Comments on: Too bad to check: Memo shows network plans to slant coverage of GOP convention? Update: Nah

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:11:07 +0000

Some one should photoshop powdered wigs on both candidates and see how much either one looks like a dollar bill photo.

By: mimi1220

mimi1220 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:58:33 +0000

That was really funny.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:31:45 +0000

When Obama loses I don’t want to be anywhere near Detroit. The ENTIRE action line will be how racist America still is.

By: RightOFLeft

RightOFLeft — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:23:15 +0000

The whole thing reads like a satire of conservatives’ worst suspicions of big media, pushed a few yards beyond the line of plausibility but close enough to it to make people wonder.

That was the weird thing – why is Powerline posting satire that mocks conservative paranoia? Credit to Powerline for teasing both sides, I guess…

By: landlines

landlines — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:22:07 +0000

Hope this copyrighted so the Nutworks can’t copy it to use as-is…

By: misterpeasea

misterpeasea — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:20:11 +0000

The Dan Rather standard: Prove that it’s a fake!

By: drunyan8315

drunyan8315 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:12:52 +0000

Yes, media folks don't need memos about how to do biased coverage. They need memos about how (and why) to avoid it.

By: BigD

BigD — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:10:21 +0000

Actually, my husband and I were talking at lunch today about the presidential election and we agreed that, if Obama lost, the story line would be that America is racist. The media will never let it be about policy.

The other thing we talked about was the Republican convention, and why anyone would be interested in watching it.

Mirengoff was being satirical, but I don’t think he was very far off base.

By: forest

forest — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:08:04 +0000

The media folks don’t need memos like this. This kind of thing comes naturally to them. If memos are circulated, they are probably reminders to try to maintain some appearance of impartiality.

By: Texas Rainmaker

Texas Rainmaker — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:02:42 +0000

FAKE…. BUT ACCURATE!!!

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:01:52 +0000

Plausible deniability, heh. This is such a weird year.

Close-up shots and interviews with the meanest looking (and “largest”) delegates are strongly encourage.

They ate a “d”.

By: Allahpundit

Allahpundit — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:00:54 +0000

The update wasn’t there when I posted, obviously. As I said in the post, I didn’t think the memo was real but there have been enough nutty theories flying around this season being taken seriously by credible people that I wanted to throw cold water on this one before anyone bought into it. I’m kind of surprised Powerline would chance that, actually. But oh well.

By: Torch

Torch — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:59:04 +0000

William Amos on August 5, 2008 at 4:36 PM

I noticed that some people in the crowd were booing the guy who said they should do the Pledge. Guess that shows me the type of people that would vote for Obama.

By: letget

letget — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:58:32 +0000

I don’t watch the MSM news, I do watch Fox though. I get all the truth from HA, MM, and LGF. I know you all will put out all that is the truth. Just keep up all the good work keeping us informed.
L

By: TimothyJ

TimothyJ — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:55:01 +0000

I just love that “fake but accurate” posting. Keep up the good work O-dub!

By: fogw

fogw — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:54:22 +0000

“It does have the ring of truth, though, doesn’t it?”

Yes indeedy.

In reality though, the MSM will be far more ruthless and one-sided. Obama masks for everyone. Whoopee!!

By: Hoodlumman

Hoodlumman — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:50:49 +0000

Paul updated his “scoop”

UPDATE: For those of you who didn’t read all the way to the Major League Soccer reference, this is something I made up as a joke. It does have the ring of truth, though, doesn’t it?

By: EJDolbow

EJDolbow — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:50:06 +0000

I can’t believe we have to add POWERLINE to the list of blogs not to be believed off the bat.

The end of the innocence.

By: Akzed

Akzed — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:49:30 +0000

So, I guess not everyone read the whole tedious thing.

By: Akzed

Akzed — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:49:00 +0000

UPDATE: For those of you who didn’t read all the way to the Major League Soccer reference, this is something I made up as a joke. It does have the ring of truth, though, doesn’t it?

By: Complete7

Complete7 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:47:42 +0000

This is sad Allah, I knew it was fake after the paper money question. Why even post something like this? I guess we all get duped sometimes but this was pretty obvious.

By: Akzed

Akzed — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:46:59 +0000

Larry Johnson has the original. He got it from Mary Mapes.

By: O-Dub

O-Dub — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:46:44 +0000

Fake, but accurate.
~Gunga Dan

By: Terrye

Terrye — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:46:37 +0000

I dunno about this…

By: spmat

spmat — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:45:50 +0000

ZOMG pwnt.