Category Archives: Media Hell

Janesville isn’t a dump

By Joe Weber | Published: September 8, 2009
Mother Jones gets Janesville all Wrong Despite what you might have read in Mother Jones (part of today’s Morning Five) Janesville Wisconsin, sight of a big time General Motors Plant closure…  seems to be doing quite well.  What will happen in two years when those severance checks run out?  Who knows.  But when I saw that [...]
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Why are the Birthers getting any attention?

By Joe Weber | Published: August 4, 2009
“Morning Joe” Roundtable on why the Birthers gained traction Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy “Being Extreme has a tendency now to help a career.” Boring is bad.  And that’s bad.
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Obama Press Conference

By Joe Weber | Published: March 25, 2009
1. Post Press Conference reaction - Here’s a line from the politico article:  “Obama fluently answered the questions, sometimes at considerable length. But his responses were typically variations on a single-word theme: Whatever.”  That’s kinda the feeling I got too. One other observation from here… a lot of the press was awful.  Chuck Todd asked what [...]
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The Recession Is Over!

By pdo | Published: March 25, 2009
The recession is over and has been for some time.  It really wasn’t that big of a deal.  Shit happens, right?  But the caucaphony of modern media blows things out of proportion.  Remember Terry Shiavo?  Did that really matter?  Nope, but it got a lot of press. The democrats are angry and riled up at CEOs.  [...]
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MSNBC sucks

By Joe Weber | Published: February 25, 2009
1. MSNBCer says “Oh God” as Gov. Jindal walks up to give Republican Response - After President Obama finished his address the Republicans had their turn to respond, just as if it were a State of the Union.  As Gov. Jindal of Louisiana is walking up to the podium to start speaking, someone at MSNBC [...]
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ABC News on Kinky Sex

By Joe Weber | Published: February 11, 2009
ABC News sure has an Interesting Definition of: “Kinky Sex” It’s hard to take any major news outlet seriously these days.  Media is a rough business, and everyone is now cutting each others throats while simultaneous selling their souls just to stay afloat.  I get the fact that Newspapers and Networks need website hits in the [...]
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