Category: Media
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Krugman
Paul Krugman is leaving the NYTimes. Podhoretz sums up my thoughts on the matter. I can’t speak for Krugman’s career as an economist – I wish King Banaian was still blogging, and hopefully he’ll talk about this in his show one of these days. As for me? Fact-checking Krugman – the guy who said the…
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How It Started
NPR’s token Aztlani, Maria Hinojosa, yelling “SLAY, QUEEN GIRLBOSS!” as Mexico’s socialist female president briefly flexed on Trump’s border plans: How it’s going: Yep. The whole world witnessed it:
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Pounce On PIglet
It’s always the food photos with Governor Klink. Only this time it’s not Pronto Pups: Huh. For the past two years, we’ve been told Minnesota’s economy is boooooooming. Now that a Republican is president-elect, the GOP will own Congress, and the DFL trifecta is dead…well, you see how this works. So let’s translate this from…
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News You Can Use – Now For 47% Off When You Mention “Jeremy’s Razors”
I’m pondering renewing my subscription to Daily Wire. On the one hand, they’ve got good news coverage. On the other, the “membership” user experience needs work. So as part of my analysis process, I present: Mitch Ranks the Daily Wire Podcasts. Podcasts are rated in terms of Overall quality (subjective, judged by me), and Standard…
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Q: What Does An Unlubricated Proctology Exam Look Like?
Liek this “legal note” – aka “bit of emergency ass-covering from the legal department” – that Sunny Hostin was forced to read on The View lest Matt Gaetz sue them for slander. The pain was visible. And glorious. And I don’t think they’re done.
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It’s A Simple Question, Mr. Stelter
To: Brian Stelter, CNNFrom: MItch Berg, obstreporous peasantRe: Brendan Carr Mr. Stelter, You tweeted this about Brendan Carr, President-Elect Trump’s pick to head the FCC: Just curious – what is it you think Carr is wrong about? That is all.
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Where Is The Fairness?
New York Magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi gets put on leave for having a “relationship” with RFJ Junior. In the meantime, Lori Sturdevant, Rochelle Olson, Keri Miller and Esme Murphy have spent the decades (five of them in Sturdevant’s case) all-but-literally sending mash notes to three generations of DFL candidates – and bupkes.
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Staged!
SCENE: Mitch BERG is walking to a GOP fundraiser in one of the Twin Cities. He walks around a corner and almost slams into a distracted Avery LIBRELLE. BERG: Er, excuse me…oh, hi, Aver… LIBRELLE: Shut up Merg. Drumpf did a completely fake staged appearance at that McDonalds! BERG: Huh. A politician doing a staged,…
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Road Nowhere Near Taken
I met Cenk Uyghur – host of “Young Turds” – once upon a time. Now, I’m a pretty polite guy. And I had bigger things going on than having to waste time on the guy. So even though my first impression of the guy was pretty awful, it never occurred to me to uncork on…
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Compare And Contrast
Martha Raddatz, on behalf of all media/Democrats (pardon the redundancy) re Venezuelan gangs: “Hey, it’s a big country. Let’s keep things in perspective! Also Martha Raddatz, on behalf of all media/Democrats (pardon the redundancy) if five self-identified Boogaloo Boys are seen hiking in the woods somewhere in northwest Georgia: “Lets examine this wave of white…
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The New Lexicon
“Grassroots”: When a candidate who has never earned a primary vote, and only run one seriously contested election in her life, gets installed by the troika of Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama after defenestrating the current President for being unfit to run a campaign (although apparently not to be President of the United…
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Berg’s Seventh Law In Action: Getcher Speech Permits
Shot: Democrats act like there’s an exception in the First Amendment for “misinformation”, a term so broad literally nobody can define it (emphasis added): Chaser: The “Referees” we once had to tune into for information are, not misinforming, but actively disinforming us: After Rathergate, and seeing Lesley Stahl humiliated while covering for Hunter Biden in…
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When Vibes Aren’t Enough
