SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025 We finally decided to check: Last night, it was the same old thing on the primetime "cable news" propaganda show, Gutfeld!. The misogyny was undisguised; liberal women were too fat. As for Governor Walz, he was gay gay gay gay gay gay, as is routinely the … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025 When Cain met Peter Navarro: We tried, and we failed, in this week's reports, to do real justice to what we saw last Sunday morning on the Fox News Channel. We refer to what we saw on that morning's Fox & Friends Weekend program. We mentioned the instant "T … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025 Michelle Goldberg's daring advice: Can a nation like ours long endure? In November 1863, Abraham Lincoln asked. Lincoln emerged from a distant locale. The same is true of a teenage girl who lives in Presque Isle, Maine. Presque Isle is way up there. Despite … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025 A tale of two arrests: On its face, the first arrest—the first arrest of the two arrests—had an ugly, sinister feel. In its news report on that first arrest, the New York Times seemed to downplay that part of the event. You had to read all the way to para … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025 It's very Fox News, Hegseth said: Way back then, Pete Hegseth was still in place at his previous post. We're inclined to regard Hegseth as someone who lost his way at some place along the road. He tends to be angry and highly adamant. There's never the sl … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025 A lowlife performance on Fox: Richard Haass used an interesting word on today's Morning Joe. The word he used was "pathology." In essence, he was referring to the pathology of headlong tribal assault. European literature began with a portrait of that sor … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025 But then, so does everyone else: We start with a report in today's print editions of the New York Times. It isn't on the paper's front page. We offer this question: Why not? In fairness, the report is found on the front page of this morning's Business se … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 This is the best we can tell you: Where in the world is Lawrence O'Donnell? Live and direct from Yahoo Entertainment, this is the best we can do. Don't let that headline scare you: Fans Think The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Is Getting Canceled [...] … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 ...Fox News would have to invent her: Those of us in Blue America are facing a serious problem: As a general matter, it's very hard for us to see ourselves as we actually are. We're convinced that we're the very smart people. As a matter of fact, we aren't … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025 Can some such nation endure? There he stood, furious again, this time on the tarmac. Except for people programmed by the Fox News Channel, no one believes what he said. We refer to the furious Pete Hegseth, who is today this failing nation's Secretary of D … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025 Also, what Charlie Hurt said: All last week, we said this about the "deportation" of the "alleged gang members" to the Contral American gulag: The key word there was "alleged." Were the alleged gang members actual gang members? That seems like an obvious qu … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025 Can we long endure? We'll admit it! Yesterday morning, we were surprised by something we saw. It was 6:49 a.m.—still early on a Sunday morning. We thought we were watching a "cable news" program—but to our surprise, one of the multimillionaire "journalists" … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025 But who was he talking about? Were some people shipped off to the gulag last week—some people who weren't "gang members?" In the absence of "due process," were all the people who got frog-marched away "killers, rapists, monsters, foreign terrorists?" As w … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025 Or maybe it actually is: Last night, the Nancy Pelosi Botox joke arrived at 10:03. Some may think we've been exaggerating when we say he does this every night. Sorry, Charlie! There he went again: GUTFELD (10/20/25): And finally, U.S. Border officials in In … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025 Running on morally empty: Starting very early on Tuesday morning, we advanced a basic precept: The key word is "alleged." Over the weekend, the Stumblebums had frogmarched hundreds of people off to a Central American gulag. The people in question were "alle … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 Adventures in sewage flow: The day's good news seems to run like this: Knock on wood, it looks like the Internat Archive may be up and running again. We refer to the invaluable (but generally unused) service which lets an analyst see videotape of every wo … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 But what if they actually aren't? Karoline Leavitt stood at the podium describing the foreign terrorists. Hundreds of people had been frog-marched away to a Central American gulag. Here's what the youngster now said: LEAVITT (3/19/25): A predatory incursi … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025 Kennedy files save the day: Letting a thousand distractions bloom, did the Maoists engineer this? Did they decide to release "the Kennedy files" to create the latest distraction? In a perfectly sensible news report, the Washington Post starts with this: … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025 So the Fox friends all said: It's just exactly as we told you in yesterday morning's report: The key word there is "alleged." Except in the realm of Fox & Friends, "alleged" is still the key word. We highlight the word in this excerpt from a report from … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 Here's what was said last evening: We lost a large chunk of time today. Safely returned to our sprawling campus, we're happy to be able to praise the ongoing work of Chris Matthews. Chris has been doing excellent work in recent Morning Joe spots. Yesterday … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 We'll be posting this afternoon: This very morning, we saw what may have been the most morally vacuous conversation ever staged on the planet. The conversation took place—where else?