Seriously, I wish they would.
Ed Driscoll has another good article at PJ Media, titled “Say, Maybe TMZ Could Open Up a Branch in DC“. In it he first talks about the invasive and hostile coverage that Hollywood stars receive from the media. Then he says:
In the 1920s, H.L. Mencken wrote, “It is the prime function of a really first-rate newspaper to serve as a sort of permanent opposition in politics,” a notion that’s long since evaporated, as the New York Times and, to an only slightly lesser extent, the Washington Post effectively distribute press releases for the DNC and the Obama White House. See also Dave Weigel of Slate, and formerly of the Post, serving as a 21st century studio system fixer via his breezy dismissal of Democrat congressional candidate Alex Sink’s foot-in-mouth gaffe in which she said without immigrants — read: illegal immigrants — “where are you going to get people to work to clean our hotel rooms or do our landscaping?” Or the nightly news on CBSABCNBC ignoring the spectacular gaffe yesterday by Harry Reid, their fellow Democrat, that “there’s plenty of [Obamacare] horror stories being told. All of them are untrue.”
These days, if a rival news agency goes against the marching orders of the studio, sorry the White House, then they are cast out – they are not of The Body, to borrow one of James Lileks’ favorite Star Trek references. In the Ricochet podcast quoted above, after Rob Long pointed out the similarity between the White House press corps and show business reportage of the 1930s, Jonah Goldberg mentioned how NBC refused to name Alana Goodman or the Washington Free Beacon after their scoop on Hillary Clinton’s archives.
Washington is generally referred to as “show business for ugly people,” and as John McCain once quipped, “Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.” But at some point, the DC press simply became, as Glenn Reynolds likes to call them, Democrat operatives with bylines.
Will journalists ever return to raking the muck in DC as aggressively as TMZ and other showbiz outlets cover Hollywood? Sure they will — just as soon as Republicans recapture the Senate and, especially, the White House.
Jennifer Lawrence may win her second Oscar this Sunday night. But win or lose, if she were to decide to go topless on a private yacht or isolated beach somewhere, there would be some member of the paparazzi nearby with a telephoto lens trying to snap a few pictures of her golden globes. If he succeeded, the pictures would be worth a small fortune and would soon be posted around the world.
Obama on the other hand can tell the media that “this is off the record” and then confess to murder and the media will guard his secrets. They won’t even ask him hard questions about important public issues at press conferences.
I could give fuck all about Justin Beiber’s latest misadventures. I don’t give a shit if Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan are snorting cocaine off each other’s naked bodies. It makes no difference to me if Britney and Paris are wearing panties or not. I could live happily for the rest of my life without ever seeing or hearing Miley Cyrus again.
I would really like to know exactly where Obama was and what he was doing on the evening of September 11, 2012. I am very interested in seeing his college transcripts. There are several ongoing investigations into official malfeasance, misfeasance and all around misconduct and in each case I would like to find out exactly what Obama knew and when he knew it.
So please, please, please, start treating Obama like a Hollywood star. Better yet, treat him like a Republican.
The Crawdad Hole 
There is more to honest reporting than just telling the truth. WHAT you report on (or ignore) is just as important as what you say about it.
As Robert A. Heinlein said, “The best way to lie is to tell the truth, but not all of it.”
hee, hee, thought of you myiq while watching David Corn get creamed on twitter …. twitchy’s got the round up……
http://twitchy.com/2014/02/27/classic-gasbag-david-corn-says-conservatives-dont-understand-reserach-gets-creamed/
I remember when I was such a fan of his …sigh.
I used to watch and read him too. Did he go off the deep end or did I used to have bad taste and judgement? Of course I used to watch Chris Matthews.
Prepping to be on the phone with insurance company for hours. Paid and approved beginning of February. Still nothing.
Insurance has gotten way, way worse to deal with, about as bed as the cable company. I am down to working 10 hours a week now due to lay offs. So I make less after taxes than they want to charge me for insurance. So I told them to just drop it and I will go on my husbands insurance from Boeing which is $30. a month. Boeing says they won’t add me until I have zero insurance and can prove I was dropped and my job won’t drop me until I have other insurance and can prove it. So now I am lying and bullying to try to get transferred. I would prefer to work my 10 hours a week for something interesting to do and a little bit of money but I may have to just quit and collect unemployment. Also neither group will help me work through what the real requirements are, they just dump big book sized handouts of lawyer blabber and tell me to read it and fill out the forms. I have about 50 coded reasons why I am dropping my coverage with them and none of them fit “I make less money after taxes working 10 hours a week than you want to charge me for insurance so I am switching to the $30. a month Boeing retirement insurance for spouses.”
