Stay classy, snowflake. It's time for President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address. TV pundits eagerly promote that they "will be providing analysis" after the speech. Haha. They mean "analysis" that they've already written in advance. Fox will kiss ass. CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, all awards shows, late night comics, social media, Hollywood, sad newspaper dinosaurs, and vile snowflakes will kick his ass. Now you you don't have to watch! Colbert leads the daily Trump hate parade. Remember the overriding rule in today's grievance culture. Whine, whine, whine. Somebody will eventually give you some attention. American media teaches us the basic rule: If it's a conservative, it is evil. If it is liberal, it is to
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WAVERING STANDARDS: If it’s in the dick-tionary, it must be OK (or is it spelled okay)
When I asked Courier Journal management about scrubbing a 2014 parody of John Calipari from its website, I was told that the image didn't meet the newspaper's "standards." This piece ran last week in the standards conscious Courier. This week the Cussin' Courier throws feces at its readers - wiping it from the headline - but dropping it into the report on UK Coach John Calipari's scatalogical jab. Read the thread below for background on the Courier Journal defense of apologizing to Coach Calipari and removing an image from its web site. Salty Joe Gerth, a UK fan, says the September 2014 image is still available. The subject of MY tweet was in response to Tim Sullivan's CJ column shining light on Tom
Gov. Matt Bevin pops in for a year-end chat – predicts “a doozy” of a legislative session – more rancor with media
Of the hundreds of political people I've interviewed over 40 years in broadcasting, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin understands the value of radio more than any other. He knows that long form conversations give him instant, unedited contact with constituents as opposed to edited clips packaged through the prism of any given reporter. Bevin and I have a scheduled monthly chat - he calls them Talk Radio Tuesdays and appears on 4 or 5 shows in different areas of the state - and I am usually last on the clock. Because WHAS is in his home city, I often get in-studio interviews, a rarity for governors. We had a scheduled interview on December 12th. The text shows that he decided to make
One year after the Trump victory, is media smugness still a thing?
Of course it is. 97% of the media coronated Hillary Clinton months before the 2016 election. I thought Trump had no shot. He stunned lots of media people but he didn't shock a majority of voters. Many of them still taunt me for predicting an easy Hillary win. That's cool. I don't play sides. I interview everyone in the arena and let my viewers and listeners decide for themselves what works for them. Today, media reports are rightfully crushing serial sexual harasser Roy Moore, senate candidate in Alabama. His lecherous behavior with teenagers disqualifies him from serving in public office. But juxtapose today's fierce media smackdown with this 1999 radio interview with Dan Rather where he is dismissive of
Our partisan media in a nutshell: false equivalency
Five-time Super Bowl champs the New England Patriots visited the White House yesterday. Some players choose to politicize the moment by announcing that they won't attend to show opposition to President Donald Trump. The New York Times tweeted comparison photos from 2017 to the Patriots' last visit in 2015 when Barack Obama was in office. Patriots' turnout for President Obama in 2015 vs. Patriots' turnout for President Trump today: https://t.co/OxMEOqZonI pic.twitter.com/pLmJWhOw1j— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 19, 2017 One problem. The arrangements were significantly different but left out of the N.Y. Times demeaning visual comparison. These photos lack context. Facts: In 2015, over 40 football staff were on the stairs. In 2017, they were seated on the South Lawn. https://t.co/iIYtV0hR6Y— New England Patriots
Deniers cringe at the Trumpification of America; media in a tizzy
The war between the Trumpsters and the Liberals is just warming up. As Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to grip about half of America, President-elect Donald Trump launched his victory tour across America. He visited Indianapolis for the Carrier jobs celebration and then went on to Cincinnati where Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin spent time with Trump and VP-elect Mike Pence. The next day, Gov. Bevin spent time in my studio recounting the event and projecting how a Trump presidency will benefit Kentucky and America. BEVIN INTERVIEW on Trump, media, Mother Teresa, Louisville homicides, & more 10 THINGS LIBERALS WANT FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE Matt Bevin's surprise 2015 victory in Kentucky turned out to be the canary in the coal mine for
Daily media manipulation: it’s what we do
Enough with the claims of objectivity. Ad placement above attack stories for the ad buyer's opponent are commonplace in today's crusading media climate. The New York Times will occasionally post a hazily negative story on Hillary but they're soft, sweet, and supportive of her 95% of the time. The rare conservative columnists pretend to be surprised. Ubiquitous liberal media outlets scoff at the notion, claiming only that candidate Donald Trump received excessive coverage because he is an interesting story. Blogger, please. As for expanding media ineptitude, look in any direction. The erosion of the business model continues as consumers self-publish their own skewed "news." Allegedly? I viewed the tape. More like "absolutely threatens judge" #media #accuracy #journalism The definition of allegedly: (adverb) "used to
Sarah dipity
Promoting her latest book with the help of the media, Sarah Palin was asked for her impression of Pope Francis. Without having read Pope Francis' perspective on various issues, Palin blamed the media for distortion of the Pope's "Liberal" messages. After being roundly mocked as illustrated above, Palin used social media to apologize. In a wholly different uproar, MSNBC's Martin Bashir apologized to Sarah Palin after he vulgarly lambasted her comparison of the national debt with slavery. No word on whether the apology was accepted. From Mediaite, here are seven other instances where media outlets or performers have apologized to Sarah Palin after making crude comments about her on the air. A few days later on Fox News, Sarah Palin responded to Bashir's apology.