[holymoly]

My apologies if this has already been posted, nothing turned up in a search.

[thoughtomator]

This article is a case study in psychological projection!

[Interesting Times]

Zerbisias pines for the bygone era when dissenting opinion could simply be ignored by the liberal media apparat. How distasteful to live in this awful new world, in which one is constantly subjected to ideas one hates, and in which conservatives -- conservatives -- have taken it upon themselves to pressure the media, something that for decades was exclusively the province of one's fellow leftists. How disconcerting. How... unnatural.

And to think; this poor man's anguish is likely to continue for the rest of his earthly days.

Heh. Heh-heh-heh...

[Billthedrill]

The Reagans was never meant to be a news program. It was designed as drama, and cheesy drama at that. But its critics seem to be saying that most Americans can't discern between TV fiction and news.

This is certainly the current spin. It is a lie. What the libs are trying to obscure here is the clear line between fiction and biography. There are two entirely different sets of rules that apply, two entirely different levels of obligation to accuracy. Were the names of the principals artfully altered and the circumstances changed, any amount of "artistic license" (by which we mean deliberate distortion of the truth) is excusable, but where the principals are (1) living, and (2) presented under their real names, it is not only unconscionable, it borders on the downright illegal, to present falsehood masquerading as reality.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I wouldn't expect the Canuks to "get it" about "the Reagans" and the ordinary Americans' reaction to it.
They've never had anyone like him.

[lasereye]

First, there was CBS's dumping of its sweeps period biopic The Reagans after a right wing-organized backlash, and then, at Thursday's Canadian Journalists For Free Expression awards dinner, I got into a surreal argument with a TV network foreign affairs producer who made the outrageous claim that the U.S. never lied about its motives for attacking Iraq.

The two events are related because it has been my experience in the past two years that, every time you raise an issue that makes those on the right uncomfortable, they change the subject and argue about something else.

I'm trying to figure out where in the article he shows that conservatives are changing the subject when he points out something about The Reagans. Or for that matter on Iraq. Or was that just some unrelated observation? This guy should cut down on the bong hits.

[RightWingAtheist]

The Toronto Star is arguably the most far-left major daily paper in the Northwestern Hemisphere. The bias isn't pink-it's deep scarlet red.

[Allegra]

It's a wonder I stopped bashing my head long enough to eke out this column.

The rattling sound coming from inside the head sounded like a baby's rattle. A big, loud one full of marbles.

You should put some ice on that.

[Jorge]

....the outrageous claim that the U.S. never lied about its motives for attacking Iraq.

I've been hearing this accusation for months, but am still waiting to hear what exactly they lied about.

[doug from upland]

I wouldn't mind a shot or two hitting him in the head with drywall.

[Beck_isright]

"If that's not enough irony for you, consider this: President Ronald Reagan was the guy who, in 1987, vetoed legislation, passed by both the U.S. Congress and the Senate, that would have entrenched the "Fairness Doctrine.'' As a president who was big on keeping government out of the business of business, he did not see the value in a law that would have forced broadcasters to present balanced accounts of controversial issues."

Translation: The left is still pissed about losing control of radio and television 16 years later.

[Wolfhound777]

I'm thinking of having the above photo retaken in order to show the drywall embedded in my forehead. It's a wonder I stopped bashing my head long enough to eke out this column.

He quit knocking his head before any sense got in. He needs to continue bashing his head for as long as it takes.