Richard Dawkins has a new new book out called the Magic of Reality. Doing the promotional rounds in the UK and the US must promote a certain amount of cognitive dissonance for Dawkins as the calibre of the questions he faces varies a great deal depending on which side of the Atlantic he’s on. Compare […]
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Disgraced ex-SC governor Mark Sanford leaves the Appalachian Trail for Fox News
And why not? Makes perfect sense. The two are made for each other. He’s in good company.
Continue readingDepartment of shocking headlines, QMI edition
From LFPress.com comes this shocking news item: “Talk show superstar supports oilsands”. Who’s the ‘superstar’? Why, Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, that’s who. Shocked yet? I didn’t think so.
Continue readingCNN’s Dana Loesch frets that MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan worked with Occupy Wall Street to ‘craft message’
Funny, Dana doesn’t mention that Fox News sponsored the whole Tea Party, with producers cheering on crowds behind the scenes and 24/7 coverage by not just Fox but by Dana’s employers at CNN, as well. Didn’t bother her then and she ignores it now.I…
Continue readingGerald Caplan: welcome to Fox TV Canada
Sometimes the Globe manages to print some good stuff. Such is the case with Gerald Caplan and his darkly humorous column today on the Conservatives’ drive to own not just a portion of the media but all of it.Public money, after all, brings all the…
Continue readingKevin O’Leary under fire for hatchet job on Chris Hedges. Sun Media rides to the rescue.
You won’t find the Sun tabloid chain – no stranger to hatchet jobs – siding with the ‘state broadcaster’ often. But when it comes to the Bill O’Reilly attack dog of the CBC, Sun can make an exception.(I’m pretty sure Sun has also recently deified …
Continue reading350 or bust: “Fox News Lies” Chants Shut Down Geraldo Rivera On Wall Street
Beautiful! Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera attempted to report from the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan on the weekend, but was forced to abort the broadcast after a throng of demonstrators led a rally of anti-Fox jeers. The incid…
Continue readingMarijuana’s Key Ingredient May Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
Never thought I’d link to a story from Fox News but this is some good shit. The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease than any cu…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Interview Fox News Refused To Air
I have to say that my life has been immeasurably enriched since becoming a regular visitor to truthdig.org. In addition to providing important perspectives on issues that are either largely ignored or heavily filtered by the mainstream media, the site …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s Time For Don Cherry to Hang Up the Ugly Jackets and Retire
The normally bombastic Don Cherry went too far on this week’s Coach’s Corner, calling those who oppose fighting in the NHL “pukes and hypocrites”.The “pukes and hypocrites” fought back.A lot of kids watch his rants and what kind of message is he sendin…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Fair & Challenged
Fox News dispatched their fatuous cub reporter Griff Jenkins to Liberty Plaza recently to interview some of the dirty hippies and bizarre characters at the Occupy Wall Street protest, but uh-oh, he encountered this guy instead: Unsurprisingly, Fox never aired … Continue reading →
The Occupy Wall Street interview Fox News doesn’t want you to see
Greta Van Susteren, that lovely beacon of ‘fair’ and ‘balanced’, has joined her fellow talking heads at the network in cherry picking and editing videos of the protesters on Wall Street with the clear intention of making the protesters look as bad as F…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: No More Palin to Kick Around?
We can only dream… But Lawrence O’Donnell gives us some hope by quite plausibly suggesting that Palin’s recent “mean girl” scraps with other Fox News talent may well be foreboding signs that her days are numbered. Please, please, please… let … Continue reading →
Fox News whines that George Bush isn’t getting credit for assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki
This is one time Fox News can keep the credit for George Bush. After all, they tried this with the capture of Saddam.Right wingers cannot handle anyone getting credit except for themselves. They hate when any progressive gets media attention. They want…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Protests: Now & Then
The team at Fox News attacks the “radical left-wingers” and “nutjobs” currently protesting the fraud, corruption and lack of accountability on Wall Street (amongst other things the participants see as being horribly dysfunctional in America at the moment). Do the … Continue reading →
DeSmogBlog: Nobel Prize Winner, Ivar Giaever, Resigns from the American Physical Society Over Global Warming Stance
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On September 14, renowned Nobel Prize winning physicist Ivar Giaever announced his resignation as a Fellow at the American Physical Society (APS). The reason? His grievance …
Continue readingSun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right wing
I haven’t had that much exposure to Fox News North but from what I’ve seen there’s obviously something fishy happening at that network which is symptomatic of a bigger issue with the North American right-wing male of the species. Listening to Brian Lilley’s chipmunk voice or recoiling from Mark Bonokoski’s lispy spittle or . . . → Read More: Sun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right wing
Continue readingSun News Network and the emasculation of the North American right wing
I haven’t had that much exposure to Fox News North but from what I’ve seen there’s obviously something fishy happening at that network which is symptomatic of a bigger issue with the North American right-wing male of the species. Listening to Brian Lil…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Solyndra Solar Panel Corporation Scandal Ablaze – ThinkProgress Sets Record Straight
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The ongoing scandal continues to blaze at Solyndra. Solyndra Corporation, a San Francisco Bay area solar panel start-up company, is under fire in the immediate aftermath of its Aug…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Why Questionable "Science" Gets Published, Pounced On in the Media, Retracted, Causes Resignations…Rinse and Repeat
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An editor resigns after a journal publishes a paper that seems to trash the scientific consensus on climate change—but is heavily criticized by top scientists. Where…
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