http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hystericalmedia/ en-us Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:00:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140290/posts The president-elect has to take a stand on Bush's dark legacy. A small and largely unnoticed spat among the transition planners for the president-elect, Barack Obama, broke out last week. It was the first genuinely passionate debate among the Obamaites and it centres on a terribly difficult and terribly important decision that will be among the first that Obama has to make. How does he deal with the legacy of criminal actions of his predecessor's administration when it comes to detention, interrogation, abuse and torture of terror suspects? That has long hovered in the back of the minds of those... UK Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140290/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2138625/posts Are you looking for hard hitting, serious journalism? Don't turn to the syndicated "newsmagazines" like Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, or The Insider (not that anyone ever did, of course). They are apparently admitting right up front that they have every intention of pumping up the Obama mythos by treating him "like royalty." TV Week is reporting that all the so-called "newsmagazines" (a misnomer for sure as tabloid spectacles are more to the truth of the matter) are going to try and fuel a ratings bump by promulgating Obamalot in a direct emulation of JFK's mythical "Camelot" years in office --... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2138625/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137839/posts The purest “Countdown” segment you’ll ever see: Not only is his reaction a foregone conclusion before the tape begins, but the commentary itself is largely dispensed with in favor of a sustained, closed-captioned sneer. Why they don’t use this gimmick for all footage of Republicans, with Olby’s theatrical mugging acting as a form of sign language to the nutroots faithful about precisely how disgusted they should be, I don’t know. No special comment, at least. In the spirit of the season, for this we give thanks. (Video after the jump_ Hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137839/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:11:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129923/posts Warning its readers to “be prepared to gag,” the “Scrapbook” page of this week's Weekly Standard magazine recited “some of the worst over-the-top reactions to The One's ascendance,” starting with Time's Nancy Gibbs who opened this week's cover story by comparing Obama with Jesus: “Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope...” In the November 17 issue, she heralded (citing his full name) the greater meaning of Obama's victory: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129923/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:12:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121123/posts On Thursday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, New York Times columnist Frank Rich charged that it looks "morally bad" and "idiotic" that Republicans have not elected a black candidate to federal office in six years. The Republican party also seemed to remind Rich of South Africa’s racist Apartheid policy of the past: "The fact is, this isn`t South Africa 25 years ago, this is a major political party that is essentially all white. And the hierarchy of it is definitely white. There hasn`t been a new black Republican elected to federal office, I think, in six years. And so, what does... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121123/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117134/posts Add this to the Republicans' lessons learned in 2008: One man's maverick is another man's diva. John McCain thought he was being clever picking a fellow maverick to be his running mate. The problem with mavericks, however, is that they don't follow instructions. Pretty soon they go rogue and before you know it you've got a full-fledged diva on your hands. When Sarah Palin, looking sharp in a black suit that could have come from Neiman Marcus, took the stage at a campaign rally in Leesburg yesterday, it didn't take long for roguish elements to creep into her speech. She... Wash Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117134/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:46:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107866/posts Has Mike Barnicle called Sarah Palin stupid? Seems that way. In a Huffington Post column that Mika Brzezinski read on today's Morning Joe, Barnicle, referring to Palin, wrote of the: "preposterous pronouncements of a woman whose candidacy is an insult to intelligence." Let's deconstruct. The normal formulation is to speak of something being an "insult to our intelligence" in the sense of asserting something that is obviously unbelievable. For example, you might say Barack Obama insulted our intelligence when he claimed against all evidence during this week's debate that his only tie to ACORN is his past representation of the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107866/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098037/posts Warner Todd Huston Examiner.com Attacks Gov. Palin’s Unborn Grandchild 2008-10-05 -By Warner Todd Huston Ben Kamin: In Year 2024 Palin’s Grandchild a ‘Bastard,’ Loser Palin Operates a ‘Lenscrafters,’ Hates Grandson Apparently, Rabbi Ben Kamin thinks he’s a funny guy. Yes, he must be auditioning for SNL with his latest column on the Examiner.com, a Denver based, Internet news service. You see, to devise the newest way to smear Governor Sarah Palin, the “Rabbi” thought it would be hilarious to wonder what the life of Palin’s grandchild, son-to-be of Palin’s daughter Bristol, will be like in the year 2024. This odious... Men's News Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098037/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:06:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097380/posts UNSIGNED EDITORIAL: Dick Cheney, Role Model: In all the talk about the vice-presidential debate, there was an issue that did not get much attention but kept nagging at us: Sarah Palin’s description of the role and the responsibilities of the office for which she is running, vice president of the United States. Bob Herbert: Palin’s Alternate Universe: Sarah Palin is the perfect exclamation point to the Bush years. We’ve lived through nearly two terms of an administration that believed it could create its own reality: GAIL COLLINS: Talking in Points: The Republicans were euphoric over Sarah Palin’s debate performance, particularly... