The takeover of mainstream media by large corporations has had two devastating effects. Most obvious is the editorial control that the corporations have exercised over their properties, but I think a bigger problem is the resulting fiscal control. The need to control costs and increase profits has led to a media that can afford to […]
“The Obama family is taking a vacation up there in Martha’s Vineyard, it is a good time for the president to take a vacation, I think. I mean, everything is fixed, right? Why not knock off? And they are talking about Obama may play a round of golf with Tiger Woods. That is a little […]
The media has been concentrating on the more lurid and confrontational aspects of the debate over health care reform; for example, the protestors at town halls, including the recent case of a man who had his finger bitten off during a fight (which was itself ironic, since he was against health care reform, but having […]
“President Obama’s enjoying himself. He’s having his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard all week. So far — this is what the news says — so far, he’s played tennis, golf; he’s gone swimming. Now it’s rumored he may play a game of bocce ball. It’s true. In other words, America is still waiting for its first […]
[This post was submitted by special ironic correspondent Avi Brand] The recent blockbuster news flash that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion made me wonder once again who is the worse President of the United States: Barack Obama as portrayed by the Marvel Universe, or Barack Obama as portrayed by Fox News. Well, […]
“There’s a big presidential election in Afghanistan. And President Hamid Karzai’s opponent is a man called Abdullah Abdullah. Apparently, his campaign slogan is, ‘The Abdullah so nice, they named him twice.’” – Conan O’Brien “Here’s the way it stands now. Hamid Karzai is leading in the election and he picked up a lot of swing […]
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo starts ranting about public health care in England. Congressman Anthony Weiner tries to explain to her that we don’t need to look at other countries, that we already have public health insurance in this country — namely Medicare — and that people who use it are very satisfied. This is when […]
A new website http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/ probes the controversial question about whether “Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990”. But in reality, the site is cleverly deconstructing of what passes for news in America. First, someone (usually with a vested interest) starts a rumor. Other people repeat the rumor. Now you have multiple sources […]
Sarah Palin has accepted an invitation to be the keynote speaker at a high profile Asian investment conference later this month. CLSA, the brokerage research firm that invited Palin, is well known for playing elaborate jokes. One year, they polled Asian fortune tellers to help determine financial index targets. Another time, they invited anime cartoonists […]
“This is weird. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il recently met with the C.E.O. of Hyundai. Apparently, the story is Hyundai wants to build cars in North Korea while Kim wants to use their windshields as sunglasses.” – Conan O’Brien “You folks have been following, probably, the elections in Afghanistan. You know what’s going on […]
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