Hey! If I divorce my husband of 30 years who is the father of my children maybe I can qualify for a government insurance subsidy! He is really holding me back from government payouts.
If he were to die in an “accident” you could qualify for widow’s benefits, plus you get to keep all the community property and some or all of his separate property.
Just sayin’
HHHHmmmmm….. He is pretty cute and even though he is grouchy often I would hate to lose him.
Heh, speaking of celebrities, our FLOTUS is so “edgy and cool” /sarc
http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/02/28/michelle-obama-and-the-revenge-of-the-knuckleheads/
Ever the narcissist.
The ever changing ‘pink’ line.
just got off the phone after three and a half hours of transfers and holds and I still have no insurance. I have a receipt but they have no record of me.
I feel your pain. I went down the same rabbit hole.
Wishing you the best. It’s so frustrating. I’m at the other end getting medicare but inundated with sundry supplemental plans. I refuse to get any plan endorsed / brokered by aarp who sold out seniors.
OMG that is terrible Mothy I hope you get it fixed. 🙂
This whole thing is madness.
Going to fire off an email to the Dishonorable Harry Reid. Suggestions welcome.
Everything I can think of would probably get the secret service involved. Be firm and stick to facts. Don’t even say obamacare is evil, just where things are and any help would be appreciated. Just another brick in the wall.
What DT said. You may want to start with your Congressman. Reid’s ebox is probably full anyhow. If that fails, call your local investigative news reporter, preferably from a Fox affiliate 😉
Thanks. Need to give myself a few hours to cool down before I vent. Ten hours this week I have spent on the phone. I have no immediate need for care but if I did I would be screwed. I imagine being sick and dealing with this shit
Don’t have a melt down in front of them, they seem to enjoy it.
They’ve got you by the balls (nads) and they know it. They have a regulation written in full lawyer gobbledygook to frustrate every circumstance you could possibly experience and they are hoping you die of stress induced heart attack at home so they don’t have to pay out. Or better yet have a stroke and lose your ability to write or speak but still live so they can extort premiums for a few months while you waste away.
VDH:
Look at this from Putin’s point of view – why shouldn’t he do whatever he wants? If he invades Ukraine, does anybody really expect NATO or Obama to do anything about it? If he acts decisively, Obama will dither.
If he waits, we might elect someone with a real balls, like Hillary.
I gotta feeling that Hagel’s plan to shrink our military is about to get shelved indefinitely.
I agree. It would be smart for Putin to act now if he ever is going to. A window of opportunity while the US has no leader is too good to pass up.
We took advantage of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Putin hasn’t even regained what they lost back then.
Reagan and the other NATO leaders made a promise to Gorbachev that if he let those satellite states go independent, we would NOT seek to make them NATO states. They would remain an independent buffer between NATO and Russia. Gorbachev agreed.
We lied, and went back on the deal. So I am not at all surprised that Russia is suspicious.
How would we feel if Russia started getting really chummy with Mexico?
Exactly. How would we feel if Canada was making military alliances with China?
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/russia-seeks-access-bases-eight-countries-its-ships-and-bombers
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday the military was engaged in talks with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Algeria, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Vietnam and Singapore. –
And what ever Putin is he is sane and predictable so count on an invasion.
He is one of the most agreeable and dependable dictators we have ever dealt with. He is cold-blooded and ruthless, and he is no friend of America. But he isn’t necessarily our enemy either. He is a smart man and he is doing what he thinks is best for Russia. He is probably one hell of a poker player.
He has Obama completely outclassed.
For all of Russia’s faults and sometimes belligerence, if you look at what NATO has done in Europe, Putin is right to be nervous. I think that if, let’s say, China, was entering military alliance deals with Canada and Mexico, we’d get a little freaky as well.