—on this morning's Fox & Friends. We got a very good price from El Salvado … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 Musk wants Judge Boasberg removed: In fairness to ourselves, we had planned to fulfill our promise from last week. We refer to our promise to report on the comically silly recent action in which Pete Hegseth restored the name of Fort Bragg—even as he seemed … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 "Oopsie" and "Boom," two jailers replied: At one time, dating back three decades, Edwin Chemerinsky was frequently seen, on American TV, as a highly regarded legal analyst. Since 2017, Chemerinsky has been dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. On March 7, … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 The commander's alleged "broken brain:" We'd like to be mad at Lawrence O'Donnell. On the other hand, we understand what he's decided to do, at least up to a point. We've praised O'Donnell in recent weeks for his ability to care. While Rachel Maddow conti … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 And the band plays on: These savants will go to their graves refusing to deal with the obvious. In the most immediate sense, we refer to the 14-15 minute segment we watched on today's Morning Joe. It was built around the astoundingly tedious topic which was … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 Plus, Suzanne Scott opens the can: Last evening, we didn't watch The Last Word. Through the miracle of On Demand, we watched it late this morning. Given our own ongoing ruminations, we thought we ought to comment. We've complimented Lawrence O'Donnell for … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 But reached no useful end: On Tuesday, the language seemed to be a-changin' with respect to President Trump. In the face of his constantly changing tariff threats, the markets had been crashing for two days. On CNBC, an exasperated Steve Liesman said he m … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025 ...concerning the minerals deal: We continue to be impressed by the apparent lack of knowledge (and reporting) concerning the "minerals deal." What might be the current shape of that ever-elusive deal? Our renewed interest stems from the highlighted pass … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025 The [lunatic claims] of King George: First thing this morning, Joe Scarborough said it. Yesterday, he and Mika chose to watch CNBC as the markets continued to plummet. He said they saw "people saying things on CNBC they don't normally say about this pres … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025 The problem doesn't end there: We swear it! In the course of the next few days, we're going to do it. We're going to walk you through the steps Pete Hegseth recently took to Make Fort Bragg [Be] Fort Bragg Again. Also, to Make Fort Benning [Be] Fort Bennin … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025 Yesterday, so did Musk: The times did seem to be a-changin' in 1964. As we noted yesterday, an electrifying new song—it was released in February of that year—made that specific claim: The Times They Are A-Changin’ [...] The line it is drawn, the curse it i … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025 Will anyone else ever ask? Based on BREAKING developments, we postpone our plan to school you about this news report in Saturday's New York Times: Fort Liberty Renamed Fort Bragg, Fulfilling a Trump Campaign Promise Congress had pushed past President Trump’ … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025 But what did he mean by that? An interesting report appears in this morning's New York Times. By classic reckoning, it's an important report about some basic blocking and tackling regarding the future of Ukraine. It deals with basic blocking and tackling. T … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025 Obama's pink underwear: The angriest "cable news" star of them all was thrilled with one part of Tuesday night's address. The following night, at 10:16 Eastern, the angriest child shared his thoughts with his hand-picked panel of dimwitted guests. Here's w … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 War on the northern frontier: Way back in 1994, The Madness of King George was a well-received major film. Then too, there's the possible madness that's floating around concerning some of our lakes and rivers, but also concerning our northern border and our … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 Ever so slowly, we turn: Just this once, we're going to let you ask us about our awareness. We've often said that we ourselves were physically present when the problem began. We refer to "The Problem We All Live With." We refer to the problem we all live wit … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025 Elsewhere, it just "needed context:" We're still emitting mordant chuckles about that New York Times fact-check. As we noted yesterday, eleven writers fact-checked the president's hundred-minute address. They fact-checked twenty-six different statements, c … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025 Does anyone know or care? After the commander's joint address, are we the American people still trapped in a Week That Was? Are we involved in a Week That Was? Did Friday's Oval Office event kickstart a week whose developments may signal a change in world … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025 Needs context, one newspaper says: In the aftermath of the president's joint address, the New York Times tried to conduct a fact check. The lack of sophistication put on display was little short of amazing. Even at the highest levels, our journalists just … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025 Inquiring minds want to know: Are we Americans trapped in a Week That Was—in a week which may change the world's history? Inquiring minds now suspect that we are. They suspect that the week may have started last Friday with the Oval Office debacle. Inquir … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025 This may be a Night Which Was: With apologies, all in all, we've had a challenging day. Briefly, let's be honest. It was a challenging first world day. People are struggling all over the world with much more serious challenges. That includes the people of U … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025 Meanwhile, riddle us this: We're off very early this morning to address The Surgical Wound Which Would Not Heal. For that reason, we won't be posting until this afternoon. Meanwhile, riddle us this news report in the New York Times: What’s Behind Trump’s Lo … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025 What happened in the Oval: Are we in the midst of a Weeke That Was—an historically serious moment? Concerning that, time will tell. As to what actually happened last week in the Oval, we think a lengthy report by CNN included an admirable degree of detail. F … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025 We're now in a Week That Was: "What evil lurks in the heart of man? Only The Shadow knows!" In fairness, that wasn't exactly the slogan. The slogan in question belonged to a long-running radio show, way back in the days before TV came along. The radio show c … | Continue reading
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2025 ...for the way he sat in his chair: Bright and early, at 6:07 a.m., Peter Doocy gave voice to the mandated messaging of his corporate owners. In his normal role, Doocy serves as the Fox News Channel's "senior White House correspondent." This morning, he was … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025 The Vances were already present: Sometimes, cultural schisms come into being—cultural schisms which cut too deep to be resolved in any short-term way. These schisms may lead to wars. Sometimes the wars are military in nature. Sometimes the wars are politic … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025 Commander shouts and fumes: Is it possible that Vladimir Putin is getting tired of all the winning? We start with the pair of headlines which have just appeared atop the front page of the online New York Times: Trump-Zelensky Meeting Turns Into a Shoutin … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025 Top org (almost) gets it right: As we've noted, Gutfeld! isn't a late night show. It also isn't a comedy show. Technically, Gutfeld! is a (mainly) primetime show. It actually airs before prime time all up and down the west coast. Gutfeld! is also a show … | Continue reading