Tag: MEDIA
In an apparent effort to defend itself after Dorothy Rabinowitz’s insane comments about the “all-powerful bike lobby” and the “totalitarians” running the New York City government, the Wall Street Journal published a follow-up video addressing the backlash today. Titled “Yes, There Really Is a Bike Lobby,” the clip features Alex Kazam–a WSJ intern, as far […]
Today’s New York Times features a large ad in the paper’s front section that reads “WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TURKEY? The People of Turkey Have Spoken! WE WILL NOT BE OPPRESSED!” It got there after Occupy Gezi protesters staged an incredibly successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, reaching its $53,800 goal in 24 hours (it’s now at $101,477, with […]
In a mainstream media environment that has staunchly avoided any mention of the protests and police violence that are raging in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, one surprising, subversive Turkish source put #OccupyGezi on TV: Ali Ihsan Varol, host of “Kelime Oyunu,” or “The Word Game.” Every single one of Varol’s questions and answers on the show slyly […]
Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi, the two young men who were identified as “Bag Men” on the cover of the New York Post during the investigation of the Boston Marathon, have sued that paper for defamation. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, argues that the Post cover and accompanying article imply Barhoum and Zaimi were lead suspects. No word on […]
Why do Americans know so little about the real goings-on of their country? Fox News has the answers, right after this commercial break. […]
In case you missed it, in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, the New York Post published a front page photo of two innocent young men, insinuating that they were chief suspects in the federal investigation. Perhaps not shockingly, the two men were Arab. After the paper issued a half-assed update (not a […]
Last night, Rachel Maddow featured ANIMAL’s video of a prank on the New York Post for that paper’s terrible coverage in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. The MSNBC host highlighted the clip as a part of her “Best New Thing in the World Today” recurring segment. Watch the video! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world […]
How did that apology letter get into your New York Post today? Watch the video above. […]
The media circus continues. Reading from what has been widely speculated to be Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev’s Twitter feed, Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly accidentally rapped the lyrics to Dr. Dre and Eminem’s “Forgot About Dre” on the air today. “This is apparently what was on his mind–I believe that’s a quote of a song–days […]
At 5:41 this evening, Reuters published an obituary for financier and philanthropist George Soros. “George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX,” reads the headline, followed by an even more bizarre lede: “George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years […]
