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The Week in Editorial Cartoons - In Corporations We Trust by: JekyllnHyde Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 21:09:43 PST (noon. - promoted by ek hornbeck) Crossposted at Daily Kos THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS This weekly diary takes a look at the past week's important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me. When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions: 1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted? 2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality? 3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it? The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist's message. :: :: John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Buy this cartoon There's More... :: (6 Comments, 4256 words in story)

The Week in Editorial Cartoons - Sarah Palin's Brilliant FOX Debut by: JekyllnHyde Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 15:32:08 PST ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Crossposted from Daily Kos.  I didn't have the time yesterday to post it here. THE WEEK IN EDITORIAL CARTOONS This weekly diary takes a look at the past week's important news stories from the perspective of our leading editorial cartoonists (including a few foreign ones) with analysis and commentary added in by me. When evaluating a cartoon, ask yourself these questions: 1. Does a cartoon add to my existing knowledge base and help crystallize my thinking about the issue depicted? 2. Does the cartoonist have any obvious biases that distort reality? 3. Is the cartoonist reflecting prevailing public opinion or trying to shape it? The answers will help determine the effectiveness of the cartoonist's message. :: :: The Teabaggers' Intellectual Clay Bennett, Comics.com There's More... :: (9 Comments, 3288 words in story)

Sheeple Shit News by: Lasthorseman Sun Jan 10, 2010 at 04:34:48 PST When I have to partake things from the commercial infotainment propaganda system I have to filter it out spiritually.  To see the big picture details are just not important rather details do get in the way of seeing the big picture.  NBC WBZTV in Boston ended a "newscast" story about the Newark airport fiasco by saying there ought to be stiffer penalties for the guy who walked through a vacant screening station thus shutting down the entire airport.  WTF?  Allow me to get a tad crude here.  Allow me to fully illustrate my current contempt. There's More... :: (3 Comments, 240 words in story)

On Making It Work, Or, An Open Letter To Network TV by: fake consultant Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 00:32:15 PST (9 am. - promoted by ek hornbeck) After a decade-long slide into semi-irrelevance, it's now being announced that the major television broadcast networks are considering leaving behind the "free TV/advertiser supported" business model in order to turn themselves into something more closely resembling a cable operation; the idea being that they could create a second revenue stream from the same "subscriber fees" that are paid by cable and satellite operators to all the other channels those operators carry. This has become necessary, according to the networks, partly because the market has become so fragmented...which, naturally, is cable's fault-and presumably the fault of the disloyal viewer, as well. Another reason driving the change is related to the desire of the networks to have a source of revenue that's more reliable in times of economic downturn, when advertisers often try to husband scarce resources by cutting back on all their expenses, particularly advertising dollars. Will this new change in the business model reverse the fortunes of the networks? Is it possible that the networks are simply poor business managers? And what about...Krystal Carey? Tune in for the rest of the story-and we'll find out. There's More... :: (12 Comments, 2206 words in story)

Is Rupert Murdoch Picking His Partner's Pockets ... by: BruceMcF Mon Nov 02, 2009 at 19:24:06 PST ... or is NewsCorp just an Old Media Dinosaur that cannot keep up? Burning the Midnight Oil for Breaking the Silicon Cage Also available in Orange Breaking the Silicon Cage is for breaking down those barriers that prevent us from leveraging the full potential of the netroots for progressive populist action - whether that involves using the internet for collaboration on works to be delivered live on the street, or breaking down barriers between different social networks on the internet itself. The latter is what we have here. The progressive blogosphere, if people are to believe our words (though not always our actions) is an enemy of Rupert Murdoch and his Iraq-Invasion-supporting, Conservative-Politician-electing multinational media empire. We in the US know him primarily for the Faux News Channel, but in the UK and Australia they know him for his grossly biased newspaper oligopolies. If Progressives were indeed intent on taking power (something Cassiodorus questions), we would be eager to take any shots at Rupert Murdch's Media Empire that we could. Now, I'm game, and a few others have expressed their interest, but for the most part the reaction of the blogosphere is a big, "why should I become outraged by that in particular". If the thousands of US service members and hundreds of thousands of lives disrupted - hundreds of thousands of Iraqis kills and millions of Iraqi lives disrupted - is too big a reason to grasp for being outraged at Rupert Murdoch and his media empire ... then be outraged for the mother (above right) of Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, killed in action in a War of Choice that Rupert Murdoch loudly banged the drum in favor of choosing. There's More... :: (1 Comments, 2995 words in story)

Dennis wins suit: Here's why NBC/GE want him off the stage! by: rjones2818 Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 16:26:24 PST NBC/GE is holding a presidential debate in Nevada tomorrow, January 15, 2008!  They had invited four candidates to the event, as all of them had met NBC/GE's criteria for the event.  The four candidates were to be JE, HRC, BO and DK! There's More... :: (8 Comments, 376 words in story)

Fujita Yukihisa by: Lasthorseman Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 16:08:55 PST Japan is having discussions on increasing their military and financial aide to the US in the "global war on terror". From another location comes this. On January 11th 2008, Fujita Yukihisa made a 30 minute presentation at the House of Councillors (equivalent to the U.S. Senate). He directly questioned the official version of 9/11 in a session with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo and members of his Cabinet. Fujita is a member of the opposition party, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). He was elected to the House of Councillors in 2007. He is a former Member of the House of Representative and Former Vice Director General of the International Department of the Democratic Party of Japan. Fujita emphasized that there was never an official police investigation into the deaths of the 24 Japanese citizens who were killed on 9/11. He stated that many in the US doubt the official version of 9/11 and numerous individuals have collected evidence that contradicts the government's version, which can be seen on many websites. During his speech, an aide showed several larges photos of: - the Pentagon entry and exit hole and a scale overlay of a 757 - the flight path towards the Pentagon - the WTC Twin Towers exploding - the WTC 7 collapse - the early announcment of the collapse of WTC 7 by the BBC and CBS He demanded further investigation of 9/11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... First Sibel Edmonds revelations, an election recount and now this! Oh, we had a wonderful trail ride today. Discuss :: (0 Comments)

Classy: NBC disinvites Dennis Kucinich to 1/15 debate after publicly inviting him! w/poll by: rjones2818 Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 17:23:31 PST Well, the big three only supporters have their wish.  The January 15 debate will now be a three centerist candidate confab! There's More... :: (15 Comments, 643 words in story)

Let Blackwater Stay Bring Home The Troops by: notlightnessofbeing Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 06:55:35 PDT subtitled: America, the militia with corporate sponsorship. We all know that Blackwater is made up of American militia members, often addicted to crystal meth, known for their racial hatred and itchy trigger fingers.  We also know that Exxon and other oil firms have been using Blackwater for some time now.  So I say let a few guys from Exxon and all of Blackwater stay to guard their precious oil and let everyone else come home.  This is the Exxon War after all, so let's let a few tweakers go down in flames in Iraq and bring back our honorable soldiers. Now let's take a look at a few other corporate sponsors of the Exxon War below the fold. There's More... :: (1 Comments, 203 words in story)