Category Archives: Wonky Media

NY Times: That Missouri ObamaCare Referendum Tuesday Is Meaningless

The Fish Wrap Of Record chimes in about an important issue, and decides it just ain’t all that, because all you right wing wackos will be the majority of the voters who show up. No, really For all its symbolic import, the first plebiscite on the Obama health care law, to be held Tuesday in […]

NY Times Corrects Itself Over John Lewis Raaaaacism Issue

Apparently, it’s Raaacist Weekend at the Times. So far, we have, among others, Race: Still Too Hot to Touch (Money paragraph: In many ways, Ms. Sherrod’s ordeal followed a depressingly familiar pattern in American life, in which anyone who even tries to talk about race risks public outrage and humiliation. They should substitute Conservative for […]

ABC News: All You Folks Against Illegals Are Raaaaacist

Once again, a media outlet builds a cute little strawman argument regarding the illegal immigration debate. They know they do not have a leg to stand on, and it would not be particularly popular, if they tried their real argument, namely, that they are in favor of saying “screw the law, we want new voters.” […]

Fish Wrap Frets About Socialists Patrolling The Arizona Border

The Times gives it the old liberal try in linking legitimate concerned groups with a kook fringe (leftist) group, attempting to make them all look bad: Militia With Neo-Nazi Ties Patrols Arizona Desert Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents and a tough new immigration law are not enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who […]

Uh Oh: NY Times Shows Their Disdain For The 2nd Amendment

On the 7th of July, the NY Times loved the Constitution, at least as far as Obama and Co. suing Arizona over their immigration law (which mirrors federal law) using the “supremacy clause”. But, see, there is a problem with the Left: they pick and choose which parts of the Constitution they like, often depending […]

Snap! Obama Admin Has Agents Asking Companies For “Papers” On Illegal Employees

Let’s see: The NY Times pitches a hissy fit over Arizona police asking for the “papers” of those who have come in contact with the police during a lawful interaction. Obama sending federal agents around to companies to ask for the papers on their workers? No freakout. That’s strange, eh? The Obama administration has replaced […]

Washington Post Changes The Bar On Calls Of Racism And Discrimination

Well, Happy Friday! It seems that ye olde Washington Post is just not down with terming the tanning tax as racist. Remember this article the next time they and the other media go all wonky on a TEA Party gathering, or something similar Mention the new “tan tax” in a major news outlet and cries […]

Fish Wrap Of Record Goes All Constitutiony Over Arizona Lawsuit

How much do you want to bet the NY Times editorial board would not be quite so charitable were it the Bush DoJ suing a state over a Constitutional issue – The Constitution Trumps Arizona The Obama administration has not always been completely clear about its immigration agenda, but it was forthright Tuesday when it […]

Fish Wrap: Obama Reasserts His Authoritih!

No, really. Seriously. That is what their headline says: “In Week Of Tests, The President Reasserts His Authority.” Question for the Times: when did he actually assert his authority in the first place? After two months in which an oil gusher seemed to underscore the limits of his powers, President Obama spent the last week […]

Fish Wrap Says Decision To Remove McChrystal Shows His Decisiveness

It’s good to see the State Run Media able to run a serious “look at how great our messiah is!” article for a change, rather than the normal “oh, crap, what has he done this time? Spinning this will be hawwwwwd!” story of late. I was getting worried that the stress of spinning would cause […]

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