Was it an NPR executive that got fooled, or was it the American media?

There are moments where American media just seems to really get to me.  It seems like any idiot with a video editor can make a mundane sort of conversation into some huge, narrative-building story that almost never stands up to public scrutiny.  And because American media outlets are afraid of being seen as biased, they [...]

Republicans want to cut NPR and PBS? Not on my watch.

I love National Public Radio.  In fact, it is probably the only place (outside of the New York Times online) that I get my news from in America.  It has people that represent many points of view on their shows, and I walk away from their programming feeling like I have learned something that I [...]

The NPR vs. FOX brouhaha, considered

In a burgeoning news story, NPR reporter Mara Liasson was asked to review her appearances on FOX News and consider ceasing her appearances on the network.  After her review period, she decided that FOX hadn’t become more partisan (shocking, considering that she gets a check from FOX) and decided to continue her appearances on the [...]

American political media, considered

So, what have we learned over the past three days?  Tiger Woods is cheating on his wife (shocking), the Salahis are really crafty at getting past the best Presidential guard in the world, and that Chris Matthews believes that the U.S. Military Academy is the “enemy camp”.  

Giving thanks, politically

As we are in the midst of celebrating Thanksgiving, there are plenty of things that people are thankful for: friends, family, vitality, food, kinship.  You know, the normal stuff.  While I am thankful for these things as well, as a political junkie of sorts, there are things that I am thankful for as well: