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#gaffes
Obama: Fundamentals of the Economy Are Still Strong
During the presidential campaign, John McCain stupidly announced that "the fundamentals of the economy are still strong," a statement that Barack Obama hung around his neck like a flaming car tire. Today, Obama hailed the economy's "core strengths." Whoops. More » -
#qualitycontrol
Fox News to Go 'Error-Free' In 2010
The big chiefs at Fox News aren't happy at the string of high-profile lies they got caught telling recently, so they're going to start firing people who get caught in the future, because they hate having to admit mistakes. More » -
#careeradvancement
The 2012 Republican Primary Is the Jobs for Journalists Program America Has Been Demanding
Things are not all death and decay in journalism. Now that Lou Dobbs said he's considering running for president in 2012, covering the GOP primary could be the easiest path to fame and riches left for a reporter. More » -
#dancingqueen
Update: Katie Couric Celebrated Her First CBS Anchor Broadcast with a Dance of Gin
We figured out where the photos of Katie Couric shaking her lovely lady humps were taken: at the after-party celebrating her debut as anchor of the CBS Evening News. That was the best possible answer. More » -
#surrender
Obama (Sort of) Comments on the Bow Flap: Controversy 'Leaves Me Speechless'
Barack Obama has responded, via an anonymous aide, to charges that by bowing to the Communist emperor of Japan he was actually surrendering and apologizing for World War II, which is technically illegal because he's not a citizen. More » -
#dancingqueen
Katie Couric's Forbidden Dance of Gin
When CBS News anchor Katie Couric isn't asking Sarah Palin gotcha questions, she's doin' Da Butt, or the Lambada, or whatever white ladies do when the Black Eyed Peas are on the sound system. More unbelievable images after the jump. More » -
#indecision
CafePress Is No Longer Officially Okay with Praying for Obama's Death
CafePress has reversed itself for the second time and discontinued once and for all the sale of "Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8" merchandise, which is Christian code for "pray for Obama to get killed by God." More » -
#printisdead
The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism'
Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the Chicago News Cooperative are here to produce real journalism. More » -
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#howthingswork
Nikki Finke's Cut-and-Paste Method
Nikki Finke OWNS the Oprah Winfrey story. She broke the news that Winfrey would leave the show three weeks ago. And she got the transcript of Oprah's announcement up on her site bright and early this morning. By stealing it. More » -
#resignations
Oprah to Fans: I'm Quitting My Show Because My Bones Told Me To
Here's a clip from Oprah Winfrey's on-air announcement that she's putting the Oprah Winfrey Show out to pasture: "Why walk away, and make next season the last? Here is the real reason: [T]wenty-five years feels right in my bones." More » -
#youdontsay
Twitter Transforms Chuck Todd and Howard Kurtz into Idiots
It's Obvious Day on Twitter: NBCer Chuck Todd wonders why Barack Obama can't secure the political support of the man he defeated in the 2008 election, and the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz predicts that Oprah Winfrey may go to cable. More » -
#biblestudy
CafePress Is Officially Cool with Selling T-Shirts Urging People to Pray for Obama's Death
Yesterday, we reported that CafePress had halted sales of T-shirts bearing the slogan, "Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8," which in Bible-talk means pray that "his days be few; let another take his office." After some thought, they're selling them again.
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#meaculpa
Fox News Apologizes — Again — for Being Fake
Fox News has apologized, for the second time in as many weeks, for boosting crowd sizes at wingnut events with fake footage. Somewhere, Roger Ailes is quietly and deliberately strangling a kitten. More » -
#demurrals
Why Won't Rudy Run for Governor? [Updated: Because He's Running For Senate]
According to the New York Times' Danny Hakim, Rudolph Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year, despite publicly flirting with the idea for months. Is a shoe somewhere about to drop? More » -
#lifeskills
Sen. Dick Lugar's Wife Arrested for Drunk Driving
Charlene Lugar, the wife of staid Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, was charged with DWI in McLean, Va., last night after driving into a parked car. Now we know who does all the partying (or vodka-in-the-coffee-thermos drinking) in the Lugar family. More » -
#reconciliation
Cocaine-Dealing Rabbi Points the Way Forward in Middle East Peace Process
Rabbi Baruch Chalomish is on trial in England for operating what prosecutors call a "commercial cocaine-supply operation" and paying prostitutes with coke. That's the bad news. The good news is that his partner in crime is named Nasir Abbas. More » -
#selfdiscipline
Fox News to Fire Itself
Fox News is considering "serious disciplinary action" against the staffer responsible for passing off old campaign footage of Sarah Palin addressing adoring crowds as shots from her current book tour. So that's a bad thing, then? More » -
#apologies
Rupert Murdoch Is Sorry He Called David Paterson Blind and Illiterate
Rupert Murdoch has apologized for blaming the polarization of our political debate on the fact that New York Gov. David Paterson is "blind, and can't read braille, and doesn't know what's going on." More » -
#coincidences
So That's What a Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Looks Like
Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi famously called Goldman Sachs the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Turns out Nazi cartoonists came up with that image first. More » -
#propaganda
Fox News Applies Its Patented Crowd-Inflating Technique to Sarah Palin
Fox News does not learn: The network is claiming that the crowd at a Sarah Palin event today is "huge," and showing footage from what is almost certainly a McCain-Palin rally as evidence. More »
