WTF Is It Now?!?

Viewer beware
'What does Jon Stewart of The Daily Show have in common with the Bush administration? They're both unabashed about putting out fake news.'

- WaComPo editorial.

Wanted: real news
'The evening news needs fixing. Young viewers find Jon Stewart's Daily Show more compelling than the CBS Evening News. The sarcasm of the Daily Show mirrors their frustration about the process of politics in our country and the credibility of our media.'

- Tom Fenton, formerly of CBS News.

And now, the counterfeit news
'The Bush administration has come under a lot of criticism for its attempts to fob off government propaganda as genuine news reports... But it is time to acknowledge that the nation's news organizations have played a large and unappetizing role in deceiving the public.'

- from a NY Times editorial.

White House supports gay prostitutes
Sweet merciful crap. In what came as no surprise, the rethug-controlled House Judiciary Committee rejected a request Wednesday to investigate whether the family-values-friendly White House provided press room access to a {cough... } reporter with questionable journalism credentials - but proven gay hooker/porno credentials - as part of its efforts to control media coverage of hapless, blithering coward Preznit Stupid.

The committee voted 21-10, along party lines, to deny the request to look into the circumstances of former WH correspondent James Guckert's almost daily access to the White House news briefings from 2003 until his resignation last month, after it was revealed he was a GAY MALE PROSTITUTE using an alias.

- from here. Mostly.


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