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Pew Ranks “Trusted” News Outlets
From the Pew Research report: Those with consistently conservative political values are oriented around a single outlet—Fox News—to a much greater degree than those in any other ideological group: Nearly half (47%) of those who are consistently conservative name Fox News as their main source for government and political news. Far fewer choose any other single source: Local radio ranks …
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The New Yorker has published a fascinating profile on star Mexican wrestler Cassandro. An excerpt: At the top of the fun list, for Saúl [Armendáriz], was lucha libre—the flashy, popular Mexican brand of professional wrestling. Every barrio had a small arena where masked heroes (técnicos) and villains (rudos) grappled and whirled and tossed one another around on Sundays. Saúl loved …
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This week’s New Yorker cover teases Republicans about Obamacare by depicting President Obama spooning out medicine to Sen. Mitch McConnell as Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sen. Ted Cruz wait their turns. House Majority Leader John Boehner appears to be exiting to the right.
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The artwork is titled Jury Of His Peers. Source.
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The image is by Kadir Nelson.
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AFA Loses Shit Over Bert & Ernie
The American Family Association has posted a frothing column from Bryan Fischer about today’s New Yorker cover featuring Bert and Ernie. Unsurprisingly, Fischer cites the debunked Regnerus study extensively. The tony, elitist New Yorker magazine, read by those who fancy themselves our moral and intellectual superiors, is in effect promoting child endangerment on the cover of its latest issue, and …
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UPDATE: Ho-hum. Right on cue.
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Jeremy Hooper points out the apostrophe placement in the New Yorker’s latest cover story by Chris Ware. An excerpt: Now that the numbers are in on same-sex marriage, many Republicans are falling like dominos all over themselves to express their support for something that only a few months ago they steadfastly claimed to stand against. They’ll probably soon claim that …
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Isn’t It Bromantic?
Post title stolen from Dan Savage.
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Frothy Quotes As New Yorker Captions
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Ladybird Bachmann, The Silver Fox
From a profile of Ladybird and Crazy Eyes in The New Yorker: Marcus Bachmann plopped down on the seat next to me, in the back of the plane. He pointed at my laptop and asked if he could take a look. “All I want to know is what they’re saying about me,” he said. “Newsweek came up with the word …
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From the New Yorker. Tipped by JMG reader Sean.
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