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Kevin Hassett FAIL: Columnist Gushes Over NJ Gov's Education Policies; Ignores $400 Million Screw Up (bloomberg.com)
Bloomberg columnist Kevin Hassett gushes over the Reagan-esque qualities of NJ Governor Chris Christie, citing his tough educ. policies. Missing from the puffery is mention of Christie's bungling of a federal grant that cost state schools $400 mn. -
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? -
News Corp FAIL: Rupert Murdoch's $1 Million Gift (newsonomics.com)
While other companies, freed by the landmark Citizens United Supreme Court decision, are deciding whether to make political donations, Rupert Murdoch has boldly made his decision. Go political. Go big. Damn the naysayers. -
Fox News FAIL: Playing the Intolerance Card for Political Gain (nytimes.com)
Rupert Murdoch's axis of demagoguery first ignored news that an Islamic cultural center was planned near "Ground Zero" in Manhattan. But after deciding it was an issue to rally the more rabid fringe of right-wing America, they piled on the vitriol. -
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.
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NPR FAIL: NPR Breaks Navajo Taboo by Graphically Detailing Death of Tribal Member (npr.org)
The family of a Navajo Marine who was killed in Afghanistan repeatedly asked NPR to stop mentioning his name because of how the Navajo culture views death. His graphically detailed death was the focal point of three NPR stories over two weeks. -
Fox News Channel FAIL: Beck's Hour-Long Massa Exposé Fizzles in Opening Minutes (theatlantic.com)
Glenn Beck thought that Rep. Eric Massa would come on his show to trash the White House and fuel conspiracy theories about the bullying of lawmakers to voting the party line. Massa quickly spoiled the party saying nothing inapropriate happened... zzz -
Rupert Murdoch FAIL: Fox’s Terrorism Soft Spot (newshounds.us)
Rupert Murdoch has enthusiastically welcomed as his 4th largest FOX shareholder a Saudi Prince who blamed the U.S. for the 9/11 attacks, funds families of suicide bombers, and reportedly has other shady ties to the Wahhabi jihadist movement. -
FOX FAIL: Roger Ailes Issues Gag Order to Fox’s Glenn Beck Critics (mediabistro.com)
Fox News chairman Roger Ailes dropped in on his Washington Bureau to lecture staffers who might have criticized Glenn Beck outside the clubhouse. Ailes suggests that Fox employees should either keep their criticism to themselves or leave. -
Media FAIL: Mainstream Mutes General’s Admission on Afghan Civilian Killings (roryoconnor.org)
An astonishing open admission of possible US war crimes by Obama’s man on the ground in Kabul was reported the New York Times and then promptly ignored by the rest of the mainstream media.
