Category Archives: Crapagandarati

A tale of two marches

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Tell me, dear friend: have you heard about the March for Life? You know–the one that took place this year, as it does every year, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade? It is awfully hard to miss an annual … Continue reading →

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Time (reluctantly) gives Chavecito credit where due

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, my gawd. What is it with Time magazine’s attitude toward Hugo Chavez? They couldn’t make him their Person of the Year; that privilege is reserved for actual dictators and nonentities like “you”, not admirable democratic socialists out to change … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Only 40 years and 55,000 corpses worth of difference…

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

But other than that, who’s counting?Memo to CNN: You can call it Vietraq or Iraqnam if you like. I certainly do.

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Throng me no throngs

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Sabina Becker

It’s axiomatic in the US mainstream media that the bigger a pro-democracy demo in the “free world”, the more you play down its numbers in an effort to make it look like no one came. But get a load of … Continue reading →

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TPM Cafe infiltrated by right-wing nutters?

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Sure smells that way. And if I were them, I’d be a little more concerned about the credibility of the site, and not let anything like this go up without a big, fat disclaimer–or better still, a hazardous-waste warning label:

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Comment is free, and so is bullshit

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We had a deadly weapon: the media.” –Vice-Admiral Hector Ramirez Perez, on the coup of April 11, 2002 As Hugo Chavez’s mandate widens, and his Bolivarian Revolution deepens, we’re bound to see more rubbish about him in the English-language media. … Continue reading →

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And here’s why I call it the Chicken Noodle Network…

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Quick, what’s the biggest thing going on in Chile right now, according to CNN? If you guessed that a distressed US sailor has been found safe and sound, you’re only half right. That’s the English version. In Spanish, THIS is … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: A slip-up worthy of FUX…er, FOX!

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Only this time, it’s the doing of the ChuckleNuts Network: US broadcaster CNN has apologised after mistakenly putting the name of US Senator Barack Obama as a caption on a story about Osama Bin Laden. An advertisement for a feature … Continue reading →

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The ugly truth leaks out

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Damn the Internets. First you get this, and then this: The Iraqi government has launched an inquiry into unofficial mobile phone footage showing the execution of former leader Saddam Hussein. The mobile phone footage showed he exchanged taunts and insults … Continue reading →

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Someone needs to say a few Hail Marys

Posted on December 31, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And while they’re at it, they need to stop getting priests to lie for them. Try to imagine Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, dressed up as a bishop — the head bishop — of his own state-sponsored church. According to media … Continue reading →