Tag Archives: bad journalism

Political Discourse Olberman Style

Man, the leftist elites are flipping out. It must be hard waking up to the realization that democracy involves “the people” and not “you telling the riff-raff what they ought to do”. Congratulations to Scott Brown this morning but more importantly, congratulations to the people of Massachusetts who went to the polls in unprecedented numbers …

January 20, 2010 – 9:05 am | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Politics | Tagged , | Comments (2)

The State Of Health Care Reporting Is Sad

The front page article on CNN right now, if read uncritically, would have the dear reader to believe that if you are uninsured in America, you are “at mortal risk” of dying prematurely and that 45,000 people die every year for the sole reason that they don’t have health insurance. Read more closely and you …

September 18, 2009 – 2:12 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in National Issues | Tagged , | Comments (3)

How To Write Sensational Headlines 101

Here are the facts: Based on two recent studies, sea levels will rise between 27 inches and 6.6 feet by the end of the century. Which one of the following headlines do you think is written by a screaming alarmist eco-terrorist and which one is written by a level headed editor? Sea Level Rise May …

September 5, 2008 – 6:01 pm | By Scotch Drinker | Posted in Science | Tagged , | Comments (0)