois shows a private domain registration through GoDaddy.com, using “domainsbyproxy” (a [...] [...]

Lies and Illusions: not just for movies

We reported last week that Glenn Beck was embracing absurd lies on his show in an attempt to boost ratings. Then yesterday, he said “I think we have an honesty shortage in America.” I never thought I’d agree with Glenn Beck, but oddly, I do. I’m reminded of a joke with a [...] [...]

Childish bullying behavior and the weak logic that comes with it

I just couldn’t restrain myself after reading an article on MMfA this morning about FNC’s treatment of recent uncivil ad hominem bullying and mob behavior, and then seeing this comment about MMfA’s documented confirmation of racial and anti-gay slurs reportedly shouted by Tea Party advocates against members of Congress: [...]