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The 1st Thread For 9/17/10: Jon Stewart Falls Victim Again To False Equivalency

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Occasionally, he can produce some real "D-Oh" moments : Jon Stewart announced his much-awaited “big announcement” on Thursday’s edition of his late-night program, “The Daily Show.” He plans to stage a rally in Washington to counter what he identified as extremists on either side of the political spectrum. It gets worse when you read it: He later labeled it a “Million Moderate March.” The purpose, he said, is to counter what he called a minority of 15 percent or 20 percent of the country that has dominated the national political discussion with extreme rhetoric. He tarred both parties with that charge, mentioning both the attacks on the right against President Obama for being everything from a socialist to un-American and on the left against former President Bush for being a war criminal. Well, I guess John Yoo's out maneuvering of him probably has led him to think that our previous President didn't illegally go into Iraq as well as give full thumbs up for inde...

The Embodiment Of The Lazy Sad State Of Political Reporting, This Time Starring Matt Lauer

Sigh, they all think the same lazy way with their seven figure salaries . Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy "They both do it." "Even if I have no evidence from any prominent left sites of maligning video to fit their agenda, I can just easily assume that somewhere, someway, someone on the left did, or does, or maybe even will do what Andrew Breitbart did." "No need for me to even research or support my seeming true statement, because it has to be accurate, right?" And if it isn't accurate, no one but a few people will actually care. Because I can just move on and continue doing my lackluster "They both do the same thing" political neutral viewpoint without having to get deservedly denounced as a seven figure "journalist" who is terrible at doing research. And I can have the likes of Politico support me in my claim , because they said it too. Just like my good buddy friend Anderson d...

And They Wonder Why They Are In Last Place

CNN further embarrassed itself as a network last night by somehow equating the Obama Administration not having Social Secretary Desiree Rogers testify to Congress to the Bush Administration not allowing Karl Rove and Harriet Miers do the same two years ago. Both Anderson Cooper and David Gergen accused Obama of hypocrisy for slamming his predecessors in 2007 for their defense of Roves and Miers not testifying, yet doing the same here with Rogers. In the latest light of shoddy reporting by the supposed "Most Trusted News Network", Cooper and Gergen equating Rogers' situation with Rove & Miers certainly ranks among the most ridiculous that they have played on their channel. Rogers' situation , which you see Gergen exempt her by the way since it was the Secret Service's fault at day's end, in comparison to the Bushies is like comparing Rugrats to the The Wire in terms of how serious it is. As Heather Friday so gladly explains It's bad enough that the pr...