Rick Warren & choosing your battles
This is my first entry, so I'll probably make plenty of newbie posting mistakes.I welcome all feedback. I only ask that you show the strident "Wingnuts" out there (Anne Coulter, Sean Hannity, et al)...
View ArticleReleased from Guantanamo to kill again?
As mcjoan describes in her post The Myth of 61 and the Fear Wurlitzer, a growing number of news outlets are reporting claims that dozens of former Guantanamo detainees have returned to Al Queda.My...
View ArticleTell CNN to correct its story
Under the headline "Bipartisanship Didn't Last Long For Obama," CNN.com purports to answer this question: "What's the reason for the partisan divide?"Then, without any journalistic skepticism, CNN...
View ArticleSotomayor & North Korea: Coincidence?
That's pretty much the headline of an editorial by Ellen Ratner. Well, here's the ACTUAL headline: "The(sic) Is No Connection Between the Timing of the Sotomayor Announcement and the Trouble in North...
View ArticleThe drought ends! (I get a new chain letter.)
It had been a month. Maybe I'd finally pissed off enough people with my debunking replies, no one would dare send me any more right-wing chain letters.No such luck.Misery loves company. Which is why...
View ArticleWish I got paid to make stuff up, just like Ed Henry!
I was watching the local news Wednesday night on a Fox affiliate here in Richmond, VA, when I heard something shocking: Democratic Sen. Mark Warner was in trouble!
View ArticleCrowd sourcing request
This isn't really a diary, so I apologize for breaking protocol.I'm currently having a heated online discussion with one Kathleen McKinley (and someone else, who's apparently a fan of hers.) McKinley's...
View ArticleBill Maher: Michael Brown was "acting like a thug"
I'll keep this short and sour.Bill Maher's pronouncements about Islam gave aid and comfort to the xenophobic rightwing, who took to the airwaves to crow that "even liberal atheists" agree with their...
View Article(Updated) News Anchor Has Hissy Fit Over "Defiant Nurse"
And the Ron Burgundy Award goes to ...
View ArticleKossacks, I need your knowledge!
The short of it: My son wants your insights about small alternative news media or community news outlets. Anything from the name of a favorite independent online publication to articles/studies about...
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[UPDATE] Local news anchor tells truth, catches hell
Update: [11 pm Monday] Thanks so much to everyone who responded! Kossack monkeybrainpolitics perfectly expressed the reason for such an effort with this declaration: "Waves of hate have to be countered...
View ArticleSouthern Baptist Convention Says U.S. Should Welcome Refugees, Denounces...
The Southern Baptist Convention — the nation’s largest Protestant denomination (and a pretty conservative one at that) — passed two resolutions this week that should give progressives cheer: it called...
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