UPDATED: 1:54pm Can you at least pretend you’re trying, CNBC? Today’s headline: Trump campaign says it raised $46 million in fourth quarter, dwarfing Democrats’ hauls Sure. Except: Sanders: $34.5m Buttigieg: $24.7m Biden: […]
#fakenewswatch: Give me a fucking break, Newsweek
What utter, unvarnished horseshit. LISA MURKOWSKI’S ‘COURAGE’ IN SPLITTING WITH MCCONNELL ON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PROCESS ‘COULD BE CONTAGIOUS,’ SENATOR SAYS These people aren’t upset because Mitch isn’t being impartial. They’re upset because […]
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Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher acquitted. Are we getting the whole story?
PBS News Hour reports: Why Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murdering Iraqi captive. When the King of All Dumpster Fires tweeted support, I knew Gallagher was guilty. At […]
The Democratic party is clearly casting to the right
Change my mind Pelosi wants us to think there are like maybe 5 of us. Let’s take a little look at the politics of the possible, shall we? Let’s start by trotting […]
National Sunshine Week? Hardly.
Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
“Officer-involved shooting” – what does it mean when people try to mislead you?
Headlines beginning with “officer shoots _________” attract unwanted attention. Passive, beige language encourages us to move on because there’s nothing to see here. Something happened last night. Any idea what it was? […]
New Marist/NPR/PBS poll showing Hispanics approve of Donald is flawed
Donald never lets a mere fact stand in the way of good propaganda, but the rest of us should be skeptical of his opinion poll-based claims.
Today in the Not News: Senate shutdown-ending bill
Poison pill? What poison pill? Maybe I’m cynical. As I read that, if this were to become law, all an opposition party would have to do to cut funding for a “program, […]
“Fact checking”: of lies, distortions, and omissions, intentional or otherwise
See also: our s@*t doesn’t stink Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood gadfly, back to swing from your nose hairs for a moment. Common Dreams has a 90% excellent article up at the […]