The Clipboard Film Lives On!!!

This laugh-riot, created with my buddy Richard Berkvan, has resurfaced, so why not post it again, in case you missed it the first dozen times around;

Excellent Example of MSM's Failure:

This blog post speaks to something that really annoys me: false equivalency. Lazy reporters think they have done their job if they mention two sides of a story, as if they were equal. Right wing hate has never been matched by progressive anger or disgust. Facts are very clear about that.
But media tools like Gregory, in the story, can't be bothered to do any real research or present any viewpoint that might upset the apple cart and jeopardize his income.
Read this from FireDogLake:

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/8930

Thought For the Day

"I think it is very hard because [Democrats] don't have the message machine the Republicans do," said George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who has advised some Democrats on how to sharpen their message. "The Democrats still believe in Enlightenment reason: If you just tell people the truth, they will come to the right conclusion."

Don't Trust Neilsen Ratings - Never Have, Never Will.

This has long been a mantra of mine that the ratings games is totally a guessing business, estimates that are taken as gospel, mostly by advertisers who buy into the system.

And I have long thought that Rupert Murdoch's empire was too big to kowtow to someone's elses' rules (ratings) and eventually I expect him to buy Nielsen.
Here's the first step in that process:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003924.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

MSM Aiding Bush Propaganda Machine: No Surprises Here.

Interesting little article I found:

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has issued a statement strongly criticizing the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for its continued use of retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey as an on-air military analyst, while failing to disclose McCaffrey's multiple conflicts of interest that were recently detailed in the New York Times. "When the retired general offers his insight on the air for NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, viewers are left with the impression he is an 'objective' observer, a former military man speaking from the depths of his experience," it states. "What the networks have failed to tell viewers is that McCaffrey has a financial interest in the war." According to Andy Schotz, the chairman of SPJ's Ethics Committee, "these networks -- which are owned by General Electric, a leading defense contractor -- are giving the public powerful reasons to be skeptical about their neutrality and credibility. ... These are raging conflicts of interest embedded into reporting on crucial news." Writing for the Columbia Journalism Review, Charles Kaiser asks if there is "any limit to the shamelessness of NBC News," which "has never once disclosed any of McCaffrey's multiple conflicts of interest on the air. ... McCaffrey is the living embodiment of all the worst aspects of entrenched Washington corruption -- a man who shares with scores of other retired officers a huge financial interest in having America conduct its wars for as long as possible."