Whenever the issue of guns or gun violence pops up, the Australian media* jettisons any idea of objective reporting and lunges straight into outright advocacy. […]
Continue reading »HEADLINES THAT ONLY MAKE SENSE IN 2018, FOR $100 – The story here. Questions the media never asked: Is TV Oversaturated with Trump-Hating Comics?
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1.Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian organisations have been indicted as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the […]
Continue reading »NUCLEAR WINTER GAMES, CONT. – The American media wins gold for fawning over a totalitarian nightmare (thanks to the wonderful T Becket Adams who trawled through […]
Continue reading »NUCLEAR WINTER OLYMPICS – CNN hearts She-Kim: Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics https://t.co/ian9ZiurVm pic.twitter.com/fBXuFEyXAj — CNN International (@cnni) […]
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Salon publishes and unpublishes: Why is the Bible so badly written? https://t.co/lOJ9MGxNUP pic.twitter.com/4FdDnPw9AL — Salon (@Salon) February 8, 2018 Thank you for your feedback. We […]
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One of my pet peeves is the mainstream media using the label “far-right” not as any sort of an accurate description but as a dog-whistle […]
Continue reading »NOT AS SIMPLE AS ABC – The empire expands: ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie wants its online streaming service, ABC iView to become a global […]
Continue reading »WINSTON CHURCHILL’S “PROBLEMATIC PAST” – “The Independent” is here to remind us all about it: You can read the whole piece here. As Raw writes, […]
Continue reading »“ISRAEL IS A COLONIAL PROJECT, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWS” – Palestinian Authority President (now in the 13th year of his 4 year term) […]
Continue reading »HE WHOSE FACE MUST NOT BE SHOWED – “Time” magazine and its continuing problem with Trump, over time: Time magazine’s continuing series of Trump covers, […]
Continue reading »IN WHICH NBC DISCOVERS ANCHOR BABIES – NBC is really on the roll lately – having first anointed Oprah “OUR president” (sorry, it was their […]
Continue reading »TOP GLOBAL “PRESS OPPRESSOR” – The Committee to Protect Journalists really didn’t do itself any favours: The Committee to Protect Journalists named President Trump as the winner […]
Continue reading »OPRAH 2020 – It’s official; 2020 will be a battle of TV hosts and the United States will get another President O – its first […]
Continue reading »“SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS ARE WILD BEASTS DEVOURING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY” – Former journalist and editor, and one of my favourite military historians, Max Hastings, tells […]
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Two days ago, I compiled a short list of ten freshest examples of “progressives and the media (but I’m repeating myself) say the darnest things” […]
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Oh boy. What is it about the people protesting for freedom and democracy and against an oppressive, theocratic, warmongering (and anti-American) regime that brings out […]
Continue reading »“GAFFE” “STUNS” – Nothing like starting the year with hyperventilating: The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has stoked a new controversy by pointing at a man with […]
Continue reading »SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN – It’s too early to get excited, since the Iranian regime has got a good form on suppressing anti-mullah protests, but it’s […]
Continue reading »37 THINGS BLACK PEOPLE RUINED IN 2017 – If you’re asking yourself a question “Is my generalisation racist?”, there’s a pretty simple test to check: […]
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