Debunking the undebunkable

I've long thought that correcting misinformation (often called "debunking") helps enable human understanding. I think this is a principle which many bloggers believe in, to the point where it's often considered one of the basic advantages of the blogosphere. As...

Why MasturGate over Rathergate?

Did we learn nothing from Rathergate? An anonymous commenter left that rather good (if rather perplexing) question after I went to bed last night. If I recall correctly, "Rathergate" involved damning material of questionable provenance which was being used in...

Never mind the facts; beware of feelings!

One of the things often forgotten in arguments between people (and bloggers as well as mainstream media are people) is the difference between problems with reporting (bad journalism) and reaction to the facts (often bad news for one "side" or...

The Limits Of Rapport

Rand Simberg asks an interesting question. Would Bill Clinton have survived the blogosphere? Well now, Bill had a certain, shall we say, rapport with the MSM. But as Mr. Simberg helpfully points out, Kerry had it too... Despite Evan Thomas'...

A few unoriginal, unnatural, and Undeclarational thoughts . . .

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's to think something that you think is a new, original thought only to discover that some equally original (in this case, more original) asshole has thought it first! The other day, I...

What if they gave a Culture War and nobody, um, came?

Via Rhetorica (who finds wrap-ups annoying), I found an interesting WaPo take on 2004: In 2004, the New Republic ran a cover story called "God Bless Atheism." Rolling Stone ran an editorial that proclaimed: "Janet Jackson's breast is the 9/11...

Bush voters are too dumb to get it....

Speaking of emails, I just received the following gem, which came all the way to little old me on the Internet -- from a secret admirer in Eugene, Oregon! From: helpwin@yesbushcan.com Date: 2004/10/16 Sat PM 07:05:55 EDT To: (I already...

Rathergate just gets weirder and weirder

Our source at CBS has forwarded another screen capture: We would not go to web with this again if we were not confident about it's accuracy....

Selective reporting by Dan Ra^ther?

After Dennis's latest triumph in investigative reporting, I don't know how I could add anything relating to Rathergate. But I've been puzzled over why -- if the forged military records did in fact come from Bill Burkett -- Dan Rather...

Lettergate?

Or Rathergate? I can't decide. But bear in mind that it's 7am on a Saturday and I was unceremoniusly wakened by the ringtone on my cell phone (don't take that the wrong way, dear). I'm still a bit groggy. UPDATE!:...