Tag: Media Coverage

2010 Anal-Ocity #26

Just when I thought most of the stupid, moronic and worthless mind dribble was finished for the year……I should have known….nothing is that simple…..thank God or there would be no need for my Anal-Ocity award…..

Once again one of the Tea Party’s darlings has made a complete ass of herself…..this after she basically ran away from a press date in Nevada……

Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle gave a revealing interview Monday to Fox News’ Carl Cameron, in which she said that her campaign wanted the press “to be our friend.”

“We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer, so that they report the news the way we want it reported.”

Angle added that she would like it if the press would allow her to plug her Web site and solicit donations on the air.

In other words she does NOT want to be asked any hard or revealing questions….she wants to set the agenda for the media…..not bad……what questions does she really want to be asked…. and who is the ever present ‘we’?

Where Is The Condemnation?

More from the VOMITORIUM

By now I believe everybody has witnessed the story of the black lady who worked for the USDA and her racist rant….which was a total fabrication…..and the mainstream media once it got the whole tape came down on the side of the Right and asking why the WH act too quickly to force this woman to resign….

I agree that the government acted before the whole picture was seen……but that is NOT the story they should be reporting….but then ALL conservs will do the stories that will do the most harm to the Pres…..that is ALL that matters to make the WH look ineffectual and panicky…….

The REAL story should be that some yellow journalist has ruined the life of an innocent person…..all the try and get even with the NAACP for the resolution on racists in the Tea Party……..it is all about a woman that was slandered by some pig on the Far Right and NO one is holding him accountable, at least in the media.  Why?

The Mainstream Media should be ashamed of itself….if they want to be journalist than they need to let the bullshit reside where it is most comfortable….FOX News.  Watching FOX news I have NOT seen them apologize for their coverage on a loop to be sure that all their pea brain viewers would get a shot at it…….and after some coward trying to disguise himself as a journalist has gone on FOX and defended the tape…and still NO one has called him to task to his action…….

Let me be the first (hopefully NOT) to apologize to Ms. Sherrod for the treatment she has received and continues to receive in the media…”I am truly sorry for the actions of the media…..it is never about the truth but rather the agenda”…….

If you dipsticks take these people seriously as journalists then you deserve the crap they feed you!

Oil Spill Theater

Daily Agitator

Just like ALL issues or situations…the political theater is in full swing……the Gulf oil spill is a train wreck that I cannot stop staring at…..and the politics of the spill are so f*cking absurd that I cannot stop keeping up with ……

We have the CEO of BP who cannot take his foot out of his mouth….we have news organizations that are trying to link the spill to Obama and his band of radical environmentalists and we have state politics speaking and accusing and….all in all playing politics….with a disaster of this magnitude, that should be treason or some equally serious crime…

Mississippi’s Haley Barbour has gone on record as saying that the drilling moratorium is more disastrous than the spill…,.and then there is Louisiana’s  gov. Jindal…who has spent more time in front of the cameras than Paris Hilton….he has accused the government of slow action…he has accused BP of withholding info and cash…he has…..oh Hell he has accused everybody but Christ for the oil problems.

He has especially bitched about not having the proper tools at his disposal to fight the oil spill…..B-U-T!

a CBS News Investigates report that Gulf coast governors haven’t been fully utilizing the 17,500 National Guard troops authorized by the federal government to help them with the oil spill,  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office offered a tart response.In a statement sent to ProPublica, Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin said that Louisiana would “call up more National Guard troops as the Adjutant General tells us he needs them.”

He followed up with a harsh criticism of the federal government’s response efforts.

“We spend more time fighting red tape and bureaucracy than we ever should have to if the federal government understood this oil spill as the war that it is.”

Jindal’s statement doesn’t address the specific question of why Louisiana is using only 1,053 of the 6,000 National Guard troops available to the state. The governor said that he would “deploy every resource” available to win the war against the BP oil spill, and complained that Coast Guard and BP authorization were required for individual tasks, which apparently slowed down the deployment of National Guard troops. However, the governor’s office told CBS News that he has not specifically asked for more National Guard troops.

He is playing a political game…..he is following the GOP line that the government is to blame….every time I see him on the tube he is throwing out political barbs at the president….he seldom answers direct questions of what HE is doing….he is playing the people for political advantage……personally I think the pigs like this are the assh*les we can live without.

2010 Anal-Ocity #24

I expect to hear one of our political “leaders”, and I use the term loosely, to say something anal and completely moronic…..then I see one from a well respected person and it just becomes even MORE anal when it is said by one of these people….

This one came from the mouth of a well respected journalist around Washington, Helen Thomas…..when asked a question on the street about the Jews and Palestinian thing she replied and on camera to boot….

Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Poland and Germany.

As a professional journalist she should have NEVER made this comment!

