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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2011 34 Comments

Soon after the raid in which Obama got bin Laden took place, as Obama was in the midst of his not-spiking-the-football victory lap, I asked readers to predict when Hollywood would roll out a major motion picture about the raid in order to help Obama's...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2011 9 Comments

I told you this was coming. From Reuters via Yahoo, in explaining why the new unemployment numbers, while better than "expected," still were not great: A stand-off between Democrats and Republicans over raising the country's debt ceiling poisoned the atmosphere for employers and consumers....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 04, 2011 23 Comments

... according to Jonathan Capehart at WaPo: In the coming fights over the next budget, unemployment benefits and payroll tax cuts, I want Obama to show the Republican Party in general and the Tea Party in particular that he isn’t afraid to out-crazy the crazies. If that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2011 12 Comments

While journalists at mainstream media publications regularly tout their professionalism and lack of bias, the people who consume their services see the bias for what it is: Likely voters hold a dismal view of the news media, generally regarding reporters as biased, unethical and too close...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 28, 2011 20 Comments

I told myself I wasn't going to do this, because it's Ed Rollins' job, but the blatent bias of Politico's article, Michele Bachmann's thin legislative resume, requires pointing out Politico's thinly thought-out attack. Here is the money line on page one of the Politico article: Now in her...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2011 15 Comments

Newt's campaign has its troubles. But there's no reason to pile on Newt because of the Tiffany's credit line story.  That's just how the media does it; what difference does it make how he spends his money as long as it's legal, nothing that touches on...

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...

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