The “Liberal Media” Fails Again...

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Sunday June 02, 2013 · 7:23 PM PDT

2013/06/02 · 19:23

The “liberal media” fails again; and in this case both figuratively and literally....

ABC News (and I use the term News only because they do) ran a story about Darrell (less than highly credible (http://www.politicususa.com/...)) Issa's accusations that the order for the IRS to targeted conservative groups was generated from “somewhere” in D.C. ( http://abcnews.go.com/...).

Now, back in the good old days, you would have expected the journalist presenting this information (@ArletteSaenz ) to have requested evidence and published that evidence for the claims made (especially considering the source). But, O.K. We don't live in the good old days. We now live in the “he said / she said,” “all narratives are equal regardless of the evidence” days.

Fair enough, but damn Arlette, there is no “she said” there. No comment from the administration, not even a... “the administration was contacted, but we had not received a response by the time this went to press.”

The story is a now a top runner on Yahoo News (again I use the word “news” advisedly). It appears the popular media isn't even trying to be objective any more. Which leads me to a question:

Are our corporate overlords desperate or just convinced that they have it won?

When Even the "Liberal" Media Misses the Story

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Tuesday May 28, 2013 · 6:35 PM PDT

2013/05/28 · 18:35

Mitch McConnell and the rest of the GOP Senators submit an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court urging the court to curtail the President's ability to make recess appointments (http://www.scribd.com/...) . The story is basically ignored in the mainstream media (no surprise there). But even in what is considered, the "liberal media," the pure hypocrisy of the brief is not pointed out.

TPM (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...) covers the brief (full disclosure; I'm both a Kos and TPM junky), but even they fail point out the blatant hypocrisy of it; the GOP Senators (many of whom have been in office for portions of both the W. Bush and Obama presidencies) never complained about recess appointments under W.

For the record: "President George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments, and as of January 5, 2012, President Barack Obama had made 32 recess appointments (http://en.wikipedia.org/...). Yes, you read that previous link correctly; I got it off of the Wiki-freaking-Pedia. No great investigative talent necessary. But damn, if even reliable liberal outlets aren't pointing out blatant hypocrisy, how can I even hope that popular commercial media will ever again even deign to notice?

First Diary: I Had a Thought

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Tuesday February 05, 2013 · 6:25 PM PST

2013/02/05 · 18:25

So, after work today I was perusing the wire services to see if any reporters actually committed journalism (I know, I know, but hope springs eternal) and I came across a couple of articles that caught my attention. In the first one it seems that the VA legislature thinks that their current voter ID law isn't strong enough. It needed to be tightened up so it would only include photo ID's (you know, like a driver's license). In the second article, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was making the argument that requiring someone to register their firearm would inevitably lead to the infringement of rights of law abiding citizens.

And then I had a thought...

If the government can require me to register and basically get a license to vote, why the hell would anybody be upset about having to do the same thing to own a firearm?

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