Western Europe has invaded Russia more than once. The Black Sea is Russia’s only western access to a warm weather port that remains open all year round.
Yep. It’s not paranoia when it has happened repeatedly. We always talk here in the USA about defending our real legitimate national interests. Guess what? Other countries have those too. Russia cannot allow herself to be cut off from the Black Sea, period.
It’s been so long since sea lanes have been threatened that people have forgotten the importance of a strong navy. England is a fairly small island nation, but thanks to their navy they built a huge empire. It was their control of the seas that helped them defeat Germany in two world wars and beat the colonial empires of France and Spain.
Our navy allows us to project force anywhere and everywhere. When is the last time you heard of piracy? It was in the Indian ocean and it was Somali pirates, but we put a quick stop to that. The British pretty much ended piracy everywhere in the world with a zero-tolerance policy of “find them and hang them from the yardarm.” If you threatened British ships they would send warships and end the threat.
Not gunna happen.
LOL, this is why I don’t unsubscribe to panicky Dem fundraising pleas. This is from Kay Hagan’s camp (NC for Senator). They crossed a sacred line…….what, am I 14 ?
LOL. Priceless.
If the Koch’s are the Evil Empire, then the Obama Administration is Space Balls 😀 Oooh, I may have to hunt Hagan down on Twitter ……..
Hahaha. Sadly true.
What about Soros, the unions and planned parenthood. They have loads of money and are bragging about what they’re planning.
Fuck. Fuck Fuck.
Tried to buy tickets for Son of God for my dad(was once studying to be deacon) Paid and printed but the date is for June. I selected tonight. Do not have the energy to call and argue. Anyone plan on being in Pittsburgh last week of June?
Will that movie still be in theaters in June ?
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/02/hilarious_takedown_of_new_york_times_minimum_wage_hypocrisy.html
never eat at a place where the chef refuses to dine
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/02/the_tea_party_is_alive_liberal_newsweek_is_dead.html
the Tea party is alive, Newsweek is dead
As someone stated, if the Tea Party is so irrelevant in today’s politics, why are they in the news everyday?
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/michelle-obama-americas-moms-are-confused-and-bewildered-defeated-grocery
Is anyone else sick of this greedy, grasping twit?
first the young are knuckleheads.
now moms are confused and bewildered and defeated by grocery shopping.
I do not know how I worked and raised and fed four kids and a husband before this affirmative action unlicensed lawyer told me how I should live.
And yet they will not allow any limitations on what can be bought with food stamps. I admit give me a little booze and a hit of weed and I will eat 10 Salisbury steak one dollar meals, so cheap so good so bad( I once bought 48- every last one in the store). I think they should give an option 100 dollars do what you want or 150 you can only buy these things.
Boo hoo hoo – my feelings of pity are overflowing
All from a twit who has had a chef cooking their meals for many years, never packed a school lunch according to her, and a live-in mother who took over the actual parenting of the daughters and household chores.
Oh for fuck’s sake. For the record, at 19 years old I had TWO children – a 15 month old and a newborn. I figured out how to grocery shop and feed them and my husband and myself. And that was loooong before internet and online recipes and nutrition info and stuff.
I did have family and other help, though, I confess. Protip: Even if you have zero interest in religion, joining a family-oriented church or synagogue when your babies are small is a great way to get that “extended older female family” for advice, babysitting, support, etc. if you don’t have one naturally.
Yeah , those extreme couponing moms have no clue either . ( I am so jealous of them !)
Which is one of the practical reasons why religion has endured thru the ages. Church services were a good reason for the community to get together at least once a week.
Yep. It’s one of the reasons why even my atheist husband is of the opinion that religion is an overall societal good. Builds a sense of community.
FYI: The Mormons are very family-oriented and they are very social. They are expected to do more than just show up on Sundays, and I’m not just talking about religious activities. They have all sorts of sports, crafts and recreational activities.
That is one of the reasons they have such a strong church.
If I ever start going to church again (unlikely) I might try the Mormons.
Correct. I think their theology is weird. But every Mormon I’ve been aquainted with was one of the nicest, kindest, most wholesome and ordinary and cheery people I’ve ever known.
The latest MOTUS and her commenters really blast the MO’s intrusions. I just found out that a regular size can of Chef Boy Ardee ravioli is TWO servings. No way !