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097380/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096812/posts Just when you think mainstream media people can't stoop much lower in their final stages of Palin Derangement Syndrome, they plunge to new depths. Suzy Shuster works as a sideline reporter for ABC Sports. She also blogs at the Huffington Post. Her most recent contribution is,"Say It Ain't So: Trig Palin's Post-Debate Photo Op." She describes what irritated her most at last night's vice presidential debate: It actually came after the debate, when for seemingly the millionth time, Sarah Palin trotted out her piece de resistance, her favorite prop of this campaign season: her five and a half month old... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096812/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:03:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093298/posts The CBC has issued an apology and retraction for posting a controversial online column by freelancer Heather Mallick about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin earlier this month. Following 300-plus complaints from readers, and attacks from Canadian and American media organizations, including Fox News, publisher John Cruickshank said the public broadcaster had erred in its editorial judgement and the item should never have appeared on the CBC website. In an online statement, Cruickshank said reaction to the column has caused the CBC to install new editing procedures that will ensure inappropriate work won't appear. "We are open to contentious reasoned argument... canadianpress.google.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093298/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094284/posts So Sarah Palin's participation in the vice presidential debate is going to be the sparring equivalent of bumper bowling. The McCain camp insisted upon a tightly formatted structure for Palin's debate with Joe Biden, one that is designed to protect her from spontaneous questions and discussion. Geraldine Ferraro was granted no special protection when she debated George H.W. Bush in 1984, and it is inexplicable why the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates gave in to McCain's demands now. It's hard to call this progress. An experienced, knowledgeable female candidate should not require special treatment. But Sarah Palin is a female... Madistan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094284/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:11:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088985/posts It's no secret that everyone is weighing in on politics these days, from David Letterman to Barbara Walters and the esteemed ladies of "The View," who, as the New York Times pointed out today, have had Barack Obama, John McCain and even Bill Clinton on their couch, with McCain clearly getting the toughest grilling. But should film critics be weighing in on the presidential race as well? It's no secret that America's leading film critic, the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert, has been on quite a roll lately, writing a series of barbed commentaries about GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088985/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088245/posts ..... The economic crisis brings a new question, unarticulated so far but there, and I know because when I mention it to people they go off like rockets. It is: Do you worry that neither of them is up to it? Up to the job in general? Is either Mr. McCain or Mr. Obama actually up to getting us through this and other challenges? I haven't heard a single person say, "Yes, my guy is the answer." A lot of shrugging is going on out there. This is a read not only on the men but on the moment. ........ Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088245/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:06:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087772/posts 'SNL' Palin 'Incest' Skit Angers Viewers Viewers, Bloggers Think Skit Went Over Line POSTED: 11:30 am EDT September 22, 2008 UPDATED: 12:14 pm EDT September 22, 2008 For the second week in a row, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has taken to lampooning Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin -- but this time, it has angered conservative viewers over a skit that suggests that the Alaska governor's husband, Todd Palin, was having sex with the couple's daughters. In the skit, show guest host James Franco plays an assignment editor at the New York Times at the head of an editorial meeting.... WNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087772/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087087/posts On last nights Saturday Night Live, there was an eight minute clip that focused on the NY Times coverage of Sarah Palin. The skit addressed a fictional meeting where the Peter Conolly Assignment Editor of the NY Times explains his plans to send 50 reporters to Alaska, to dig dirt on the Palins. The media may try to play this off as SNL bringing up the topic of incest in the Palin household.  The real story is that SNL framed the NY Times and it's staff for precisely what kind of tactics they have used against the Palins so far. ... Saturday Night Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087087/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087059/posts A week after a high-profile send-up of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," the NBC comedy show returned to making fun of the Alaskan governor in a skit where New York Times reporters sought to probe the possibility Palin's husband was having sex with the couple's own daughters. "What about the husband?" asked a Times reporter during a mock assignment meeting for the paper. "You know he's doing those daughters. I mean, come on. It's Alaska." The assignment editor for the Times, portrayed by actor James Franco, responded: "He very well could be. Admittedly, there is... worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087059/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:09:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086961/posts A week after a high-profile send-up of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," the NBC comedy show returned to making fun of the Alaskan governor in a skit where New York Times reporters sought to probe the possibility Palin's husband was having sex with the couple's own daughters. "What about the husband?" asked a Times reporter during a mock assignment meeting for the paper. "You know he's doing those daughters. I mean, come on. It's Alaska." The assignment editor for the Times, portrayed by actor James Franco, responded: "He very well could be. Admittedly, there is... