Category Archives: Media

“Political Science A ‘Gaffe’” Says New York Times

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Rich Horton

Who knew? Romney’s Day to Relish Is Marred by Aide’s Gaffe Mitt Romney sought to use the coveted endorsement of Jeb Bush on Wednesday to amplify his call for Republicans to rally behind his candidacy and get on with the … Continue reading →

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Out With The Old Serfs, In With The New

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gaius

This is rich. Having thoroughly pissed off her original serfs by cashing in on the content that the serfs built for free, Arianna Huffington is planning to bring in new serfs to provide free content for her newly AOL-acquired Huffnpuffpo. … Continue reading →

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Arianna Gets Rich

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Gaius

Off the free labor she enticed into writing for her: The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is … Continue reading →

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Liar Or Idiot

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

Rich Horton reports, you decide. Tweet

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Stay Classy, Village Voice!

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Gaius

CNN Reports: ‘Escort’ services help bolster online classified site When Craigslist pulled the plug on its adult services section last summer, it stepped out of a raging controversy over accusations its site had become a marketplace for pimps to sell … Continue reading →

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Aside From Political Junkies, Who Is Watching?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Yes, I have the SOTU streaming while I type this (“Now it’s our turn….”) but Newsweek points out that I am part of a shrinking minority in America: It’s a peculiarity of the modern State of the Union. What used … Continue reading →

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I’m Declaring February A WaPo-Free Month. Join Me!

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Gaius

For far too long, I’ve quoted and linked to articles from the hopelessly left-biased Washington Post. The last straw, though, is the new, WaPo-backed and endorsed boycott of Sarah Palin started by Dana Milbank. And make no mistake, the WaPo … Continue reading →

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Could. Not. Care. Less.

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Gaius

Keith (Who?) Olbermann is out of a job. All twelve of his regular viewers are upset. Tweet

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Backfire, Part The Third

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gaius

Something you have seldom seen here at the Crabitat, a link to a Fox News story (its not that I don’t sometimes read Fox – or even watch the odd newscast from them. I just have very rarely actually linked … Continue reading →

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Skid Left

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Gaius

Hugh Hewitt: So what happened at Politico?  The big problem is that it grew and you cannot clone Mike Allen, whom everyone generally trusts even though some mistake his affability as pro-Obama tilting.  Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith were great … Continue reading →

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Save Us, Dubya

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Gaius

You can’t make this stuff up. No, really, you can’t: “It’s time for W. to weigh in,” writes  the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd. Bush, Dowd explains, understands that “you can’t have an effective war against the terrorists if it … Continue reading →

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Cabal

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Gaius

Ezra Klein’s cabal: In 2007, when Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein founded JournoList, an online gathering place for several hundred liberal journalists, academics and political activists, he imagined a discussion group that would connect young writers to top sources. But … Continue reading →

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Shhhhhhhhhh!

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Gaius

Well, I suppose it’s marginally better than the wall-to-wall flogging of the thesaurus to come up with headlines that don’t use the word “unexpected”. But it is actually somewhat ominous. The relative silence of the press over the latest unemployment … Continue reading →

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Sing It, Gail!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Gaius

You pushed away the severe storm You made us believe, Comrade Nancy We cannot live without you Our country cannot exist without you! Our future and hope depend on you People’s fate depends on you, Comrade Nancy! We cannot live … Continue reading →

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So Long To A Nasty Piece Of Work

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Gaius

Helen Thomas “resigned” today, effective immediately. Jonah Goldberg says that this latest “scandal” is nothing of the sort. Thomas has been a notoriously nasty piece of work for a very, very long time: And when I say a nasty piece … Continue reading →

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