Comments on: The “Liberal” Media Is So Stupid http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:37:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Zython http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136240 Zython Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:44:57 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136240 <I>That guy in the second panel? Dr. Pedro.</i> Whatever happened to that guy, anyhow? That guy in the second panel?

Dr. Pedro.

Whatever happened to that guy, anyhow?

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136237 fafaroo Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:26:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136237 Mawado, now that's some quality snark! I learn stuff and i laugh! Mawado, now that’s some quality snark! I learn stuff and i laugh!

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136228 Duros62 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:46:21 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136228 <i>as entirely made up in my imagination, p. 2008</i> Heh. Indeed. as entirely made up in my imagination, p. 2008

Heh. Indeed.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136227 Duros62 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136227 <i>Related: one of my favorite Tom Tomorrow strips.</i> That guy in the second panel? Dr. Pedro. Related: one of my favorite Tom Tomorrow strips.

That guy in the second panel?

Dr. Pedro.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136219 C.S.Strowbridge Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136219 "If someone makes a decent critique of Obama, that’s fine, but you cons are obsessed with supporting the stupidest things possible." Exactly. Obama needs a private plane, because he's the president and it would be a security nightmare for him to travel coach. Good god. Why do we need to explain this? “If someone makes a decent critique of Obama, that’s fine, but you cons are obsessed with supporting the stupidest things possible.”

Exactly. Obama needs a private plane, because he’s the president and it would be a security nightmare for him to travel coach.

Good god. Why do we need to explain this?

]]> By: Mawado http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136211 Mawado Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:11:29 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136211 <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth" rel="nofollow">"What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did."</a> * Anecdote of Babe Ruth's response on being asked how he felt holding out for a salary higher than that of the US President, (variously reported as having been in 1929 or 1930) as quoted in Baseball: A History of America's Game (2002) by Benjamin G. Rader, p. 134 "We won. Besides, I had a better year than they did." * Anecdote of Barack Obama's response on being criticized for having a driver like the multi-billionaire greedheads begging for bailouts from the Government headed by Mr. Obama as entirely made up in my imagination, p. 2008 “What the hell has Hoover got to do with it? Besides, I had a better year than he did.”

* Anecdote of Babe Ruth’s response on being asked how he felt holding out for a salary higher than that of the US President, (variously reported as having been in 1929 or 1930) as quoted in Baseball: A History of America’s Game (2002) by Benjamin G. Rader, p. 134

“We won. Besides, I had a better year than they did.”
* Anecdote of Barack Obama’s response on being criticized for having a driver like the multi-billionaire greedheads begging for bailouts from the Government headed by Mr. Obama as entirely made up in my imagination, p. 2008

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136181 Parthenon Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:32:20 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136181 This is not a bad idea. Other countries limit executive pay (tying it to the lowest paid employees) and they have not imploded. ABC's critique is well explained by Alterman in 'What Liberal Media' - cons have so thoroughly and ruthlessly worked the refs to the point that the media have to bend over backwards to appear non-liberally biased, occasionally against all reason. This is not a bad idea. Other countries limit executive pay (tying it to the lowest paid employees) and they have not imploded.

ABC’s critique is well explained by Alterman in ‘What Liberal Media’ – cons have so thoroughly and ruthlessly worked the refs to the point that the media have to bend over backwards to appear non-liberally biased, occasionally against all reason.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136176 Oliver Willis Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:13:25 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136176 <em>I’m seeing a lot of complaints about criticism of the President, simply because he’s the President.</em> That's right. Critique Obama and you'll be sent to the Gulag. <a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/01/27/delaying-the-dtv-transition-is-stupid/" rel="nofollow">Oh wait a minute.</a> Shut. The. Hell. Up. If someone makes a decent critique of Obama, that's fine, but you cons are obsessed with supporting the stupidest things possible. I’m seeing a lot of complaints about criticism of the President, simply because he’s the President.
That’s right. Critique Obama and you’ll be sent to the Gulag. Oh wait a minute.
Shut. The. Hell. Up.

If someone makes a decent critique of Obama, that’s fine, but you cons are obsessed with supporting the stupidest things possible.

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136175 fafaroo Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:06:57 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136175 <i>Clearly, dissent is no longer patriotic. It’s divisive!</i> You guys are so eager to start dropping your canned lines you're not even bothering to read anything anymore are you? Clearly, dissent is no longer patriotic. It’s divisive!

You guys are so eager to start dropping your canned lines you’re not even bothering to read anything anymore are you?

]]> By: daniel rotter http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136173 daniel rotter Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:34:47 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136173 Steno, Oliver never said or implied that Obama should NEVER be criticized because he is President just because he's president.. He's saying that Obama's status as president should be taken into consideration in the context of THIS SPECIFIC CRITICISM LEVELED AT HIM BY ABC. Steno, Oliver never said or implied that Obama should NEVER be criticized because he is President just because he’s president.. He’s saying that Obama’s status as president should be taken into consideration in the context of THIS SPECIFIC CRITICISM LEVELED AT HIM BY ABC.

]]> By: steno http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136171 steno Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:18:52 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136171 I'm seeing a lot of complaints about criticism of the President, simply because he's the President. It's kind of a new thing here... about two weeks old, I'd say. Clearly, dissent is no longer patriotic. It's <b><i>divisive!</i></b> Next week, it'll be RAAAAAAAAAACIST! Watching Oliver trip over his own standards is fun! I’m seeing a lot of complaints about criticism of the President, simply because he’s the President.

It’s kind of a new thing here… about two weeks old, I’d say.

Clearly, dissent is no longer patriotic. It’s divisive!

Next week, it’ll be RAAAAAAAAAACIST!

Watching Oliver trip over his own standards is fun!

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136165 jr Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:21:53 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136165 ABC employs John Stossel so this is par for the mouth-breather course ABC employs John Stossel so this is par for the mouth-breather course

]]> By: Thad http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/05/the-liberal-media-is-so-stupid/#comment-136161 Thad Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:55:40 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=12775#comment-136161 Related: <a href="http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/1997/11/03tomo.html" rel="nofollow">one of my favorite Tom Tomorrow strips</a>. Related: one of my favorite Tom Tomorrow strips.

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