On July 14th, on an MSNBC Countdown segment about the pending well bore pressure tests of the Macondo well, an oil industry MBA named Bob Cavnar was "confused," saying this was the first he'd heard of an "integrity test," then suggesting that something was "not making any sense," as if some other agenda might
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The death of American accountability – John McQuaid
I have been railing about the collapse of accountability for years. This Of all the great ideas Jay Rosen has had, I never really understood what made this one anything but self-evident. Fact-checking the news in real, or-near real-time, has been an obvious need for over 20 years, and the technology to do it was old school even before blogging, Twitter and Facebook. It's just that no Frank Rich Writes in today's NY Times: Are these politicians so frightened of offending anyone in the Tea Party-Glenn Beck base that they would rather fall silent than call out its extremist elements and their enablers? Seemingly so, and if G.O.P. leaders of all stripes, from Romney to Mitch McConnell to Olympia In March, CNN made stunning announcement that Erick Erickson, editor of the ultra-right Tea Party screed Redstate.com (owned by Eagle Publishing, owner of malodorous HumanEvents.com) would be a regular panelist on the new "John King's USA" program. We get the media we deserve, and I was loath to roll over for one more indignity. I Partisan Crashers: CNN Knows What It's Getting with Erickson
I have to wonder how the Founders would have regarded power like Roger Ailes now has. He has a security detail (not just a body guard). Now, why would a simple journalist, just telling the truth, need a small army to protect him. Got RPG? Face it, folks. The first amendment was not meant to protect organized Americans for Prosperity invites us to: Join Rep. Mike Pence For Health Care Tele-Town Hall Tonight! U.S. Chamber Builds Political Operations Thinkprogress.org writes:
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