Category Archives: Media Criticism
The Publishing Business
I have to agree with the commenters, though. The publisher doesn’t mind taking a bath on Her Highness’s “best seller.” It’s just a way to avoid campaign-finance laws.
The Benghazi Deception
…was in full swing the night it happened?
It’s certainly fully plausible, given the people involved.
The IRS Backup Service
It turns out they conveniently canceled their contract with them, ten days after Lerner’s “computer crash,” and shortly before the other “computer crashes.”
“College” Is Not A Generic Product
And all degrees are not created equal, which should be obvious to anyone not dim of wit. Yet our public policies with regard to higher education (Including the president’s latest attempt to further subsidize student loans) insanely assumes that they are.
SpaceX Launch Attempt
They had to scrub the Orbcomm delivery mission yesterday due to a pressurization issue in the second stage (unclear if it was a vehicle or GSE umbilical problem). They’re making another attempt today, and fueling, but they’re not webcasting. No explanation why, but the disappointment on Twitter is palpable.
[Update a while later]
Another scrub, with no details.
[Update a few minutes later]
Hearing now they got weathered out by lightning 18 minutes before T-0.
“Another Alger Hiss Victim”
I guess @hughwewitt should have given Mr. Messenger a trigger warning.
Climate Models
No.
Islam’s Reformation
It’s happening, and it’s not necessarily a good thing.
Iraq
Why the Democrats own it now.
[Noon update]
“A disaster of his own making.”
It was kind of inevitable once he was elected.