I’ll be brief about this because I’ve written about it before. Huffington Post made a name for itself by bringing a centre-left edge to political blogs, presenting a fresher view of the world than the more staid traditional media. Sure, it is rife with gossip and non-political reportage, but it
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How to Speak Conservative
As much guff as I give to Huffington Post, it has some good writers who visit once in awhile. Jimmy Kimmel’s Jonathan Bines is such an asset, writing the ” first comprehensive Republican-to-English dictionary”.Example:Warming (Global): An anomalous, an…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Gas Industry Front Group Called Out By RFK Jr Attempts To Spin Facts Yet Again
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The oil and gas industry has a long history of resisting public accountability and protective standards, and generally avoiding tough questions about its practices and attacking its cr…
Continue readingLeDaro: Has Huffington Post run out of stories?
This is one of the most disgusting stories I have read on the Huffington Post, and I am a regular reader of the Post. It is about a bridesmaid having sex with the groom. It is so disgusting that I will provide the link but I will not post the video on …
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Reality Check: Huffington Post Now Misrepresents Autism Disorders
It is 6:40 am (Atlantic) time here in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Conor, my 6 feet tall, 15 year old son with Autistic Disorder, is now relatively quiet after several hours of screaming and crying. The noise was accompanied by periodic o…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: BP Oil Dispersant Corexit Contained Cancer-Causing Agents
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A new report on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster of 2010 is providing adequate cause for concern for residents and clean up workers along the Gulf Coast. The report&nbs…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: The Huffington Post’s Autism Big News Page Ain’t What It Used To Be
When the Huffington Post merged with AOL there were some who wondered about the impact of the deal on the Huffington Post’s positioning outside the news establishment. Emily Bell explored this concern at the UK’s Guardian in AOL + Huffington Post = di…
Continue readingAm I the only one who feels a little uncomfortable with Mrs. David Frum penning a column on 9/11?
That Danielle Crittenden is a columnist for The Huffington Post is curious enough, but her piece today on 9/11 seems a little .. well, unseemly. This once ‘proud wife’ of the ‘axis of evil’ author and stepdaughter of the evil Peter Worthington, Is…
Continue readingLeftist Jab: The Huffington Post Is Not A Sweatshop
The Huffington Post, which has recently launched its Canadian version, receives both praise and criticism from all sorts of people. The Right hates it because it’s progressive voice online. It serves as an aggregate news site that caters to progressive…
Continue reading350 or bust: Climate Scientist Heidi Cullen On The “C-Word”
Climate Quote of the Day: But even though we don’t have all the answers — and maybe never will — we do know enough to act. And that is really the bigger point, the one I try to bring home when the phone rings. The recent National Rese…
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: Woodstock – no not that one, the other one
Writing for the next week from Woodstock New York while attending the Tenth Annual Woodstock Film Festival.Some of my reviews and reflections will be available on Huffington Post, whose senior editor Stewart Nusbaumer has assisted me with credentiallin…
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: Woodstock – no not that one, the other one
Writing for the next week from Woodstock New York while attending the Tenth Annual Woodstock Film Festival.Some of my reviews and reflections will be available on Huffington Post, whose senior editor Stewart Nusbaumer has assisted me with credentialling, etc. I remain hopeful that a Canadian publication will be interested in
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: Woodstock – no not that one, the other one
Writing for the next week from Woodstock New York while attending the Tenth Annual Woodstock Film Festival.Some of my reviews and reflections will be available on Huffington Post, whose senior editor Stewart Nusbaumer has assisted me with credentialling, etc. I remain hopeful that a Canadian publication will be interested in
Continue readingJacked Up: Obama is responsible for the Holocaust Museum Shooting!
That’s according to Glenn Beck and Fox news. Joseph Palermo at Huffington Post had quite a take on this kind of spin. From his article: In Beck’s world President Obama brings “identity politics” and “political correctness” to the White House, and it’s the “Left” that is “racist” because unlike conservatives,
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