McTosh

[realthog]

 
Anyone who thinks they know anything about US politics based on the coverage given by the US mainstream media should urgently read this article. Jamison Foser is always excellent in his media analysis, and nowhere more so than here.

One campaign is talking bilgewater (e.g., and from a long long list, Iran is accused of aiding Sunnis), and much of the mainstream media is basically stenographing this crap. The other campaign is trying to make this a proper debate about the future the US -- and the world -- should have. The first campaign is whingeing about unfair media treatment, despite the facts on the ground. The second is saying little on the subject.

See? I'm not biased. I'm not saying which campaign is which.
 

Comments

[realthog.livejournal.com]

It's marketed in the US as McGnat's.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Sounds like McTripe to me.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Or feasibly McInsain.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

When it comes to economic policy, it's clearly McBollocks.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

*sigh* And I was trying to keep this clean . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

That's clean on this side of the pond.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Actually, it gets even better: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/26/7814/41177/70/557248

We have, it seems, recycled McBilge.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's hilarious!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think I must have ingested some really weird mushrooms or acid back in the seventies. That's the only sane explanation I have for some of the things hitting my senses these days.