Just Plain Dumb Fails
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Debra Saunders FAIL: Columnist Fills News Void with Moronic Report on Obama's Bike Helmet (sfgate.com)
What passes for news in late August? According to conservative columnists Debra Saunders, wearing a bike helmet while riding with his daughters is reason enough to mock President Barack Obama. What must I wear to protect my brain from Saunders? -
Google News FAIL: Google News Gets Gamed by a Crappy Content Farm (salon.com)
On a Google News search about Dr. Laura, content farm Associated Content -- which exists not to produce good journalism, but to game Google's SEO algorithm -- comes up first. -
Glenn Beck FAIL: Glenn Beck's egomania reaches comical proportions (mediamatters.org)
Glenn Beck. Enough Said. -
Murdoch FAIL: Fox News Channel Won't Follow the Money That Far (mediamatters.org)
Fox News Channel pundits and anchors report that the money man behind the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” is an Islamist who funds radical terror groups. What they don’t say is that he’s also a principle owner of Fox News Channel. -
Dr. Laura FAIL: Dr. Laura Quitting Radio to ‘Regain’ First Amendment Rights (mediaite.com)
After taking heat for repeatedly using the "N" word on a recent show, Dr. Laura announced she's quitting radio to regain her "First Amendment rights." But she has every right to say dumb things, and we have every right to complain about them. -
New York Times FAIL: Obama Keeps Torso Covered on Florida Vacation (nytimes.com)
"Beach Modesty for the President" - is the New York Times for real? -
Fox News FAIL: O'Reilly Rant Marks New Low for Fox "News" Network (foxnews.com)
O'Reilly examines poll numbers, and boils the poll numbers down to all Whites don't like being taken care of by the government, but all Blacks do. Perfect example of racism in "post-racial" America. -
MSNBC FAIL: MSNBC Does Multiple Live Shots from/about Jersey Shore (msn.com)
MSNBC has done multiple stories about the new season of Jersey Shore, including sending a crew out to do several live shots from "the" Jersey Shore. The link is to the Entertainment section of their website, but that's where it's been airing! -
Change.org FAIL: Dirty Water Kills (live.com)
Change.org asserts that nations and people have been denied access to clean water by the wealthy. That is just plain dumb! Nations without clean water have been victimized by their own corrupt leaders. -
Sean Hannity FAIL: Pot Calls the Kettle Black (newshounds.us)
Mr. “Fair and Balanced” himself seems to think he's above it all. Hannity leads Monday's program with a hate-laced screed on how "liberals plan to ruin your life.” In the following segment he bitterly complains of fear mongering by Democrats. Really? -
John McCain FAIL: John McCain says he's "proud" to block unemployment benefits (newsvideoclip.tv)
"John McCain is proud to block unemployment benefits, yet he is proud of to ask for more tax breaks to support corporations like Raytheon that builds "wonderful missiles" (http://www.nowpublic.com/thecameraobscura). -
Discovery Channel FAIL: Watch Out for the Pig Bomb (discovery.com)
Discovery Channel's documentary about feral pigs in the U.S. made excessive comparisons between the pigs and terrorists. They may well be a serious problem throughout the country, but let's cut the crap. -
Glenn Beck FAIL: During The Civil Rights Movement God Spoke Through MLK, RFK, and…Roger Ailes (mediaite.com)
In a recent tirade about the American civil rights movement, Glenn Beck said that God worked through Martin Luther King, C.L. Jackson, Bobby Kennedy, and… Fox News President Roger Ailes. -
local news FAIL: scheduled self-advertising not news (cbs.com)
tired of hearing local news "after the commercial break, see who was voted off 'Survivor Africa' after the tribal council meeting...and same goes with all of the so-called "reality" junk shows...this is NOT NEWS!!!! -
Glenn Beck FAIL: History class of Glenn Beck (vodpod.com)
Beck's looking for footage of Senator Byrd's filabuster of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
