Media Watch

Gossip Rag: Tiger Woods: Injuries Caused by Wife, Not SUV

Seeded on Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:18 AM EST (tmz.com)

... The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We're told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV -- but according to our source, Woods says his wife followed behind with a golf club.

sports, golf, tiger-woods, domestic-discord

GOP Purity Test Gets Mixed Grades, Even From Conservatives

Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:44 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

Seeded by Rusty007

Ahhh, the perils of purity-testing by a party where only 1 in 5 Americans associate with them, when polled. Here's a bit of the article on the link to Fox News:

politics, democrats, gop, extremism, purity, campaign-funding, american-voters, big-tent, litmus-tests, politcal-polarization

Will The Media Call Obama's China Trip A Success Now?

Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:59 PM EST (Firedoglake)

Seeded by Carloz

During last week’s trip by the President to China, the 24-hour media seemed all to ready to pronounce it a failure based on their own evidence that Obama had not changed the entire US-China relationship in a matter of minutes.

politics, united-states, european-union, climate, climate-change, copenhagen, white-house, china, media

Anyone going shopping today?

Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:26 AM EST

By schnoo

I would love to do my part to get our economy back at full steam, but it does seems like such a lot of effort. Up early, fight for parking, fight for "bargains", wait in a long checkout line, and then on to the next place.

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entertainment

1970 ad for Valium: 35, single and psychoneurotic

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:17 PM EST (bonkersinstitute.org)

Seeded by nearing

The purser on her cruise ship took the last snapshot of Jan. You probably see many such Jans in your practice. The unmarrieds with low self-esteem. Jan never found a man to measure up to her father. Now she realizes she's in a losing pattern -- and that she may never marry.

health, advertisement, 70s, valium, big-pharma-propaganda

In Which Fox Edits Lies into the News

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:59 PM EST (Gawker)

Seeded by Carloz

Here's how an accurate-but-slanted story becomes an outright lie: the conservative (and rapidly collapsing) Moonie-owned Washington Times notes that Republicans didn't show up to Obama's dinner. Then, Fox takes over.

us-news, fox, fox-news

Time Warner Cable asks help on rising program fees

Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:26 PM EST

By Deborah Yao, AP Business Writer (Clipped by Pacific Northwest Blogger)

Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems.

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technology, us, tec, cable, fees, time-warner-cable

House Democrats Eye "Share The Sacrifice" War Tax to Fund Afghan Conflict

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:59 PM EST (AntiWar.com)

Seeded by Killfile

The tax is being pressed forward as part of the "Share the Sacrifice Act of 2010," which Rep. Obey and others say will ensure that all Americans share the onerous burden of continuing the seemingly endless conflict in Afghanistan.

politics, war, afghanistan, tax, anti-war, taxation, obey, war-tax, share-the-sacrifice

American Rightwing Outraged That Best Buy Dares Market Itself To Muslims

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:57 PM EST (minnesotaindependent.com)

Seeded by Killfile

Allah forbid a major big box retailer send holiday wishes to members of one of the world's largest religions. But that's what Best Buy did, including a small message wishing Muslims a "Happy Eid al-Adha" in a circular.

politics, islam, muslim, muslims, retail, best-buy, black-friday, twin-cities, eid-al-adha

Unwritten Stories Reveal New Climate Scandal!

Seeded on Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:30 AM EST (worldchanging.com)

Seeded by Benno Hansen

There's been a lot of talk recently about the "hacked climate emails." Long story, short: Hacker steals email, posts. Wingnuts take some lines out of context, claim they show a cover-up, cry conspiracy. Scientists refute, in detail.

denialism, climate-change, lies, spin, oil, global-warming

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