October, 2010  (Page 1)

David Brock of Media Matters Issues A Challenge, And I Challenge Back

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 9:01pm

David Brock, the founder of Media Matters, has a really important demand which requires everyone’s immediate attention:

Media Matters’ Brock challenges Palin to release tapes

“Sarah Palin has made serious accusations of journalistic malfeasance. Either Palin accurately described the tapes, or she did not. America’s news consumers need to know the truth about...

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Closing Argument – It’s Our Turn

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 5:58pm

If Sharron Angle had the money and the campaign staff in June that she had in October, this would not have been a close race.

But she can’t change the past, so her closing argument to the voters is to change the future.

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Greg Sargent Demands, But Doesn’t Give, Context for Alaska CBS Tape

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 4:22pm

Greg Sargent, who for months has used his megaphone at The Washington Post to twist and turn almost every statement by Sharron Angle into a supposed call for violence or some other thing it was not, now demands Context! for the audio recording in which a CBS station in Alaska was caught planning...

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This Is Just A (Pre-Election) Test

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 11:08am

Update 1:30 p.m. – Test over. Everything seemed to work well.  See you Tuesday.

Just testing out the new version of Cover-It-Live software in preparation for Tuesday’s Live Event.  The event will be turned live in the morning (probably around 9 a.m. E.S.T.) and remain open until well after midnight until the West...

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Failed Attempt To Remove Failed Bumper Sticker

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 10:12am

Spotted this morning in Ithaca, on a Prius with Connecticut New Jersey plates. 

Mere faded glory, or a failed attempt to remove a failure?

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MoveOn.Org Rand Paul Provocation Inspires Anti-Joe Miller TV Station in Alaska

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 9:53am

The MoveOn.org provocation against Rand Paul, has inspired an anti-Joe Miller CBS news station in Alaska.

The CBS station inadverently left a voice message disclosing its pre-planned coverage of a Miller appearance in the hopes of obtaining footage either of “child molesters” in the crowd or of an incident which would be...

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Ithaca Falls

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Posted by    Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 7:00am

Ithaca Falls and Fall Creek, a short walk from my house, on a typical gray Ithaca day.  Not to worry, the Sun will come out in, oh, about six months.

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Saturday Night Card Game (Bill Maher Out Juan-Williamses Juan Williams, Media Silence Erupts)

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Posted by    Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 6:06pm

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:

Unless you spent the past 10 days high in the Himalayas worshipping the Aqua Buddha, you are aware that Juan Williams was fired from NPR, and subjected to howls of “racist” from the left-blogosphere and media, for expressing...

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NY Times Breaks Cone of Silence On Maurice Hinchey Assault! (Sorta)

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Posted by    Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 2:43pm

As my readers know, we have been on a New York Time’s cone of silence watch as relates to allegations by an upstate reporter (corroborated at least in part by others) that Congressman Maurice Hinchey assaulted the reporter after the reporter asked tough questions regarding a possible Hinchey federal funding conflict...

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What Kind Of Person Posts A Tweet Like This?

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Posted by    Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 12:57pm

What kind of person posts a tweet like this?

The same kind of person responsible for running (and still defending) the Christine O’Donnell “one night stand” story. 

There is a sickness in our media, and Gawker is one of its primary homes.

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Do Not Approach Drowning Democrats

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Posted by    Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 10:43am

There is a key difference between Republican and Democratic attacks ads this year. 

As I previously noted, Republican attacks focus mainly on policy, such as Obamacare, stimulus, and national deficits and debt.  That’s not to say that there are not individual ads which may get personal, but the Republican believe they can...

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Not A Play On Words

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Posted by    Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 10:11am

When I saw the headline Meek: I Turned Down Crist Cross, I thought it was a play on words reflecting that Charlie Crist was double-crossing his political opponents.

But no, Charlie Crist actually offered Kendrick Meek Crist’s sister’s cross if Meek would drop out of the Senate race, as reported at the link:

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Finally, Jon Ralston Stars In Harry Reid Commercial

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Posted by    Friday, October 29, 2010 at 7:53pm

Nevada reporter Jon Ralston, who accused me of being a “disgrace to [his] alma mater” because I pointed out his pro-Harry Reid tilt, finally has made the big time by starring [at 0:14] in Harry Reid’s most outlandish commercial yet (as to which even

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Who Let The Bumper Stickers Out?

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Posted by    Friday, October 29, 2010 at 3:41pm

A reader’s very own truck, from near Ithaca no less:

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Feministe: O’Donnell Getting What She Deserves

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Posted by    Friday, October 29, 2010 at 1:48pm

“Jill” at Feministe was one of the first to jump on the bandwagon mocking Christine O’Donnell’s sexuality (or actually, lack thereof), as I documented in my first post on the subject in September, Rachel Maddow Sexualizes Christine O’Donnell.

I’ll give her one thing, Jill is not jumping on the phony chorus of left-bloggers...

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