Quote of the Day

Posted By on December 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Mark Hemingway:

When it comes to fact checking, the media seem oblivious to the distinction between verifying facts and passing judgment on opinions they personally find disagreeable.

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It’s impossible for the media to fact check without rendering judgment on their own failures. Seeing the words “fact check” in a headline plants the idea in the reader’s mind that it’s something out of the ordinary for journalists to check facts. Shouldn’t that be an everyday part of their jobs that goes without saying? And if they aren’t normally checking facts, what exactly is it that they’re doing?

via Hot Air Headlines

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A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on December 11, 2011 at 5:27 am

  • Note to customer: if you want my help on a conference call, don't interrupt me *every single time* I try to explain what you're doing wrong. #
  • Woke up this a.m. with Kismet rubbing noses with me – not nibbling – & he's been in my face *all* day. I guess I have an admirer. #
  • One of the (few) good things about living alone (not counting cats): the frozen T-Day leftovers last so much longer. (Now warming….) #
  • I still have a hard time believing someone got paid to green-light that repulsive Heineken "niteclub" TV ad. I'm buying Bud from now on. #
  • Went out of the house for the first time since I blew out my back 6 weeks ago. I seem to have picked a spectacularly nice day for it. #
  • While I was out, I picked up Mycah's cremains. Lovely little rosewood urn. I suppose I need to build a shrine, now. #
  • Most people get tunes stuck in their heads – "earworms." Me… I often get odd words stuck there. Today: giganotosaurus. #
  • You helped me along, makin' me strong… RT @rsmccain: Give me the beat, boys, free my soul http://t.co/VOAReRAq Dobie Gray, R.I.P. #
  • Sleep seems to have been, shall we say, rather elusive this morning. I may be totally cooked by the end of my shift at midnight. #
  • 5 Hour Energy, it's time for you to work your magic. #
  • **SNEEZE** **SNEEZE** Uh oh…. #
  • I voted for Mass Effect 3 to win the #VGAanticipated category at the @SPIKE_TV #VGA http://t.co/bQO5zLw0 #
  • I'm really hoping that today isn't as heinous, work-wise, as yesterday was. Maximum suckage. #

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