Jackson Death And the Irrelevancy of the Dinosaur Media

In my new Pajamas Media article, this morning, I look at one of the more overlooked lessons of Jackson’s death; The way the story got to us:

On the day Jackson died, I went looking in the mainstream media for

Apparently, even Helen Thomas becomes outraged a Democrat dishonesty beyond a certain point. Previously, I thought that impossible.  It took the Obama administration to bring it out.

(CNSNews.com) – Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press

How would we have reacted if TMZ had been wrong about Michael Jackson’s death?

That’s the question of the moment at the LA TIMES.

In answer, it would likely be a lot louder than if the Times had screwed that

Not that I ever read the  man’s column in anything like regularity, but it’s interesting to note the amount of smoke rising from the ears of his readers, and from Washington Post editors, as regards his recent decision to terminate

The utility of Paul Krugman to right-side bloggers, arguing against the left is nothing short of breathtaking. Case in point, his most recent article at the left-leaning New York Times. After years of complaining that Republicans were being too partisan,

Newsbusters’ Kyle Drennen tells us:

Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: “I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above

From the Palm Treo:

I’m sitting in the back yard, watching over some steaks and a little corn on the cob.

I have a question that I dare say will make some of you rather uncomfortable.

To set this up,

Interesting note from Don Surber this morning.

But the real inappropriate relationships in last year’s presidential campaign were between ACORN and the campaigns of both Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The Times ignored that story. Unlike the McCain affair,

According to a story posted yesterday at the Denver Post, the Democrats are in trouble on yet another front;

WASHINGTON —Denver Post- Rick Strandlof, executive director of the Colorado Veterans Alliance and the man most colleagues knew as Rick

Now I don’t claim the best writer on the Web, or the most read blogger.  However, if Bitsblog is good for anything,  it is that we know the difference between a small turd and big turd.  Why kick a small

I notice Mark Steyn, this morning, chatting about the situation at the New York Times:

Over at NRO’s Media Blog, Kevin Williamson notes this intriguing item on the sharks circling the good ship Gray Lady:

The Sulzberger family will

In a firefight, superior firepower prevails, C.J. Chivers, New York Times;

An American platoon surprised an armed Taliban column on a forested ridgeline at night, and killed at least 13 insurgents, and perhaps many more, with rifles, machine guns,

You just knew someone would do this eventually.

Washington Times:

Liberal actress and political activist Janeane Garofalo, in all seriousness, said activists who attended tea parties are racists with dysfunctional brains in a recent prime-time television appearance.

“Let’s be very

James Joyner at OTB:

The big story at memeorandum is a report by MinnPost‘s Eric Black, passed on by Raw Story‘s Muriel Kane, that Dick Cheney ran a super secret assassination ring out of his office.

Bill Sammon at Fox News, this morning, because apparently the Dinosaurs aren’t interested in digging for this stuff:
 

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville