Category Archives: Headline Howlers

Headline Howler: CBC commits its own “Misplay of the Week”

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I just watched the CBC Sunday Report, and I could swear I was watching FUX Snooze. Only this time it was Evan Solomon instead of Bill O’Reilly pissing me the hell off.

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Headline Howler: Who you callin’ ugly?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Well, I guess if he calls himself ugly, it must be okay for Reuters to do it too. (The “quotation marks” make it all right, you know.) Hugo Chavez calls himself ugly and his looks earned him the nickname “Goofy” … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Why is the Beeb pushing “centrism”?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The headline: Centrist claims win in Guatemala The howler: Centre-left candidate Alvaro Colom has declared victory in Guatemala’s presidential election with the count nearly complete. With results from 95% of polling stations counted, Mr Colom had a lead of 5% … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Too little, too late, too bad!

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Mary Mapes’s article in the Huffington Post is a riveting read–not only because it exposes the cowardice inherent in the corporate news world, and not only because it exposes the scum-suckers that populate Rightard Blogistan, but also because of a … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Hurricane Dean blows mixed messages

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Poor Yahoo News. They’re so confused. On the one hand, they report that “Dean leaves Mexico relatively unscathed”; on the other, “Hurricane robs Maya of vital fruit trees”. What are we to make of this, other than that, as usual, … Continue reading →

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24/7 Wall St. bullshit

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of one “Douglas A. McIntyre”, a little piece of absolute hogjaw twaddle: The prevailing wisdom is that oil prices will move down. They have already dropped from over $78 to $72, and most observers think that is only the … Continue reading →

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Why they’re howling for Chavecito’s blood

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I’ve gotten so much crapaganda from the lamestream media in my inbox lately. All of it about how the Venezuelan opposition is feeling persecuted lately. Um, you might want to start learning how to spell PROSECUTED, lamestreamers, because anyone who … Continue reading →

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Stalin calls Chavez “right-wing”

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

No shit–this really happened! An opposition student leader named Stalin Gonzalez (I’m not making this up–that is his real name!) accuses Hugo Chavez of being a “right-wing military”. He also thinks his infamous namesake was a “leftist”. Um, that would … Continue reading →