Thomas has been fixture at the White News Desk for about 150 years (an exaggeration) and she has let her personal opinion invade her professionalism….it is time for her to remopve her self from the prestigious front row of the WH news briefings……she has outlived her usefulness in the media….time for her to go into retirement…she has had an illustrious career and it would be a shame if it was to be defined be her one statement…..but if she stays…it will BE.

How Do We Fight The Fat?

Daily Agitator

There has been an amazing dialog going on and on and on and……that is the dialog about the increasing problem of obesity in the US.  Endless and I DO mean endless talkers and specials and ….whatever other technique they choose to use to make the point that Americans are FAT…..

With the recession in full swing az study was done in june by Gallup:

Healthways shows that in the past year, the number of Americans considered obese has jumped by 1.7 percent—or almost 5.5 million people—and that the obese report a much lower quality of life than those who are at healthier weights.

As part of their larger Well-Being Index, Gallup pollsters began surveying 1,000 Americans a day in an attempt to create a comprehensive index able to track the daily, monthly and yearly shifts in American life. As a result, they now have more than 460,000 completed surveys offering a unique perspective on trends in the health and happiness of America. Several of the questions on the poll have to do with weight and the data from Gallup indicates that the number of individuals who have a Body Mass Index over 30 and are thereby classified as “obese,” has risen from 25.1 percent of the population surveyed to 26.8 percent between the first quarter of this year and last. (BMI is the ratio of height to weight.)

And then there are those that say there is discrimination in the job market against fat people….there is probably a study on this too but I was unable to find it….well that is a bit of a lie….I did not Google…..

Let us get back to the whole TV evangelism on the subject of obesity.  Personally, I am really tired of the sanctimonious a/holes that preach about the situation of obesity…..these talkers do nothing but accuse the obese as lazy and unfit…..there self-serving answer to the problem is to exercise more and eat grass…..to which I yell HORSESH*T!

These mouthy hypocrites do NOT live on Main Street….they have all the advantages of the wealthy….gym access, personal trainers, dietitians, all the benefits of not having to worry about anything but who to book for today’s show.  Few offer any insight to the problem other than the laziness of the people who suffer from obesity….they spend their time trying to shame people and make fun of them….they have NO answers other than ridiculing them….

I know I am an SOB most of the time…and this post is NO different…..but unlike my well paid comrades…I have an answer that has escaped them……I bet you want the answer….right?

Since the fattest states are the poorest states….and if these self-serving people want to find a cure for obesity……then find a cure for POVERTY!  Period!

It is just that simple…….even the media talkers could grasp a simple solution….at least you would think they could……

Rational Ignorance Effect

Ever since the election in November 0f 2008, many people, bloggers and journalists have been trying to explain thye actions of the GOP.  We have heard that they are a dying party or that they are not in touch with the feelings of the voter.  No matter which or what you think is happening to the GOP there is one thing to keep in mind….they are professionals and they are pretty good at the game of politics.

So what is the reason that the GOP is appearing so weak?

First of all, the American people on an individual basis, realizes that their single vote is unlikely to determine the outcome of anything.  For this reason they do not spend too much time researching to get the reliable information they need.  The voter relies heavily on the media for their information and in these days of cable they look for those channels and reports that will reinforce their beliefs in the world view.

The voter lacks incentive to cast an informed vote.  Therefore FOX and MSNBC form their knowledge of any given situation.  Most voters will be rationally uninformed on many issues.  They wilkl depend on political information suppliers like the mass media to the issues that are of personal importance.

This situation has a name….it is called the “Rational Ignorance Effect”

In my opinion this is what the GOP is employing in their attacks on Obama.  They use buzzwords that have no real place in the conversation with the hope that political ignorance will play in their favor.

If one needs an illustration then I say just take a long hard look at the last “Tea Party” protests…..they were billed about the outrage in Obama tax increases….but if anyone bothered to check there were few if any tax increases.  Basically it was just a ploy to get people lavered up and go out and bash the president.  It was NEVER about raising taxes.

Some will say that the “Rational Ignorance Effect” is losing some of its validity…..because to the popularity of the internet……I say that is not completely accurate……voters will use the internet like they use the media….they will find information that supports their world view.  For that reason, Rational Ignorance Effect is still as valid as it ever was.

Invasion Of The Swine (Flu)

Let the hysterics begin.

There are 20 confirmed cases in the US, six in Canada and one in Spain, the first case in Europe. In most cases outside Mexico, people have been only mildly ill and have made a full recovery.

In other developments:

• Tests are also being carried out on individuals or groups in New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Britain and Israel who fell ill following travel to Mexico

• A top US health official has warned that there could be “more severe cases” to come

• Shares in airlines have fallen sharply on fears about the economic impact of the outbreak

Come on people–IT IS THE FLU! Buy some Tamflu, avoid sick people and wash your filthy hands. And maybe get that flu shot you have been avoiding. But by NO means panic.

It is killing people in 3rd world countries where there is one doctor for every 10,000 people. It is not some terrorist attack. There are no pigs waiting at the border with bombs and guns poised to attack. It is a health issue not a national security one.

