Murdoch's minions: Jason and Naomi Schaefer-Riley
Jason Riley With Rupert Murdoch at the helm of the Wall Street Journal, the paper has become little more than a Fox News rag of right-wing spews or a New York Post in staid typeface. Par for the...
View ArticleOutrageous Cheney critique of Iraq brings back disastrous history
Cross posted from In the (K)now blogIn all that has been written about the impossibly bad choices facing the US in Iraq, too little has reminded America and the world of how we got to this impasse and...
View ArticleThe Racial and Moral Hypocrisy of The Wall Street Journal's 'Hamas's Civilian...
Israel's butchery and campaign of mass punishment against the people of Gaza continues.Israel has now started using flechette rounds, white phosphorous, and DIME munitions, against the civilians in...
View ArticleWall Street Journal slams Republicans over Border bill
When the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board slams the Republicans, it always makes me giggle. From their editorial:"The bill should have been a moment to redirect attention to...
View ArticleMust-See Video about Andrew Cuomo's Running Mate
Zephyr Teachout will be facing incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for the governor's race in New York State on September 9th. Her running mate is Tim Wu, and he'll be going up against...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Journal cries about the poverty of making $400,000 a year
Please put down your drink, you won't want to cover your computer/device's screen with coffee or juice or water. But if you do ruin your electronic device, no one understands your pain more than the...
View ArticleThe story the Wall Street Journal won’t touch.
There is a diary on the Rec List about a Wall Street Journal article detailing how those making $400,000/year can still feel like they are “just getting by”. http://www.dailykos.com/...I am glad the...
View ArticleAnother Wall Street Journal story
Two rec list diaries on DK today were about how the Wall Street Journal panders to the rich. The first diary was about how hard it is to live on "only" $400,000 per year. The second diary was how the...
View ArticleIs it Noonan or is it Not?
Is it Noonan or is it Notby Barry FriedmanWar .. or When Men were MenI sit, yes, in a daze. It is too early, perhaps—the apricot sour staring back, urging me, cajoling me to use my impressive skills to...
View ArticleFox News story on House Benghazi report ignores the entire report
It's not news. It's Fox News. Let the words speak for themselves. First, take a look at how the Associated Press covered the House report on Benghazi released Friday. The AP's headline is "House intel...
View ArticleWSJ Reviewed my book today
My book on my two decades of bicycling adventure was released last month.Today the Wall Street Journal reviewed it, and loved it.Big day for me. Not that I was a fan of the WSJ, bought my first ever...
View ArticleDaily Kos Image Graces Charles Koch WSJ Article
This will be a very short diary ...I came across an article published in The Wall Street Journal Online from April of 2014 written by Charles Koch entitled: "I'm Fighting to Restore A Free Society."...
View ArticleWSJ on CEO Pay! Why They Hate The Truth, And Why We Should Spread It
[This article is by my friend John Lacny, a Pittsburgh-based labor activist. He wrote it at my request for my blog, Fire on the Mountain. Lacny possesses a pitiless eye for the mechanisms of domination...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Confirms Boycotters Are Winning The Fight Against Rush...
The Wall Street Journal, owned by Fox Network's Rupert Murdoch, published a surprising story in February. The piece is titled, Talk Radio’s Advertising Problem, and it seems the biggest problem in...
View ArticleWSJ to the GOP: 'This is no way to run a congressional majority'
You know the GOP is in trouble when the Wall Street Journal editorial board skewers the party's "strategy" on the Homeland Security funding bill. And that it did on Monday, calling the House...
View ArticlePolitics And The Arc Of a Hollywood Star
There's an old joke about the predictable stages of success in Hollywood when some bright new talent breaks onto the scene and starts to attract attention among producers and directors and buzz in the...
View ArticleRachel and WSJ Team Up for Blockbuster Report on the Exploding Oil Trains
Growing up on a farm, I had some experience handling barrels of crude oil, which I never found to be particularly flammable, and certainly not explosive. So I had been puzzled by those derailed oil...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh's Radio Daddy IHeart/Clear Channel Posts Big Quarterly Losses...
The home of 'hate radio' including The Rush Limbaugh Show, has had a bad day, bad week, bad quarter, and bad year. Billboard Magazine reports IHeart Media (formerly Clear Channel) just posted a 2014...
View ArticleMaine Gov Paul LePage to Tax Non-Profits; More Tax Cuts for the Rich
This is a quick post based on a Huffington Post report.The governor’s plan, which would hit groups ranging from nature preserves and summer camps to charity hospitals and private colleges, is...
View Article'In The Red' iHeart Media (Home Of Rush Limbaugh) Closes TX Headquarters
Rush Limbaugh's radio parent, IHeart Media (formerly Clear Channel) continues to see more setbacks and losses. At the end of February, the mega media company reported a quarterly loss of $309 million....
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