Posts tagged: media

Fox News – We’re Foxy!

Obama says no, Fox News

What’s so bad about Fox News? I do think they report more about sad things like murders on our local Channel 11, and I don’t like our local news team much. But when Obama’s task force starts trying to exclude them from national media events & announcements, it does make the White House look a [...]

What Barack Obama could learn from Balloon Boy Dad.

what Barack Obama could learn from Balloon Boy

Balloon boy, go away. I didn’t see the story on Twitter. Half the trends there are people promoting themselves, or are crybaby stories, boring. I got more interested in the story when I saw the weird parents. A giant Mylar balloon took off from the backyard of the Heenes’ northern Colorado home Thursday. The couple [...]

Who’s your rac-ist?

Glenn Beck cartoon

It’s talk radio. Grow up and get over it. I love talk radio, although I don’t have much time to listen to it. My all time fave is the great Phil Hendrie! I like Adam Carolla in small doses, when he doesn’t get gross. I’ve never heard Glenn Beck, so I don’t know his schtick, [...]

TMZ likes Michael Jackson more than Mark Sanford.

Mark Sanford cartoon with TMZ

I like reporting on the media. But how many mirrors does the world really need? I don’t care, I find it fascinating to reflect on what newspeople think is news, and how they report it. If fate is right, that means eventually someone will report on me reporting on the media reporting on the news [...]

Is Blagojevich as bad as Madoff? No.

Blagojevich cartoon and Madoff cartoon

Who is going to hell, Blagojevich or Madoff? I don’t know, I’m not Catholic. But I have to admit, I have a soft spot, a very soft spot, for Mafia type people. Men with power, um, yum. I was fascinated by Blago and the way he insinuated himself into the news, and even on talk [...]