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2014/02/see-bo-see-joe-see-bo-and-joe-run.html#.UxDmFps8vhw
They don’t put nutritional information on cat food. I guess the gov’t figures old people don’t need to watch their calories.
ZOMG!!
It’s raining again for the second time this week! I’m beginning to understand how Noah felt.
I wonder if there is still time to build an ark?
WTF is this? A Sharknado?
IBMMGW
Heard it was a preachy piece of climate change propaganda.
heard it from my Hollywood friends who send their kid to a 25k elementary school. So for them to call it preachy does not bode well
What is the world coming to when you can’t count on the atheists in Hollywood to make an accurate depiction of a Bible story?
Good or bad it is generating a lot of buzz. Been told all the suits are holding their breath for the results tomorrow for Son of God. If it breaks 30 million its going to have a huge ripple effect.
We’ll have to wait and see if the bad guys have huge carbon footprints. 🙂
Looks good!
Quit complaining. We’ve had the coldest winter since 1875. No major blizzards but biweekly snowfalls of 2 to 6 inches necessitating snowblower usage. The chiropractor is both happy – making money soothing/rearranging my old body and sad clearing his long driveway.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/02/28/jonathan-who-establishment-press-ignores-turleys-government-unto-himself#main-content
establishment press ignores Turley’s government unto himself testimony
Luv your new avator or is it gravator. Anywhose it’s so appropriate for these times.
thank you. when i first saw it I knew I wanted it. Got a neighbor’s kid to show me how to change my avator
I love it too!
That’s a fabulous avatar.
Stole it and posted it on fb as a photo , it rocks Helen !
have fun with it. when I first saw it, I knew I had to have it. Thank God for kids who know what they are doing with a computer. My neighbor’s kid helped me
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303426304579401513939340666?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop&mg=reno64-wsj
connecting the dots on the IRS scandal
http://weaselzippers.us/177314-obama-bills-taxpayers-7-3-million-in-air-force-one-costs-for-just-two-vacations-and-jay-leno-appearance/
backtrack bills taxpayer &7.3 million in air force one costs for just two vacations and jay leno appearance
AND CUTS MILITARY.
screwed priorities maybe?
What a bastard.
Off topic: Here is a recent link to a sex doesn’t sell article.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/02/17/new-study-faith-based-patriotic-and-family-friendly-films-are-dominating-box/
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/02/28/democrats-defeat-amendments-to-protect-americans-from-obama-irs-abuses/
when did democrats stop liking the American people?
2008 🙂
“piper says:
February 28, 2014 at 7:14 am
Wishing you the best. It’s so frustrating. I’m at the other end getting medicare but inundated with sundry supplemental plans.”
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IMHO, “advantage” plans are a scam. I’ve been on regular Medicare for 5 years and it has been great. Went out of state for medical care 6 months ago; no hassle, just made an appointment and went. Ended up with $85,000 in medical bills and out of pocked cost was less than $800.
Recently needed a new drug plan and the insurance companies really pushed the “advantage” plans. These plans are basically HMOs and if had been in one, all of my doctors would have been “out of network”. Be careful.
Mr.Barack Hussein Obama and his First Lady Michell broke every record by appearing on comedy shows.Narcissism and hunger for attention and feeling unloved is a deadly virus.By the way Barack in Arabic means Lightening .Obama means in Africa many mysterious things its also an Arabic name.
on TV today the topic was backtrack and biden in a workout video. this was to help meeeeschele’s lets move campaign.
well nutty nancy was working out before meeeschele
good one
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/28/epa-moves-against-major-alaska-gold-mine-could-sideline-project-over-salmon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29
the EPA has to be scrapped for the good of the country
breaking news
UN to have emergency meeting on Ukraine.
Russian forces on move in Criminea
Editor’s note: AFP, citing a Kiev official, is reporting that 2,000 Russian soldiers have landed in an ‘armed invasion’ of Crimea, Ukraine. We’re looking for confirmation. – Lauren
end of note
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26380336
BBC latest updates on Ukraine
This is a joy to behold, via Treacher.
awesome.
got this from a commenter at No Quarter
good site for latest info on Ukraine
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-11-airports-seized/#1752