Several days ago we here at Big Journalism politely requested for Politico’s Jonathan Martin to retract this sensationally false statement: In his piece today entitled “Sarah Palin is wreaking havoc on the campaign trail, GOP sources say,” Politico’s Jonathan Martin
Oooooh. I’m so frightened, and it’s not even Halloween yet. The Huffington Post mocked Tom Tancredo, former Republican congressman, now American Constitution party candidate for governor of Colorado, as a bigoted (“a healthy dislike for anything remotely Hispanic”) man of
Relying upon multiple named sources, not Jonathan Martin’s anonymous know-it-alls, new media as an enterprise is humiliating Politico and Martin. For now, they still seem bunkered down. At this rate, it looks like something of a journalistic suicide watch for
In his piece today entitled “Sarah Palin is wreaking havoc on the campaign trail, GOP sources say,” Politico’s Jonathan Martin (who was tasked with the Republican Party beat for the website for the 2008 elections) falsely claims Sarah Palin backed
It’s official. There have been whispers in recent days, but George Soros decided to go public today. He’s giving Media Matters a million bucks. Why? Because FOX News and Glenn Beck must be stopped! In a statement released today by
It’s official. There have been whispers in recent days, but George Soros decided to go public today. He’s giving Media Matters a million bucks. Why? Because FOX News and Glenn Beck must be stopped! In a statement released today by
[youtube k2iiirr5KI8] There are only 13 days left until Election Day and I need your help to flip this district. The latest poll shows us leading Congressman Hare 44% – 41% and according to Politico, this is the 5th hottest
It wouldn’t be an election without an October surprise, and sure enough, the 2010 cycle will not disappoint. This time, it’s not some 11th hour accusation about unpaid taxes, illegal nannies or secret love affairs, but an appearance from the
For some reason, many people still contend that Politico “has no politics” or is “politically neutral.” If that’s the case, someone please point out its right-of-center equivalent to Ben Smith. The JournoListo über-blogger is back at it today trying to
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets101510.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Ben Bernanke’s latest comments, the huge foreclosure mess, and Mitch Daniels’
Military Occupation, that is. At least that’s what Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor says, according to the Politico’s Laura Rozen. Not only that, but Pape is scheduled to present his findings to Congress, where I’m sure
Amazingly, Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe seemed to figure out the hypocrisy of the DNC and the White House complaining about undisclosed donors and “special interest” money being supposedly funneled into Republican campaigns. The White House has been going
We’ve often said that the media “protects” President Obama but this video from WIND radio host and Big Blogs contributor William Kelly shows this allegation literally. Kelly, a Chicagoan, was there when Rahm Emanuel was pressing the flesh, kissing babies,
Still, he said, it would be wise for young Hollywood conservatives to exercise caution when speaking their minds. Politico: Since Clint [Howard] isn’t an A-List Hollywood celebrity, he’s not too worried about how his conservative beliefs might affect his career.
Now that the establishment’s favorite comedian, Jon Stewart, has the state-sanctioned approval of no less than the President of the United States for his upcoming “Mock-The-People” rally on October 30th, it only makes sense that Comedy Central’s state-enamored sister company,
UPDATE: Larry Weitzner of Jamestown Associates, the media consulting firm that initially denied having described West Virginians as “hicky,” admitted on Thursday to having used that characterization in the firm’s casting call request. He has since been fired by the
Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball last week giggled with guests Alex Wagner of Politics Daily and Richard Wolffe as they tried to convince viewers that Christine O’Donnell is a “cute” candidate but her “claim to fame is ‘I don’t know
The Old Media went into a feeding frenzy when it was revealed that News Corp., the owner of Fox News, had donated $1 million to the Republican Governor’s Association to help GOP candidates this election cycle. The left immediately used
41.8 million Americans are now on food stamps. The details don’t look good for our country. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases jumped 18 percent from a year earlier and increased 1.4 percent from June, the
At a Washington seminar on “the state of domestic intelligence reform” sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center yesterday, three members of the blue-ribbon group known as Team B II challenged prominent members of the U.S. intelligence community (“Team A”). Pointed
From Politico: House Republicans have drafted a go-for-broke blueprint for the final weeks of the midterm campaign that will bring them to $45 million in television ad spending, with spots reserved in 62 congressional districts across the nation. POLITICO has
From Politico: On the eve of Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast’s turning two years old, Brown took to the site’s pages Tuesday to announce some big news: Howard Kurtz is joining the Beast as Washington bureau chief. Funny, Kurtz was
An audiotape has just emerged on the website of the Las Vegas Sun, capturing Sharron Angle, the Tea Party/Republican candidate, in private conversation with a third-party spoiler candidate Scott Ashjian: [audio: http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/10/angle-v2.mp3] Some choice quotes: The Republicans have lost their
An audiotape has just emerged on the website of the Las Vegas Sun, capturing Sharron Angle, the Tea Party/Republican candidate, in private conversation with a third-party spoiler candidate, Scott Ashjian: You can listen to the audio here. Some choice quotes:
Now that the final bell has rung on NBC’s week-long Education Nation conference, we can ask the extra credit question: When did school choice go mainstream? The “summit,” held at NBC’s New York studios at Rockefeller Center, almost felt like
