The Elf and I have been watching _Adult Swim_ on the Cartoon Network. Every now and then they run a “bump,” which is generally some text saying something flippant or some response to fan mail. And we always stop zipping the commercials to watch the bump.
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Kos “has an statement on Gonzales”:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/25/15437/3930, Bush’s nominee for Ashcroft’s replacement. If you haven’t been keeping up with this issue, you should. From Ashcroft we expected prudishness and creeping theocracy; from Gonzales we have already had legal defense and justification for torture and indefinite, secret incarceration.
Can we really expect the man who does not [...] Read more »

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Journalist and author Chris Hedges has written a very interesting editorial about the state of journalism in the Philadelphia Inquirer saying the quest for “balance” has lead to a “shirking of journalistic responsibility”:http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/10709238.htm .
His thesis isn’t anything “Campaign Desk”:http://www.campaigndesk.org/ hasn’t been saying already: reporting “he said/she said” is not journalism. But Hedges also explains why [...] Read more »

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So, _Face the Nation_ is a damn liberal media propaganda machine because they had an entire show with Kennedy as the only guest? Well, it’s not the only time Face the Nation has not provided balance within the show.
bq. *Bob Schieffer:* You know, we’re a half-hour broadcast. And I don’t think it’s necessary every [...] Read more »

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Hah! I think this headline ought to go down as one of the greats:
*”Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or divider”:http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/poll/index.html*
As often as Bush has played the “culture war,” “class war,” and “us vs. them” card it’s surprising to me that there is anyone who can seriously believe Bush brings people together. Then again, [...] Read more »

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