Category Archives: Media Behaving Badly

Olbermann Thought it was A-OK for NPR to Fire Williams

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Les Jones

Jim Treacher – Keith Olbermann is an impartial journalist. Just ask him! In other Yes, Keith Actually Said That news, here are some selections from his Twitter feed a couple of weeks ago, giving a full-throated defense of NPR’s decision … Continue reading →

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And he’s back. Olbermann returns Tuesday.

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Les Jones

That was quick. Previously – Ready, Fire, Aim! Olbermann’s Replacement Also Made Political Contributions

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Ready, Fire, Aim! Olbermann’s Replacement Also Made Political Contributions

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Les Jones

Smooth move, MSNBC. Previously – The MSNBC Rule That Got Olbermann Suspended is Un-American

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The MSNBC Rule That Got Olbermann Suspended is Un-American

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Les Jones

MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann for violating a clause in his contract that prohibits MSNBC journalists from contributing to political campaigns. There’s no doubt he violated the terms of his contract, but while I’m not a fan of Olbermann the man … Continue reading →

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Wendi Thomas is an idiot,* bless her heart

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Les Jones

I love Web comments, but it’s true that newspaper comments are the low man on the totem pole. So I can sort of see where Memphis Commercial Appeal staffer Wendi Thomas is coming from in the I Hate Comments post … Continue reading →

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Peter Goodman Proves Jonah Goldberg Right

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Les Jones

Peter Goodman quits NYT for Huffington Post. “For me, it’s a chance to write with a point of view.” Which reminds me of Jonah Goldberg’s observation. In and of itself, I have no problem with news organizations becoming more opinionated. … Continue reading →

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Newsweek Flashback

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Les Jones

April, 2010 – Newsweek announced that the America economy had turned the corner, thanks to the wise efforts of Ear Leader. August, 2010 – Washington Post Company sells Newsweek for $1. The sale follows Newsweek’s deckchair-rearranging makeover in 2009. Michael … Continue reading →

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Another Reason Journolist Was a Bad Idea

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Les Jones

Mickey Kaus: Journolist was a terrible idea from the start, not so much because it enabled the promotion of “lock-steppedness” and a progressive party line across media organizations (though Salam more or less concedes that it did), or because it fostered … Continue reading →

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Spencer Ackerman Beclowns Himself on Journolist

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Les Jones

DailyCaller has been digging through Journolist emails and found this doozey from Spencer Ackerman, then of The Washington Independent during the Rev. Jeremiah Wright dustup prior to the 2008 election: I do not endorse a Popular Front, nor do I … Continue reading →

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How Science Reporting Works

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Les Jones

A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal funny.

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Still Believe the “Runaway Toyota” Story? Read This

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Les Jones

Car and Driver – How To Deal With Unintended Acceleration: Certainly the most natural reaction to a stuck-throttle emergency is to stomp on the brake pedal, possibly with both feet. And despite dramatic horsepower increases since C/D’s 1987 unintended-acceleration test … Continue reading →

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“Out of Control Toyota Prius” a Scam?

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Les Jones

Forbes – Toyota Hybrid Horror Hoax: “On the very day Toyota was making a high-profile defense of its cars, one of them was speeding out of control,” said CBS News–and a vast number of other media outlets worldwide. The driver … Continue reading →

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Q: When is someone who advocates communism a Tea Partier?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Les Jones

A: When it helps the narrative. HotAir – WaPo columnist: That insane pilot sounds kind of like a tea partier, huh? Should we also expect it of WaPo contributor Jonathan Capehart? Joseph Stack was angry at the Internal Revenue Service, … Continue reading →

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Newsday goes subscriber-only, gets whopping 35 subscribers

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Les Jones

Nice Business Model You’ve Got There, Jimmy: In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers … Continue reading →

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Patterico on the LA Times

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Les Jones

“The quote would set off even the least sensitive bullshit-o-meter. Trouble is, many Big Media organizations have failed to invest in this technology.” – Patterico

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All the news that’s fit to not upset aging baby boomers

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Les Jones

Edgelings – An Obituary for Obituaries: Newspapers too, seem to have figured out a way to limp along at least for another couple decades (at which point there will be no one left in the country who has actually read … Continue reading →

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BBC had ClimateGate files for a month, didn’t publish them (UPDATED)

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Les Jones

Ace of Spades – Of Course: ClimateGate File Was Leaked to BBC In October… And Of Course They Failed to Report Their Scoop. The question now is why the files weren’t published. Did the reporter who received the files sit … Continue reading →

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Patterico catches the LA Times getting suckered by ACORN criminals

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Les Jones

Patterico – L.A. Times Columnist Uncritically Quoted Star of Latest ACORN Video: In September, L.A. Times columnist James Rainey wrote a column in which he uncritically quoted ACORN worker Lavelle Stewart suggesting that she had turned Hannah Giles and James … Continue reading →

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Media losing faith in global warming?

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Les Jones

So says Tim Blair, quoting Marc Marano. “We have reached the ‘tipping point.’ 2009 can now be officially declared the year the media lost their faith in man-made global warming fears.” And from The Daily Mail, Whatever happened to global … Continue reading →

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CNN reduced to “fact-checking” SNL skits

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Les Jones

It took Saturday Night Live 9 months to really criticize The Chosen One. Now CNN has a humorless “fact check” of that SNL skit. Their lips must have quivered in outrage watching a parody of Dear Leader.

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