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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 4 Comments

Worst, Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, as reported on September 30, 2010:NPR Will Be the Dominant News Force By 2020 Not Worst, William Jacobson, founder of Legal Insurrection Blog, as reported on October 1, 2010:I'm Willing To Bet This Will Not Come True--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Juan Williams...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2010 17 Comments

And the award for the dumbest and most revealing comment from a prominent left-wing blog regarding the firing of Juan Williams goes to "DougJ" at Balloon-Juice: "Juan Williams’ firing did not happen in a vacuum.  It happened in the context of him having been the official Fox...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2010 25 Comments

Why does Juan Williams negatively stereotype oppressed minorities?  Here's what he said about crime in the inner city:There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 9 Comments

Obama is all in with the Jon Stewart "Restoring Sanity" rally next weekend, even doing an appearance on Stewart's show a few days before.  As reported by AP:President Barack Obama is taking his campaign message to "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. White House spokesman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2010 49 Comments

The mainstream media and blogosphere have erupted because in a radio debate Christine O'Donnell appeared to dispute whether "separation of church and state" was required by the First Amendment.  (O'Donnell's campaign walked back the position after the debate, saying O'Donnell merely meant that the words...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2010 13 Comments

The NY Times continues its cone of silence regarding Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey's (D-NY22) assault on a reporter for the Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman who questioned Hinchey's possible conflict of interest in obtaining federal earmarks for a property partially owned by Hinchey.The reporter is standing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 17, 2010 5 Comments

Going to be leaving on a jet plane soon, but not before noting some of the headlines today:Meghan McCain: Christine O'Donnell 'Seen as Nutjob' - Uh, Meghan, that's a lot better than how you are seen.AIDS Activists In Boston Heckle An Angry President Obama - Somehow...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 8 Comments

NPR is warning its staff not to attend Jon Stewart's "Restore Sanity" rally.  NPR explains why it issued this warning but didn't have to issue a warning for staff not to attend the Glenn Beck Restoring Honor rally (emphasis mine):We've received enormous attention from media...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 17 Comments

Because any debate moderated by the MSM is going to be a game of gotcha directed at the Republican candidate.  I just can't stand to watch these things anymore.And so it appears I was right.  Jim Geraghty, who was no Christine O'Donnell fan during the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2010 7 Comments

Well, at least we now know for sure where Nevada's top political reporter, who wanted also to be a debate moderator, stands on the Harry Reid-Sharron Angle race.  Not that you would have had any doubt if you had been reading this blog.Jon Ralston says Sharron...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2010 10 Comments

I posted yesterday about Jon Ralston, the high-profile Nevada political reporter and talk show host, and an exchange I had with him regarding whether he was accusing Sharron Angle of "race-baiting" over a television ad Angle ran on illegal immigration.  When I pointed out that Ralston appeared to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 07, 2010 16 Comments

So says Nevada reporter and political guru Jon Ralston about me.Some background.  I have been critical of Ralston for months over the way he has covered the Harry Reid - Sharron Angle Senate race.  While Ralston presents himself as a muckraking but neutral investigative journalist and talk...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 05, 2010 5 Comments

USA Today has a particularly trite, even by USA Today standards, article bemoaning the likely decrease in the number of women in Congress:The prospects for female congressional candidates have been hurt by a combination of a tough political landscape for Democrats — women in Congress...

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