Fallout from the Arizona shooting continues to reverberate from Washington DC to Orange County. Last week, Irvine City Council member and 2010 Democratic congressional candidate Beth Krom weighed in with a letter to the editor in the OC Register calling…
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Gathering No Moss on the Arizona Shooting
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi has weighed in on the Arizona shooting the reaction of pundits to the event. I love Taibbi’s work because he’s a pure journalist with a built in bullshit detector — he’ll skewer those on the left as…
Wait for the Facts to Emerge Before Pointing Fingers in Arizona
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Arizona, we’re seeing a first hand account that journalism is in fact the first rougth draft of history. For many commenters on media sites and political blogs, the details aren’t coming fast…
Keith Olbermann Returns to Countdown; Maddow Defends
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
MSNBC Countdown host Keith Olbermann returns from a short suspension after it was revealed he made personal political contriobutions to candidates this election cycle without the approval of his employers. This prior approval is how “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough…
Tea Baggers Invade CSUF: “We Need Young People”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
 There were a number of get out the vote booths set up on the quad at Cal State Fullerton yesterday and the local Tea Party organization was doing their best to try and recruit needed young blood to their…
These People Vote
by Bill Spaulding • • 2 Comments
And that’s scary. The glaring lack of facts is appalling. To this observer, these people represent exactly what it is they themselves fear but somehow cannot recognize. Yet they vote and get others to vote, also. If you want to…
Mainstreaming Wingnuttery: Glenn Beck’s new novel
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Glenn Beck’s new novel, the one where he had three ghostwriters produce “his” story, is out and “The Overton Window: a Thriller” gets panned by the LA Times. Bill O’Reilly’s “Those Who Trepass” was made fun of regularly, especially with…
