November 3, 2014 – 7:10 am
Other than being a Democrat and not Thom Tillis, the Raleigh N&O editorial board has a tough time providing a reason to vote for her. I’m going to blow by the “outside money” bit, which I somewhat agree with, when it comes to money from outside NC, and they do not mention the huge amounts […]
October 31, 2014 – 7:14 am
Liberal news outlets are funny. Politico has essentially given up on Democrats retaining control of the Senate this cycle, and are wish-theorizing for 2016 (Politico) Senate Democrats have long awaited the 2010 tea party wave to splash back on Republicans during the 2016 election cycle. That moment is almost here. After two years of obsessive […]
October 28, 2014 – 4:38 pm
If I hadn’t already mentioned in the headline that this comes from the Raleigh News & Observer, the editorial board, to be exact, could you tell the difference between a hard core progressive blog and what is North Carolina’s preeminent newspaper, publishing in the state capital? Democrats offer a needed change in NC House One […]
October 15, 2014 – 8:13 am
This editorial by the Washington Post Editorial Board is a doozy, essential telling people to not be hysterical, to not worry, to stop being so panic-stricken. The web front page headlines it as “Keeping calm on Ebola” Keeping an even keel at home on Ebola THE EBOLA tidal wave is still flooding West Africa, running […]
August 29, 2014 – 8:54 am
The Washington Post Editorial Board continues abdicating their role as a news organization to push advocacy, as they have done all week A climate for change: The U.S. can help drive a new round of global carbon cuts PROBABLY THE most persuasive argument against U.S. action on global warming is China. No U.S.-only initiative can stop […]
August 25, 2014 – 2:10 pm
In a long story about Michael Brown’s trials and tribulations, which include things like fights, drug and alcohol use, vulgar and violent rap lyrics, while attempting to paint a picture of just a typical good boy, we get Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with […]
August 25, 2014 – 11:22 am
Hot off their refusal to refer to the Washington Redskins as the Redskins (despite the fact that the rest of the paper will, and why would the opinion pages discuss football in the first place?), the Editorial Board announces their climate activism THE NATIONAL debate on climate change has devolved. By the late 1990s, big […]
August 13, 2014 – 7:49 am
Of course, they don’t actually mention that a good majority of urban areas around the country tend to vote Democrat, but they do attempt to turn the incident in Ferguson into a bigger issue. Here’s the Editorial Board, but, first, let me make it clear that I am in no way defending either the unnamed […]
August 11, 2014 – 8:51 am
How so? (Mediaite) On This Week Not with George Stephanopoulos, former CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkinson said that journalists today were more hindered, and politicians more emboldened, than they were in the days of Woodward and Bernstein. “I think that we’ve gone backwards since that time when we really felt empowered as journalists,†Attkinson said. […]
August 5, 2014 – 7:23 am
What does this mean? That 38% are Israel haters (Politico) A slim plurality of Americans believe Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, a new poll says. According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, 42 percent of Americans say Israel’s actions against Hamas are justified, compared with 38 percent who say they are unjustified. (WT note: […]
