You’re seeing it in action. As has often been noted, if the media didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
A Woman Who Did Her Job
Some thoughts on an unsung (so far) hero(ine) of the Aurora massacre.
Another Space Kickstarter
Over here. I have to say, I’m not encouraged by either the people he’s interviewed, or the intended thrust. Or his level of knowledge. I really don’t care what Dr. Tyson thinks.
The Chinese are not about to surpass us, and space isn’t about science. Looks like it will be just more of the same. Space is really important, NASA needs more money, it will save STEM, blah blah blah.
I’ve been thinking about putting together a Kickstarter for a space documentary, or a series of web videos, with Bill Whittle. Tentative title: Everything You Know About Space Is Wrong. I wonder how much support I could get?
You Are Not Allowed To Defend Yourself
…in Cinemark theaters. Yeah, the guy was armored up, but someone could still have gotten in a head shot, if they’d been allowed to have a gun. I wonder if any of the victims has CCW, and can sue?
Obama’s “Gaffe”
Some history and context. It’s nothing new. He was raised as a Marxist, and he’s never changed.
[Afternoon update]
No, Adam Gopnik, Adam Smith would not have agreed with Barack Obama.
Good News For Those Worried About China In Space
If this is true, they’re wasting their money on a heavy lifter.
That Didn’t Take Long
It hasn’t been twelve hours since the latest massacre, and people in the media are already using it to call for gun control that would be very unlikely to have prevented it. And of course, it goes without saying that it’s Rush Limbaugh’s and the Tea Party’s fault. I predict that Sarah Palin will be fingered by the end of the day.
Idiot demagogues and rhetorical ambulance chasers.
I will say that it might be useful not to allow costumes in movie theaters, though. Something like this was inevitable.
[Update a while later]
ABC News: “Oops, sorry about that.”
Note that their first instinct is always to blame “right wingers” and (more recently) the Tea Party, whereas they always go to ridiculous lengths to downplay any possible connection to jihad. And if the guy turns out to have connections to the Occumorons, we’ll never hear about it. Most likely, though, it will just turn out to be a nut, like Jarred Loughner.
Not Just A Pseudoscience Guy
Bill Nye is also an Obama guy. But I guess pseudoscience and pseudoeconomics go together.
As Long As We’re Talking About Mitt’s Tax Records
Here are the top ten things that Obama refuses to release.
The double standards are amazing, particularly considering all the Bravo Sierra the administration makes about “transparency.”