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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2011 2 Comments

In the aftermath of the Palin email media frenzy debacle, various media outlets who were publicly humiliated are spinning the crowdsourcing as a new investigative reporting technique.The analysis of Sarah Palin's emails over the past few days may end up teaching us more about the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2011 5 Comments

On Friday the media was in a complete frenzy to get Sarah Palin, enlisting a cast of thousands to scour the 24,000 pages of e-mails released by the State of Alaska.As just about everyone now acknowledges, the major networks and print newspapers never devoted a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2011 40 Comments

There is a lot I could say about John Ziegler's article in The Daily Caller demanding that Sarah Palin not run for President, and insisting that Palin has become beholden to an inner circle of yes-men and yes-women.I'll make just two points.First, Ziegler's main argument...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2011 14 Comments

And the whole world was watching:Who is responsible for the failure to launch? According to The NY Times, Palin of course:Another near certainty whenever Ms. Palin is involved: a media spectacle. Like I said, it practically writes itself.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2011 22 Comments

I get so infuriated when Republicans pile on Sarah Palin not over policy but through personal insult because these people don't seem to understand that they are joining in a mob which eventually will come around to beat down their own favorite candidate.  And as of today,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2011 5 Comments

Just when you thought NBC News could not get any more partisan, somehow, it managed to, via WaPo, NBC News hires ousted NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller to run digital operation:NBC News is hiring ousted National Public Radio chief Vivian Schiller to run its digital...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2011 4 Comments

Marc Ambinder serves as the Obama campaign messenger of the day, with an uncritical account of what Team Obama supposedly believes as to the Republican field.  You will not be surprised to find that Team Obama was most concerned with a candidate who is not running:Gov....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2011 12 Comments

Pat at And So It Goes In Shreveport has good updates on the planned flooding of Cajun country to help save Baton Rouge and New Orleans.  The impact on numerous towns and communities will be substantial.The use of the Atchafalaya basin as a safety valve...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2011 6 Comments

George Bush's supposed walk-away from the hunt for bin Laden has been all over the news, in the blogosphere, and even in the comments here.Everyone points to this video, six months after 9/11.I have pointed out that the video is overstated, because at the time...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2011 9 Comments

The vote is in from this weekend's reader poll.The poll asked readers for their opinion as to when Hollywood would release the star-studded major motion picture RAID ON ABBOTTABAD - How Barack Obama and a Team of Navy SEALS Changed the Course of History.BigFurHat even prepared a prototype movie...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2011 14 Comments

A person who knows the facts, versus an agenda-driven hack so-called journalist who has all the talking points on the tip of his tongue.The person with the facts wins.Gets particularly interesting around th 8:00 mark, for those of you who have work to do and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2011 11 Comments

I have dealt numerous times with the malicious accusations across the mainstream media, entertainment industry, left-blogosphere, and even in the right-blogosphere that questions regarding Obama's birth certificate and/or birthplace were motivated by racism.Among other things, I documented numerous white presidential candidates who have had their...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 02, 2011 10 Comments

So reports Jake Tapper of ABC.Apparently bin Laden's compound was identified positively in March, and the military wanted to drop a dozen or so guided bombs and reduce the compound to ashes.  According to Tapper, Obama passed on the request because there would have been...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 01, 2011 21 Comments

Barack Obama's speech at the White House correspondents' dinner last night was small and petty.  Watch it below, and compare it to similar appearances by George Bush.Bush, who was under attack from the media, academia and the entertainment industry on a scale which makes the "birther"...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 25, 2011 9 Comments

Impecable timing and sources, that's what makes Newsweek a powerhouse in the news business:But all jokes aside, this was a bad day for the MSM.  Oh how they wanted Republicans to nominate someone from Mississippi with a heavy southern accent.Sorry, you'll have to find some...

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