Can Kamala Harris ride “Vibes” and “Rizz” all the way to the White House? Pessimistic as I am about the collective intelligence of half our population, I’m not always optimistic. But Jim Geraghty has his doubts: My semi-related theory: Democrats have been using Minnesota as a testbed for their approach in campaigning; running for high…
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Place Your Bets
The DFL and Media (should almost be one word, shouldn’t it) are howling about allegations of domestic abuse against a GOP legislator, six weeks before the election: In 2008, Dotseth was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic assault and he later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. In a sworn affidavit by…
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Coverage
While this appears to be pure fluff on the surface… Minnesota Governor and 2024 Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz has built a reputation as a bit of a foodie, or maybe just someone who enjoys food of varying qualities. After all, he’s not always eating the most refined foods — he’s declared his love for…
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Functional
Amongf the Kamala Harris lies that ABC at the debates was the idea that “crime is down”: It means you have a functioning BS detector. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which measures Americans interactions with crimes not reported to the cops, unlike the FBI report Muir was flogging. And it’s not good: And a…
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Let Them East Avocado Toast
Minneapolis has a crime problem. Even some Democrat-voting locals appear to be on the ragged brink of figuring it out: Nothing is being done about it? Balderdash! Minneapolis DFL leaders are posting photos of people biking, and sunsets! Who are you going to believe? Your lying eyes?
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Pounce
SCENE: Governor Walz’s command post van, parked out back of the Minnesota State Fair. Governor WALZ enters, dressed in his “regular Joe” costume, trailed by Lieutenant Governor FLANAGAN, sans turquoise earrings. Trailing after in the entourage are the Governor’s press secretary, Moonbeam BIRKENSTOCK, and Lt. Gov. Flanagan’s press aide Cat SCAT. WALZ’s face is red,…
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Insult To Injury
Governor Walz hasn’t done a single substantive interview with a “Journalist” that isn’t throwing him sloppy kisses (Esme Murphy, Jason DeRusha) since before the ’22 election. But this? And our erstwhile “fourth estate”, the ones who are supposed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable? They’re yukking it up: Not sure “peak Minnesota” means…
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The Minnesota Stealth Tribute
It only took the Strib six, almost seven, months to get around to “correcting” their headline about Gov. and Mrs. Klink’s, uh, “misspeaking” about their infertility treatment: When in doubt, distrusting the Strib is always appropriate.
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High Strategy
George W. Bush’s Air Guard record. Mitt Romney’s tax returns. The Russian Collusion hoax. The “Perfectly Fine People” hoax. “White Supremacists started/did most of the rioting in Minneapolis!” “Kids are coming to school hungry in Minnesota”. And now this: Woodruff posted a tweet “Clarifying” her regret that she’d been caught: But it’s out there.…
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The Only Thing…
…that amazes me about this “interview” with the loathsome Senator Smith…: …is that Acosta actually called her on her lie. My expectations of the media have fallen that low. On the other hand, Esme Murphy wouldn’t have done even that.
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De-Origin Story
We in the conservative alt media often look forward to the demise of the mainstream media (StarTribune, I’m looking at you). And after the latest media outrage, we often repeat “you may think you hate the MSM – but you don’t hate them enough”. But how did they get this way? Richard “Wretchard” Fernandez, as…
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I’m Pouncing
How It Went: Governor Klink – in his “regular Joe” costume – claims credit for coining the “Weird” thing, the little playground chant that the Democrats apparently think is a political strategery How It’s Going: Wearing his “governor” costumer on Anderson Cooper, he’s dogpaddling away from the, er, phrase he claimed credit for it. And…
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Ozymandias
When you listen to Twin Cities mainstream media people talk amongst themselves – especially the print hacks – something “weird” emerges. They admire the late Nick Coleman. The guy who taught all of us bloggers, 10-20 years ago, that boundless smug entitlement, arrogance, and clubby paternalism masquerading as “life experience” didn’t necessarily equal credibility. I…