The media continues to present this phony moral equivalency: Obama’s ads are somehow just as negative as McCain’s. On Meet the Press Sunday, Andrea Mitchell exemplified this ludicrous meme, unintentionally entering Onion and Saturday Night Live territory when she called the following “a remarkably negative ad”:
JonBenet, pt. 3: time to wake up, Professor Tracey
by Michael Tracey In the mid-1980s David Mills had tried to get a budget together to make a documentary based on my work on public broadcasting, making the case that market forces […]
JonBenet, pt. 2: vile bigotry and voodoo stupidity
by Michael Tracey Several incidents in particular focused my attention not on the murder but on how we seemed to be dealing with it as a culture. In March 1997 the CU […]
JonBenet, pt. 1: the establishment of a narrative
by Michael Tracey SHE pass’d away like morning dew Before the sun was high; So brief her time, she scarcely knew The meaning of a sigh. As round the rose its soft […]
CNN runs extremely misleading Obama headline
The day after the second Presidential Debate, one of CNN’s top online headlines was:
Ticker: Obama actions called ‘not presidential’
From Christmas to August: Prologue
AN ESSAY ON MURDER, MEDIA MAYHEM AND THE CONDITION OF THE CULTURE by Michael Tracey FOR PATSY RAMSEY, SHERRY KEENE-OSBORNE, and BARB SMITH Courageous and Good Ladies All Oft in the stilly […]
The Weekly Carboholic: U.S. consumer choices control U.S. carbon emissions
U.S. consumer choices control U.S. carbon emissions The financial bailout will affect how the world addresses global heating Arctic ocean may absorb more CO2 Scientists don’t know what fewer sunspots means for […]
From Christmas to August: an S&R exclusive on the JonBenet Ramsey case and what it says about America
Few events in recent memory have inflamed the American imagination quite like the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. More to the point, it’s hard to recall a case where passion and profound ignorance […]
Palin: It doesn't matter what's causing climate change
In yet another incredible interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric Tuesday evening, Sarah Palin tackled a response to Couric’s question as to whether climate change is “man-made.” In a manner imitable […]
Leaked memo of McCain camp's future Hail Marys
Tactic: Dress a small band of Alaskan National Guard troops in Russian military attire and stage an invasion of the Alaskan border, sending the rest of Alaskan National Guard troops, on Palin’s orders, to successfully capture or kill the “Russian invaders.”
Strategy: Ends questions about Palin’s national security credentials.
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