"What Is Truth?" Said Jesting Pilate

Another fun tidbit: FAIR has a blog post by Peter Hart about Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes fussing over new polling data which showed that a majority even of Republicans believe that there is "too much power in the hands of a few rich people and large corporations." Fifty-three percent of Republicans believe this, compared to 91 percent of Democrats and 80 percent of Independents, or 77 percent

"What Is Truth?" Said Jesting Pilate

Another fun tidbit: FAIR has a blog post by Peter Hart about Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes fussing over new polling data which showed that a majority even of Republicans believe that there is "too much power in the hands of a few rich people and large corporations." Fifty-three percent of Republicans believe this, compared to 91 percent of Democrats and 80 percent of Independents, or 77 percent

Say "Good Night," David

The good folks at FAIR found this exchange about Occupy Wall Street between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and ABC news hack David Gregory:GREGORY: ... Is demonizing Wall Street the way to create an environment... EMANUEL: Well... GREGORY: ...to get the banks to hire? EMANUEL: The--it's not... GREGORY: Is this not a reverse tea party tactic?It doesn't get any more coherent from there. So high

Say "Good Night," David

The good folks at FAIR found this exchange about Occupy Wall Street between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and ABC news hack David Gregory:GREGORY: ... Is demonizing Wall Street the way to create an environment... EMANUEL: Well... GREGORY: ...to get the banks to hire? EMANUEL: The--it's not... GREGORY: Is this not a reverse tea party tactic?It doesn't get any more coherent from there. So high

... And the Self-Effacing Modesty of Walt Whitman

From the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting blog, this amazing quotation from a USA Today piece on hoax artist James O'Keefe:O'Keefe's tactics combine "the guerrilla of Borat, the gotcha of Dateline…and the gonzo approach of Hunter S. Thompson," O'Keefe said in an interview."I hope if I'm ever profiled by USA Today, I'll get to sing my own praises like that," FAIR writer Peter Hart concluded. Me

... And the Self-Effacing Modesty of Walt Whitman

From the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting blog, this amazing quotation from a USA Today piece on hoax artist James O'Keefe:O'Keefe's tactics combine "the guerrilla of Borat, the gotcha of Dateline…and the gonzo approach of Hunter S. Thompson," O'Keefe said in an interview."I hope if I'm ever profiled by USA Today, I'll get to sing my own praises like that," FAIR writer Peter Hart concluded. Me