100 Days of "Fair and Balanced"

I thought this clip collection was interesting. From Fark.com through YouTube.com, from mediamatters.org, here's a look at some of Fox News' coverage of Obama's first 100 days in office.



The spin here is obvious, but honestly there isn't a news media outlet in the mainstream media that doesn't seem to have their own agenda- it's just sometimes it gets WAY too obvious.

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Limbaugh Incites HATE

Talk show fear monger and neo-con elitist Rush Limbaugh explains how HIS radio works. This old film clip, probably just as Limbaugh was just honing his act, was installed on YouTube a few months ago and is just now making the rounds virally because of Limbaugh's recent accusations againt the Obama White House for starting the current economic slide (thus throwing a bad thing- the current economic state- against a "good thing"- the Obama White House- in order to incite anger and fuel a knee jerk reaction from callers, who in true radio talk show host guile, he them berates and makes to look stupid because his opinion (however flawed in logic) has been totally thought through when the caller is merely calling off the cuff and unable to combat a more fully informed (again, however hopelessly flawed the logic) opinion. Here's the interview, pre diets, pre oxy-cotton addiction, pre fame, but with full ego attached:



The kind of fear mongering radio that Rush has been in the midst of is not new, but has seemed more and more mean spirited and polarizing the older I get. I stopped listening to Rush a good year or so ago (at least remotely seriously) when he was talking up Sarah Palin and anyone with any curiosity at all who did ANY research on Palin and the enture McCain campaign saw it for the wack-job that it was- it also swore me off the Republican Party and made me rethink most of their sad dogma (that and the blatant religious angle- but that's a whole other argument).

I'm NOT saying that Keith Olbermann's performance is better (Keith being listed as a "hero" in an earlier post), or more entertaining (when you understand the spin), it's just that, as with Rush during the Clinton administration) his opinions seem to be backed by more logic and facts, as least as i am able to find them.

So, beware and take ALL these pundits on TV and Radio with a BIG grain of salt. They're just spinning for ratings just like that guy who spun plates on the Ed Sullivan Show- think of every plate, bowl, and egg as a fact and a trail of logic...



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McViolence: Gotta McLuv It!

From Witchita Kansas KWCH Eyewitness News, via Fark.com, comes this wonderful evidence showing that I am NOT the only monkey PISSED at McDonalds for taking their Double Cheeseburger off the Value Meal menu! You can see the original here, or just click on the link attached to the above headline, or better still, read the entry below:

http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=9565827&nav=menu486_2_3

Angry Customer Punches Wichita Drive-Thru Window

by Denise Hnytka (WICHITA, Kan.)

A Wichita man was apparently not 'lovin it'.

Police say a man went through the drive-thru at the McDonalds restaurant on south Hillside early Sunday morning and became angry when he saw the double cheeseburger was not available as a "value meal".

The man allegedly yelled at the employees and punched the drive-thru window before taking off.

Police followed the man as he quickly pulled away, and a chase ensued.

They followed him for a few blocks, before catching him and arresting him for disorderly conduct and several traffic violations.

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If asked for a comment I'm sure a McDonalds spokesperson would say that the above angry customer should have become a "Nuggnut" and have gotten in line with the rest of the 99.8% of the sheeple who feel that jacking a burger 19 cents because your slice of processed "cheese-food" raised an actual penny is fine by them.

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Wake Up Site Of The Week: The Consumerist

Hey out there, just thought I'd share a site with you that you should have bookmarked and check in on from time to time:

http://www.consumerist.com

Taglined as "Shoppers Bite Back" this is a consumer reporting site that covers a wide range of topics, corporate fraud, consumer abuse, and in general consumer news that is constantly updated and lets you know that you aren't alone in being fucked over by big corporations and what some everyday consumers are doing to fight back.

Never a dull read recent articles cover such a wide range as McDonalds talking about knocking their double cheeseburger off the dollar menu, to Circuit City sending out an edict to their employees to destroy all copies of the latest issue of Mad Magazine because of a parody they ran of CC's newspaper ad (and don't get me started on Circuit City's practices, I could take up a week's worth of blogs on their practices and screws), to the average Joe's fight(s) with big corps like Comcast just to get a little dignity and "fair play".

So check them out, bookmark them, recommend others to do the same. Consider it all part of your ongoing education in the continuing war against the middle class (a war we are all LOSING by the way), and another handy hint from this little monkey who just wants everyone to WAKE UP!

You're welcome.