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086961/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:07:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086656/posts Mr. McCain, on Monday you repeated your delusional notion that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Now, the federal government is working on a deal to save that economy from collapsing. You have admitted that the economy is not your forte, so you could have used a running mate with some financial chops. (Remember Mitt Romney?) But no. Who did you pick? SnowJob SquareGlasses whose financial credentials include running Wasilla into debt, listing (but not selling) a plane on EBay and flip-flopping on a bridge to wherever. In fact, when it comes to real issues in general, she may... nytimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086656/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086403/posts Now that the dust is beginning to settle from the whirlwind descent of Hurricane Sarah, it may be time to stand back a little and assess in perspective what the moose-hunting beauty from Wasilla, Alaska, has wrought. Things will change between now and November, but she has already had a sizeable impact, and four major themes do stand out: 1. Call off the funeral. Three weeks ago, the wisdom was that the conservative movement was over and done with. It had burned itself out, taking the Republican party down with it, and setting the stage for the biggest explosion of... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086403/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:34:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085982/posts ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- He's the man Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin affectionately calls her "first dude." Todd Palin, who grew up in Alaska, is a former oilfield worker and world-record holding snowmobile racer. Todd and Sarah met in high school at a basketball game and eloped in 1988, six years after graduation. Todd grew up in Alaska and is part Eskimo. He's an avid outdoorsman and champion of the Iron Dog snowmobile race. He's worked in Alaska's oil industry and as a fisherman. But in recent times, he's had another role. Some call him the "Shadow Governor." CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085982/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:30:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086111/posts ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- He's the man Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin affectionately calls her "first dude." Todd Palin was introduced to the nation at the Republican National Convention as a blue-collar oil worker, a laid-back father of five and a world-record-holding snowmobile racer. Todd and Sarah met in high school at a basketball game and eloped in 1988, six years after graduation. Todd grew up in Alaska and is part Eskimo. He's an avid outdoorsman and champion of the Iron Dog snowmobile race. He's worked in Alaska's oil industry and as a fisherman. But in recent times, he's had another... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086111/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085505/posts The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reviewing complaints from both Americans and Canadians about a Web site columnist who recently described Sarah Palin’s supporters as “white trash,” compared the vice presidential candidate to a “porn actress” and called her daughter’s boyfriend a “redneck” and “ratboy.” The incendiary column by Toronto-based writer Heather Mallick appeared on the CBC News site on Sept. 5, after the close of the Republican National Convention. On the same day, Britain’s Guardian newspaper published another column by Mallick in which she trashed Palin’s home state of Alaska as a “frontier state full of drunks and crazy people.”... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085505/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082979/posts The photographer that viciously smeared John McCain at her website might be facing a lawsuit for violating the terms of agreement in her contract with The Atlantic magazine. As NewsBusters reported Saturday, Jill Greenberg not only admitted to taking a rather sinister picture of the Republican presidential candidate that she hoped The Atlantic would use on its October cover, but she also generated some truly disturbing and disgraceful images of McCain which she proudly displayed at her website. The magazine's editor, James Bennet, told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Monday that he was deeply sorry about this incident, and that... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082979/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082933/posts The editor of The Atlantic Monthly said Monday he is sending a letter of apology to John McCain after a woman the magazine hired to photograph the Republican presidential nominee posted manipulated pictures from the photo shoot on her Web site. Photographer Jill Greenberg, who is vehemently anti-Republican and expressed glee that the photos would stir up conservative ire, took pictures of McCain for the cover of The Atlantic’s October issue. During the shoot, she took several other backlit pictures, which she then doctored and posted to her site. In one photo, she added blood oozing from McCain’s shark-toothed mouth... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082933/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:40:53 GMT