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Does The Politico Support Child Abuse?

9:19 am EST October 8th, 2009 | Media | 2 Comments

No, but that’s about the same factual basis Politico stands on in trying to link the Polanski story to President Obama.

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No Donna Edwards, I Don’t Care

11:35 pm EST July 13th, 2009 | Media, Politics | 3 Comments

Donna Edwards, who happens to be my member of congress here in Maryland, just sent out the following to her email list.

Yay, Politico named you to a perfectly arbitrary list! Look, I don’t have any serious problems with Rep. Edwards and she has so far demonstrated the kind of values I want to see in my Rep. that we weren’t seeing in Al Wynn. But trumpeting insidery lists from Politico is the path to faildom. Politico, in the larger sense of people in congress working for us, does not matter one bit. In fact, its an impediment to getting things done in congress thanks to the noise it shoots out.

Members of congress shouldn’t be trumpeting it when Politico lauds them. In fact, the less Politico is involved in congress, the better for democracy.

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Drudgico Caught

12:22 pm EST June 10th, 2009 | Media | 5 Comments

Politico caught manipulating headlines to entice right-wingers. Figures.

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Politico, Drudge Engage In Shark Jumping Related Program Activities

11:03 am EST May 16th, 2009 | Media | 2 Comments

Seriously, ick.

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Drudgico Strikes

3:23 pm EST April 3rd, 2009 | Media | 6 Comments

The President’s budget passed the House 233-196 and 55-43 in the Senate. According to Politico, this means it “fell short”. And this is why modern journalism has screwed itself without any help from we readers.

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Nia-Malika Henderson, Please STFU

5:32 am EST March 29th, 2009 | Media | 15 Comments

Nia-Malika HendersonNia-Malika Henderson of the Politico has written… well, not really a story so much as a bit of Drudgeish linkbait discussing whether First Lady Michelle Obama is doing too much.

Now, of course, Mrs. Obama is doing the thing First Ladies have done from time immemorial, drawing vital media and public attention to issues they think need to be highlighted. Laura Bush did it, Hillary Clinton did it, Barbara Bush did it, etc.

There’s really nothing new here. But I guess Henderson has her Politico b.s. quota to fill so she’s got to write a story (always critical of the Obamas, as the Politico does) to whip up questions that nobody besides congressional bobos like Darrel Issa are asking.

People like Nia-Malika Henderson make me cheer for the oncoming death of the mainstream media to happen in double time.

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Politico Jumps To ABC’s Defense

8:05 pm EST April 18th, 2008 | Media | 4 Comments

Let’s just say it doesn’t exactly make a great case for ABC, when the longest winded defense of your horrific debate tactics comes from The Politico – a “news” organization that has its entire business model based on the freak show of distraction rather than the substance of policy.

It’s like George W. Bush giving a lecture on competence with a straight face.

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Politico Linkbaits Drudge & Company Yet Again

1:15 am EST April 11th, 2008 | Media | 10 Comments

The headline: Taxpayers fund Bill Clinton spending

The reality: Oh, Bill Clinton is the first person to become an ex-president in the 21st century, you say? The funds being used are federally marked out so ex-presidents aren’t pushed to become Viagra pitchmen? The main complainer about this is a right-wing pressure group (the “National Taxpayers Union”)?

Give me a freaking break.

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Politico’s Ben Smith Gets Fooled Again

12:39 pm EST November 27th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Now Ben Smith gets fooled by a parody site. This isn’t the first time Smith has gotten something wrong or just stupid.

And it likely won’t be the last. The urge to get things out to Drudge and Co. trumps the need to actually practice journalism.

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Karl Rove Is An Idiot, Mike Allen Is Worse

10:32 pm EST August 14th, 2007 | Media | 5 Comments

mike allenKarl Rove, with lapdog Mike Allen in the pro-GOP Politico, 8/14/07:

When asked about the House Democratic leadership, Rove said: “This last election was a very close election, and I think they misread the results. They think they’ve got some mandate to raise taxes and blow up the budget. It’s just unbelievably out of touch with reality.”

Karl Rove, October of 2006:

When host Robert Siegel pointed out to Rove that major public opinion polls showed Democrats with a significant advantage over Republicans during an October 24 interview broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered, Rove told Siegel, “You may end up with a different math, but you’re entitled to your math, I’m entitled to the math.” Rove also said, “I’m looking at all these [races], Robert, and adding them up, and I add up to a Republican Senate and Republican House.”

As usual, Mike Allen – who has professed his admiration for conservatives like Matt Drudge and Hugh Hewitt and who called Democrats “bloodthirsty dogs” – didn’t bother to ask Rove what orifice he pulls his “analysis” out of. Mike Allen just wrote it down like the good little worshipful White House stenographer he is, then sauntered away satisfied with his big “get”.

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