media criticism

The New York Times printed an opinion piece by a Mr Eric X. Lee which asserts China's political system is superior to Americas. I don't know if they though they were being edgy, but that's a pretty stupid thing to print. What next? Islamic attitudes to women superior to the West's?

Argentina nabs Iranian-Hizballah cell, aborts third Habad attack DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 28, 2012, 8:50 AM (GMT+02:00) Tags: http://debka.com/article/21689/ World War against the Jews? What war?

You may remember Mr. Assange, he's the guy who releases government secrets? Some time back, he said he had lots of government secrets, including of Russia. Bets on whether he releases any...

Recently the publisher of Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, called for Obama's assassination on the grounds of his not being pro-Israel enough. The really notable thing is the media reaction though, namely how comparatively muted it is. If an American publisher of Taiwanese or Polish...

Watching the debate on CNN the other night, it was incredible to me how they seemed to wish Ron Paul weren't there. He was barely mentioned during the AC360 post-debate coverage; according to someone online, he was mentioned twice by name, tied with Rick Perry. In comparison, Newt Gingrich was...

The New York Times' Public Editor recently sparked a discussion by asking the following question: Seems like a no-brainer, doesn't it? The best reporters don't simply pass on the talking points of the people they cover without scrutiny, do they? The laziest kind of reporting is the "he-said...

Once again, the Republicans have successfully changed reality just by saying so. And the rebuttal gets lost in the noise so no one hears it. The BBC News tonight (the radio version) reported on the latest Congressional Bill to pass re the extended tax cut. "The Republicans wanted the cuts to...

"EVERYBODY knows that Republicans are EVIL! What kind of Evil? Greedy, Fascist, Racist evil -- the worst kind!" "Bill Whittle unravels the facts behind this perfect storm of evil in a breezy fashion that provides a hurricane of historical data to lift the white robes of even the most stalwart...

So many to choose from http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-worst-fox-news-moments-of-2011

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov put the United Kingdom's knickers in a right painful twist if you are to believe what you read in the Daily Mail and the comments section which is paranoia gold. The 'facts' as stated in the article are that the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral...