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September 2016

September 02, 2016

“We don’t need a censorship of the press…

we have a censorship by the press." - G.K. Chesterton Behold! Two papers, both alike...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

CNN completes surgery and hormone therapy…

to transition from a journalism-identifying organization to a FOX propaganda-identifying organization with the hire of...

March 2015

March 11, 2015

Hijacking Selma

Selma was a remarkable moment in American history when Christian conscience and non-violence met racist...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

In Ye Olden Days, CBS Reported News

These days they work for Barack Milhous Obama in his Dirty Tricks Unit.

June 2014

June 13, 2014

Why is it that Comedy Shows are More Educational Than News Shows?

John Oliver offers an epic (and NSFW) rant on behalf of net neutrality so ordinary...

June 09, 2014

Note to Self: Never Again Accept Uncritically News…

...about the preconciliar Irish Church. Atheist Brendan O'Neill on the Incredible Shrinking Moral Panic ginned...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

Since the Job of News is to Sell Beer and Shampoo

...it functions the way dog food commercials function. Did you ever notice that dog food...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

Jon Stewart and First Things Find Themselves on the Same Page

Years ago, FT published an essay that eventually became a book: How the News Makes...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

The Onion is Uncanny Sometimes

This is from 2008: I'm beginning to think that Disney should be hauled before Congressional...

August 26, 2013

TIME to Americans: You are stupid, vapid, self-absorbed narcissists.

Viewing these covers, a question must be asked: do these moments of...

August 06, 2013

Rich Lefty Ruling Class Member Buys WaPo

...from other rich lefty Ruling Class members! Oh no! Now the paper will be biased!

August 03, 2013

Why Does the Press Keep Looking to Pat Robertson?

It's like media rolodoxes are roach motels. Certain people, like Robertson, go into them and...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

I sometimes think our media class can’t become more trivial

But then they always prove me wrong: CNN Absurdly Asks If Rubio's Sip of Water...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Most News Media Offer You the Equivalent of Fast Food

It's news that's whipped up and slapped on a plate quickly for you to consume...

January 26, 2013

Prolife Ninjas!

500,000 prolifers invade Washington DC completely unseen by major network news! Who knows what this...

January 16, 2013

CNN Eliminates Investigative Journalism

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

I remember….

...when I actually had Catholics furious at me for pointing out that Glenn Beck was...

October 2012

October 05, 2012

A Myth that Needs Killin’

So here's a little standard issue "profile" of a dreaded Catholic prelate who thinks that...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Do you remember those Prisoner of War videos?

The ones where the prisoners would talk about how everything was fine while attempting to...

September 21, 2012

Millennial America: Where Journalists are Clowns and Clowns are Journalists

Minor language alert for people who dislike accuracy in descriptive terms: The Daily Show with...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Me! Me! I can answer that!

The answer is, "Ryan's former girlfriend, who happens to be black, will matter only to...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Why I Respect Jon Stewart

Sure he's biased. Duh. But he's also honest: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full...

July 23, 2012

And that is the last you will hear about this man here

No oxygen. No fire. Let his name be forgotten and the memory of him blotted...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Deacon Greg Kandra…

...used to work for CBS. He brings an interesting perspective because he knows enough about...

June 15, 2012

Total and Complete….

Andrew Sullivan Bait. Was there ever any obsession weirder or more inconsequential than Trig Trutherism?...

June 08, 2012

Praying….

...at the Church of St. Drone. By the way, the NY Times piece mentioned in...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Am I the only one who thinks this is rather hysterical?

So some guy who got dismissed from the priesthood in 2003 for being a perv...

May 21, 2012

It Says Something about the Quality of our News Media

...that one of the best places to get really insightful and penetrating analyses of the...

May 18, 2012

How Chemicals Change Us

...except contraceptives and abortificients, which are studiously ignored here. Those are Always Good and, even...

May 03, 2012

I don’t know why, but this cracked me up

Smith is one of the few people at FOX who strikes me as honest. He...

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