"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Shape of Earth: Views Differ
I have to admit I’m curious as to what actually happened on American Airlines Flight 924. Here’s what CNN said: Dave Adams, a spokesman for the Federal Air Marshal Service, said Alpizar had run up and down the plane’s aisle yelling, “I have a bomb in my bag.” But according to the same article: . […]
This, for example. From the Whiskey Bar: Our goal is to get the work done quickly. And taxpayers expect this work to be done honestly and wisely — so we’ll have a team of inspectors general reviewing all expenditures. George W. Bush President Discusses Hurricane Relief September 15, 2005 In total, 64% of the IGs […]
Seeing is believing. From Metafilter: Black people loot, white people borrow. Racist photo captions by Yahoo News/AP illuminate more than Katrina’s aftermath. If these pictures are taken down, there are mirrors right here. I’d say something snarky, but that would be snarking snark. . . .
Here are some fascinating statistics, compiled by Arianna Huffington at The Huffington Post: Here are the number of news segments that mention these stories: (from a search of the main news networks’ transcripts from May 1-June 20). ABC News: Downing Street Memo: 0 segments Natalee Holloway: 42 segments Michael Jackson: 121 segments CBS News: Downing […]
Every morning, my wife watches the Today show on NBC. Since our kitchen adjoins the family room, I can’t avoid seeing and hearing portions of the show as I make breakfast. My God, how much lower can network TV set the bar? Missing white women, Michael Jackson, celebrity chitchat, interviews with NBC reality show contestants […]
This is the kind of article that gets my blood up. Until I think about it. Then I sink into despair. Think it’s bad that 36% of the U.S. high school students in this survey think newspapers should get government approval of stories before publishing? I think it’s worse than that. I think 36% of […]
In 1972, one photograph played a key role in turning Americans against the war in Vietnam. And now there’s this, from Tal Afar, Iraq: Our soldiers shot this girl’s family at a traffic checkpoint. She was the only survivor. Did our troops intend to do evil? Of course not. But evil was done, and this photograph […]
Drudge links to a WorldNetDaily article headlined “Rumsfeld says 9-11 plane ‘shot down’ in Pennsylvania.” Here’s what Rumsfeld actually said: “I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing […]