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BrendanNyhan Keith Olbermann makes a vicious reference to Bill O’Reilly’s physical abuse as a child http://j.mp/biNexrKeith Olbermann – Bill O’Reilly – Jennifer Aniston | Mediaite Last night, Bill O’Reilly made a flimsy argument that Jennifer Aniston (of all people) is a threat to America for encouraging little girls to consider single parenthood. In an unprecedented move, Keith Olbermann made O’Reilly one of today’s Worst Persons in the World. This near-daily occurrence would usually merit little more than a yawn, except the crux of Olbermann’s argument was that O’Reilly made this point because he was abused by his father as a child. -
BrendanNyhan Salon’s Alex Pareene engages in some needed naming and shaming of cable news crime “expert” Wendy Murphy http://j.mp/cYwXfdWhy cable news never punishes liars – Media Criticism – Salon.com “Crime expert” Wendy Murphy routinely makes up facts and figures, without consequences — because she’s good on TV
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BrendanNyhan Quantitative analysis of the most important plays in Super Bowl history http://j.mp/aGoN6l
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BrendanNyhan Reader proposes next book in Goldberg/Kos genre: Moderate Khanism — Why centrists are like Genghis Khan http://j.mp/bhbFSxKos seeks to become the Jonah Goldberg of the left – Brendan Nyhan Markos Moulitsas, also known as “Kos” and the founder of the Daily Kos website, has a new book coming out in the Michael Moore/Ann Coulter genre called American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical…
