By dcmediagirl on Nov 4, 2008 in Bill Clinton, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story | View Comments
What If It Had Been the Clintons? What if Bill or Hillary Clinton’s grandmother had died the day before the election? Let’s speculate. Republicans would have flown back from campaigning to hold emergency hearings in both the House and Senate to “investigate”. The right wing and religious wackos would have crash produced an “educational” video [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 30, 2008 in Nancy Pelosi | View Comments
(bumped up by SusanUnPC with an additional note at the end from Andy, one of our sharpest readers) Look, we can all quibble about the Bailout Bill that just tanked in Congress. I’m sure that we can comb through the provisions and find something we don’t like. Well, welcome to real life. Most bills passed [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 16, 2008 in Current Affairs, MSNBC, Obamedia | View Comments
Sit through this if you can manage. If I’d been an NBC exec listening to this drivel I probably would have had an aneurism. Keep in mind that this went out live on the air on MSNBC. This is not Saturday Night Live or Mad TV. This is not Will Farrell parodying the hilarious obsequiousness [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 11, 2008 in Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Sarah Palin, Women | View Comments
I had an interesting conversation today with a Democratic member of Congress who called to chat about the campaign. This man is someone I’m proud to call a friend. He’s a serious person and a great patriot with a wicked sense of humor. He’s not a buffoon, a bot or a tool. He’s a staunch [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 5, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
A man who purports to be a medical doctor has this to say: First, a little political mischief. Sounds like fun! Since being chosen as John’s McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin has caused a hurricane in the media and blogosphere, where one rumor has it that her 4-month old son, Trig, born with Down syndrome, [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 4, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
They still don’t get it: On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry. On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry. We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked. Promising! We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 4, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
So Salon conducted an “interview” (if by “interview” you mean typing answers to weak, insipid questions) with Markos Moulitsas about his insane clown posse “progressive” blog and thoughts on how to advance “liberal” causes. You also write with respect for many of the campaign strategies Republicans have successfully employed over the years. How much of [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 3, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
It saddens me immensely to have to post this entry. I’ve been let down by one of my role models, and I don’t like it. I have two idols in the print world, two men whose command of the English language is elegant, witty and forceful. One is Christopher Hitchens, whose Clinton hatred and Iraq [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 3, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Dr. Laura isn’t buying it: I am extremely disappointed in the choice of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Republican Party…. Children and young adults look to those who are visible and successful as a road map of what is acceptable behavior and emulate those actions over the morals and values their [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 3, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
No doubt you’ve heard about the Republican Noise Machine. Welcome to the Nutroot Echo Chamber 2008. Here’s how it works: Some idiot posts a wild-eyed, ridiculous conspiracy theory on a blog. It’s picked up by other bloggers. Rumor becomes brushfire which starts to burn out of control across the Internets. MSM picks up on rumor. [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 3, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
It’s no surprise that the neurotic, egomaniacal and youth- and appearance-oriented men who work in Hollywood’s dream factory would prefer to keep powerful women in their rightful place: relegated to the big and little screen. In other words, the world of fantasy. Sure, they compensate for their deep seated sexism by going to fundraisers and [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 2, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
On September 11, 2001 I was working for a media organization that was located about 5 minutes away from the Pentagon. That morning, two of my colleagues were driving to work on the highway adjacent to where American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. They both witnessed the plane going into the building, the [...]
By dcmediagirl on Sep 1, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
From Reuters: ST. PAUL (Reuters) – The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin’s five children with [...]
By dcmediagirl on Aug 30, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
The Democratic party is at a crossroads. Only the party mandarins can decide whether to try to right the ship and steer it on the right course or whether to allow the creaky vessel to hit the iceberg. Given what I’ve seen up to this point I’m not exactly holding my breath. Seriously, how screwed [...]
By dcmediagirl on Aug 29, 2008 in Current Affairs | View Comments
It’s too soon for me to decide whether McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate is a colossal f***up or a history-making brainwave. I confess that when I first heard the news I thought that the press had screwed up their information or that they’d been played by some bored interns at the [...]
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