Cyberhawk (0.00 / 0)

Great name for a band.

Me | My Work | Future Majority

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by: Josh Koenig @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 17:45:52 PM CDT

Fox and Franken... (4.00 / 1)

I'm a big fan of Al Franken and hope he beats Norm Coleman in Minnesota Senate race.  This is a network constantly caught handing out misinformation from:

1)  O'Reilly lying about a WW II tragedy at Malmedy

http://mediamatters....

2)  Hannity pedaling the "We found weapons of mass destruction" story with Rick Santorum:

http://thinkprogress...

and now they're continuing their unconscienable attack on the truth.

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by: Pitchingdoc @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 17:50:50 PM CDT

Will MSM report on this? (0.00 / 0)

I wonder if the MSM will report this (I'm skeptical) and reach the obvious conclusion that Fox News is not an objective news source (even more skeptical)?

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by: Benjaminwise @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 17:51:20 PM CDT

no (0.00 / 0)

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by: Matt Stoller @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 17:55:16 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Who needs the MSM when (0.00 / 0)

Jon Stewart is on the job.

I don't see Daily Show writers passing up an opportunity as good as this.

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by: mbayrob @ Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 00:54:17 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Fox "News" should be banned from the Democratic Convention (0.00 / 0)

I tried to persuade Gov. Dean of this at the YearlyKos that Fox should be banned from the building but he said, and I quote, "we need to talk to their audience."

Since they're going to distort our message anyway, I didn't find this convincing, but what can you do?

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

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by: Stoic @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 17:57:11 PM CDT

We need to talk to hacks? .. and people that will never vote for us? (0.00 / 0)

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by: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 19:00:03 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Hmm (0.00 / 0)

I was there when you asked that question and was surprised by it. I don't find Fox a credible news source (duh!, but if one subscribes to the notion of a free press (and I do - and I hope the Democrats do), you don't ban any press from your convention, whether you find them credible or not.

We certainly wouldn't like the idea of the White House banning any reporters that they would think were biased against them! I remember this community being indignant at their treatment of Helen Thomas.

OTOH, we ought not to give them interviews and appear on their biased programs. 

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by: Malacandra @ Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 09:27:17 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Here is "that new tool out there ...." USE it. (4.00 / 1)

HERE is "that new tool..."  The truth is out there.

USE it and learn.

NerdPower for politicos.  Wired.com: "CalTech graduate student Virgil Griffith built a search tool that traces IP addresses of those who make Wikipedia changes."

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by: Meremark @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 20:12:53 PM CDT

Impotent Much? (0.00 / 0)

Why, if I worked for cable network, of course I'd spend my days editing people's wikipedia entries.  What could possibly be a more effective use of my time than that?

So, why not switch places, then?  Fox can use my home computer, and I'll use their studios to do useless stuff like interview Anthony Zinni all day.

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 21:50:57 PM CDT

Fox News entry in Wikipedia (0.00 / 0)

I was suprised that this incident wasn't (yet?) mentioned in Wikipedia entry for Fox News...

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by: kvenlander @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 21:59:23 PM CDT

Well, What Are You Waiting For? (4.00 / 1)

It's not like wikipedia is a "they."

"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 03:37:19 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Hopefully (0.00 / 0)

Olberman gets on this.

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by: Jack @ Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 22:19:19 PM CDT

FEMA.gov (0.00 / 0)

was vandalizing the wiki page of John Orman, chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman party (the ex-party of Joe):

http://en.wikipedia....

cur) (last)  00:13, 30 July 2007 71.252.64.8 (Talk) (4,702 bytes) (Undid revision 144112334 by Brian New Zealand (talk)) (undo)

71.252.64.8 came back as
Multi-RBL check 71.252.64.8 (poker-2.fema.gov) Using Robtex

I, being the Secretary for the CFL party, was supremely pissed. They were vandalizing with my name using totally false information.

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by: Sue @ Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 08:38:01 AM CDT

P.S. (0.00 / 0)

And a greatful thank you to Chris B. for his help with the CFL Kos Pub Quiz!

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by: Sue @ Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 08:44:51 AM CDT