Why would the Homeland Security people be involved? Damn people salmonella kills more people than this and has put a lot more in the hospital. IT IS A FLU!

The media has turned it into some sensational story and has driven the American people to madness. This is why Americans use the emergency room as their family doctor–the media drives the hysteria. The media keeps going back to the early 1900’s and the death associated with a flu outbreak….think about it….back then there were few doctors and most of America was poor…a pretty good combo for death from a flu…huh?

Stock up on meds, keep clean and stay away from sickos…….now you have the ammo to combat the terrible intrusion of the swine terror. Have we as a country lost all common sense or just gullible?

The Hooker Express

First it was some damn silly notion that a high speed rail line from Las Vegas to Disneyland….no such proposal exists…but that does not deter the Repubs from lying…the newest BS comment on the stim package is a hoot.

Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) took the lies to a new level today when he — with the help of an enthusiastic Fox News’s Megyn Kelly — declared that the 2009 omnibus bill included funding for a train traveling straight from “Disney” to Nevada’s most famous brothel, the Moonlight Bunny Ranch:

KELLY: It’s a super railroad, of sorts — a line that will deliver customers straight from Disney, we kid you not, to the doorstep of the moonlight bunny ranch brothel in Nevada. I say, to the moonlight Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada. So should your tax dollars be paying for these kinds of projects? […]

FRANKS: The majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Harry Reid has fought for this publicly and is committed to this project, even in the face of criticism. … If this is something that is truly the priority of the majority leader of the US senate, it’s pretty late in the day, Megyn.

Reid’s office confirmed that Franks is referring to a proposal to refurbish a historic railroad line between Gold Hill, NV, and Carson City — hardly a direct line from L.A. to the “doorstep” of a brothel. Considering there’s no funding for high-speed rail between L.A. and Las Vegas — despite Republicans’ frenetic assertions to the contrary — the idea of a Disneyland-Bunny Ranch supertrain is far-fetched, to say the least.

Ironically, at the end of the pathetically ill-informed segment, Kelly asked how politicians can be held accountable for these mythical boondoggles; Franks replied with praise for Fox News: “Fortunately, people like yourself and Fox News are a tremendous help in that regard because they tell the people — you know, sunlight has a way of being an accountability all by itself.”

And yet there are those that think FOX News is a reliable source for news….but there motto should be….”we do not let the facts stand in the way of our reporting”.

Another FOX News Moron Speaks

Apparently CNN came to their senses that is why Glenn Beck is now regurgitating his made up news for the home of made up news–FOX.

But stupidity can only go so far and in this case he may well be on his way to an “Assie” award.

During the January 30 broadcast of his Fox News program, Glenn Beck falsely suggested that the Obama administration has named a program it is reportedly planning to establish to purchase toxic assets from private banks the “Bad Asset Repository Fund — BARF.” Beck later stated: “When you got a group of people that can’t figure out the acronym bill would be BARF, I think maybe we should change the name. Don’t you think that, really, we should stop listening to these people?” Beck offered no source for his statement, but on-screen text accompanying that segment read: “FORBES: ‘BAD BANK’ = BARF; BAD ASSET REPOSITORY FUND.” But the January 29 Forbes.com article that referenced the acronym BARF did not attribute it to the Obama administration, as Beck suggested. In fact, in the article — titled “Here Comes the BARF” — reporter Liz Moyer specifically noted that “[t]hey haven’t named it yet” before going on to write that it “would be truth in advertising” to call “a federal ‘bad bank’ to soak up toxic assets the Bad Asset Repository Fund.”

But Beck went on and on about how the guys in the Obama Admin should “get it”.

Maybe these guys should try to remember that this is the decade of “gotcha” media, that whatever they say can and will come back and bite a big chunk out of their collective asses.

There Was Never Gonna Be A Honeymoon

In the past, there had seem to be a grace period, a honeymoon, for the incoming president.  He was given time to put his administration together and to get all his ducks in a row.  But it appears that there was never going to be a honeymoon from president-elect Obama.

The media is relishing in the creation of a story out of something that is a no story.  The media pundits are constantly saying that they believe that Obama is clean of any wrong doing in the Blago-gate, but continue to attack his integrity.

There was NEVER gonna be a honeymoon for Obama.  The Repubs and the media cannot waste time on the facts, they need to create a scandal where there is none.  Repubs had to make this all up, why?  They have nothing to offer the American people, no direction, no leadership, nothing.  This is their opportunity to appear revelent–they are not!

Anyone that reads my writings will know that I am not a cheerleader for Obama, but in this case I will come to his defense.  All these questions from the media and Repubs is not news, it is however, business as usual…..personal attacks and partisanship.  No change there.

The Repubs are playing the same game they always play…hyper-partisanship.  They will try to keep the spotlight off of themselves as much as possible.  So far, I see nothing that will bring the change that all have promised.

So far in Washington I see new faces, but few new ideas.

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