Some of the talking heads on the left make no more sense than the Moron Magpies, Beckel and Jeckle . . .
Did these birds ever say anything that made sense?
Appologies to Paul Terry and Terrytoons©.
Media
L. A. Times Cuts Editorial Staff
Could this signal the demise of one of the most left-leaning newspapers in America? I hope the hell so!
Five Tribune Newspapers to Seek Job Cuts – Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – Five newspapers owned by Tribune Co., including the company’s two flagship papers in Chicago and Los Angeles, said Wednesday they will cut jobs amid declining circulation and revenue.
The cuts come one week after another Tribune paper, The (Baltimore) Sun, and Knight Ridder Inc.’s San Jose Mercury News both announced similar cost-cutting moves.
The Los Angeles Times said Wednesday it is eliminating about 85 newsroom positions, or approximately 8 percent of its editorial staff.
Hat tip: PoliPundit
Remember this “Bumper Stickers We’d Like to See” I posted before?
MSM Recklessly Endangers National Security
Republican Congressional Leadership calls for investigation of leaks to the media. The Associated Press and Washington Post (among many others) recklessly release sensitive information in hopes to defame the Bush Administration and undermine the War on Terror.
From FOXNews.com:
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday called for a congressional leak investigation into who told the news media about previously undisclosed U.S. interrogation centers abroad.
“If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks,” Frist and Hastert said in a letter.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the request to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra of Michigan.
The Washington Post reported a week ago on the existence of secret U.S. prisons in Eastern Europe for terrorism suspects. The Bush administration has neither confirmed nor denied that report.
Frist and Hastert said the joint probe by the House and Senate intelligence committees should determine who leaked the information and under what authority.
“What is the actual and potential damage done to the national security of the United States and our partners in the global war on terror?” the letter asked. “We will consider other changes to this mandate based on your recommendations.”
This is yet another media tactic designed to defame the administration without regard to the damage that can be done to national Security. The leak of this information should be considered treasonous; the MSM participation in the leak should equally be considered an act of treachery toward the country.
Ostrich – Head in the Sand?
Nope – head up her ass.
Susan Estridge appearing on Bill O’Reilly‘s program sounded ever so non-intellectual as she foundered on questions about Hillary Clinton’s presidential qualifications. Estridge has her head so far up her ass she has to breathe through her twat. Maybe that’s why she looks the way she does. Between her outrageous performance as a panelist on Fox Election Coverage, her have-a-poison-apple-dearie voice and her botoxed out, scaring-the-animals face, I wonder why Fox News Channel continues to retain her services. She usually gets the mute button in our house so as not to break Damsel‘s Crystal.
Michael Yon Back in Iraq
Michael Yon is back in Iraq to cover the upcoming referendum.
Greetings:
Just a quick note that I am in Iraq to cover the critical upcoming referendum. Have been meeting with some key persons, and so far all looks well despite the serious ongoing attacks.
There are no new dispatches at this time, but I will alert you when a new dispatch is available.
Respectfully,
Michael Yon
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Update: 10/13/05 -Michael’s newest dispatch is now available.
Are We Headed for a Brave New Cyberspace?
One of my on-line habits is to read the news about computers and the internet. While browsing around, I found an article at EWEEK.COM entitled “Sun, Google Snuggle Up.” I read it and noted that the two companies appear to be posturing themselves for the marketplace. Pretty much business as usual for modern media and computer companies.
Later, I found another article at PCWORLD.COM entitled Will Google Kill News Media? In this second article, the author drew the picture of merging and posturing among the electronic media to eventually eliminate the New York Times and other print media. I also found a link to a flash video entitled “Epic 2015.” It was a graphics-driven projection of events yet to come in the electronic information market. Very interesting – almost scary. Everything is affected – including blogs, Ipods, and anything wireless. From the second article:
Matt Thompson, deputy editor for online content for startribune.com, the Web site for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Robin Sloan, who works for Current, a San Francisco-based cable and satellite TV network, have created “EPIC 2015.” In the short movie, the two peg the growing Google as the death knell for the slumbering Fourth Estate, which loses its gatekeeping and publishing role to the Internet.
The eight-minute piece–produced by the Museum for Media History, a fictitious construct of Thompson and Sloan–swerves between the plausible and the dramatic, tendering a prophecy that is both alarmist and maybe inevitable.
Whether you read the linked articles or not, I highly recommend that you watch the Epic 2015 flash video. Spooky!
One word of caution as you view the video: the authors of the video both seem to have liberal media connections.