Category Archives: Wonky Media

As Paris Riots Grow, News Media Forgets A Very Important Detail

The riots in France, which have been going on for a few weeks, continue to grow (UK Guardian) Facing his biggest crisis since he took office in 2017, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has instructed his prime minister to hold talks with protest groups – including the gilets jaunes, who were involved in the worst riots in central […]

People Not Blaming Trump For GM Plant Closures, Washington Post Hardest Hit

I can just picture Washington Post writer Jenna Johnson going to her editor and stomping her feet as she tells him/her that her story is a bust as no one is Blaming Trump, and the editor says “meh, go ahead and run it, You Tried” Many hurt by GM cuts blame others, not Trump: ‘It’s […]

Narrative Fail: MSNBC Exposes That Migrants Are Mostly Male And Not Seeking Asylum

This is the kind of thing that the media were running with in regards to the migrants getting gassed for rushing the border and throwing rocks and other things https://twitter.com/LisaMei62/status/1067031604781035520 A woman with two kids. Wonder if it was staged? And then this happened to MSNBC MSNBC REPORTER BUSTS NARRATIVE, ADMITS MIGRANTS ARE MOSTLY MEN […]

Fire Damages Cary, NC Mosque: People Immediately Start Blamestorming

This was Friday Officials are calling a fire at a North Carolina mosque "suspicious" https://t.co/kyV9pw88S4 pic.twitter.com/92MgYlow3Q — Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 16, 2018 UPDATE: Fire at Cary mosque called 'suspicious,' mosque officials suspect vandalism https://t.co/yALPsv1Heh — CBS 17 (@WNCN) November 16, 2018 Lots more under the read more tag, so as not jam up the front […]

The Republicans Are Dancing To Trump’s Autocracy Tune Or Something

There’s an old article from 2006 entitled The Left, Online And Outraged, which was about how George W. Bush and his administration were making lefty bloggers absolutely barking moonbat deranged. They were obsessed. It starts In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that […]

Apparently, If You Don’t Live In Urban And Suburban Areas You Aren’t Part Of Real America

According to Excitable Paul Krugman, you’re just part of Senate America Real America Versus Senate America Everyone is delivering post-mortems on Tuesday’s elections, so for what it’s worth, here’s mine: Despite some bitter disappointments and lost ground in the Senate, Democrats won a huge victory. They broke the Republican monopoly on federal power, and that’s […]

Washington Post Super Excited To Ban “Assault Weapons”

On the bright side, at least they’re aren’t calling for a full gun ban for private owners We can stop this American carnage “WE’RE UNDER fire, we’re under fire. He’s got an automatic weapon,” was the report Saturday morning from one of the first police officers to respond to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. […]

NY Times Tries Some Assassination Chic With Feature On Trump

Michelle Malkin came up with the term assassination chic (also called assassination fascination, and she has a whole chapter in her book Unhinged) during the Bush 43 years, when Democrats and some lefties around the world were bringing their fantasies of assassinating George Bush to the mainstream. Obviously, it made a return as soon as […]

Washington Post Asks When Murders Matter

Like so many media outlets, the Washington Post is in high dudgeon over the murder if a journalist. But, only one specific journalist, and puts an editorial in the straight news section Analysis: The world has a question for the White House: When do murders matter? For nearly three weeks, the world has watched President […]

Suddenly, Washington Post Is Against Using Food For Fuel (’cause Trump)

This reminds me of the time that the NY Times came to the realization that using food for fuel is a Bad Idea (it’s worth reading the full article, as it still applies today). Of course, that was during the Obama administration (4/7/2011), so there was no hint of Blaming Obama. Now we have the […]

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