Shilling for the house

Krugman vs Krugman

Peggy Noonan

Peggy Noonan. I very rarely agree with Ms. Noonan but on occasion she is spot on.

"Progressive news" definition

Oh boy some people make it hard to not start cleaning the gene pool.

Atlanta Progressive News was not planning to make any public statements regarding Jonathan Springston’s departure from Atlanta Progressive News until having been contacted by Andisheh Nouaree at Creative Loafing with the news agency’s threat of publishing a blog entry about it.

It should be noted that Nouaree’s motives in writing this piece are questionable, seeing as how he has made negative statements about APN’s Editor in the past.

Jonathan Springston served as Staff Writer, then Senior Staff Writer for a total of four years. During that time, he has grown as a writer and has produced a lot of content which has served to inform our readership on issues ranging from Troy Davis to Grady Hospital.

As many of our readers know, we are in the midst of a major website redesign and relaunch that will result in new content and new forms of content, as well as tools to empower our readers to meaningfully participate in the democratic process. Part of that has meant going back to our core mission and re-examining how every part of what we do is consistent with, and advances, that mission.

In the end, we had to make a very difficult decision to move forward as a publication without Jonathan Springston. Last Wednesday, we informed him it seemed more appropriate if he found work with another publication or started his own publication.

At a very fundamental, core level, Springston did not share our vision for a news publication with a progressive perspective. He held on to the notion that there was an objective reality that could be reported objectively, despite the fact that that was not our editorial policy at Atlanta Progressive News. It just wasn’t the right fit.

We have already begun drafting a more programmatic statement on our editorial position regarding objectivity, inter-subjectivity, and news. To be sure, I’ve commented on Creative Loafing’s blog previously about such issues.

In the meantime, here is some information from our Frequently Asked Questions page:
“Progressive news is news that brings us closer to universal health care, living wages, affordable housing, peace, a healthy environment, and voting systems we can trust.

We provide news of concern to working families, and therefore, our writing is geared toward a specific audience. Fortunately, our audience–working families–comprises a majority of people in the United States who are largely ignored by corporate media sources.

We believe there is no such thing as objective news. Typically, mainstream media presents itself as objective but is actually skewed towards promoting the corporate agenda of the ultra-wealthy.

APN, on the other hand, does not pretend to be objective. We believe that our news coverage is fair and that our progressive principles are fair. We aim when possible to give voice to all sides, but aim to provide something different than what is already provided by corporate sources.”

We wish Mr. Springston the best of luck in his future endeavors and in fact we think he would be a good candidate for Creative Loafing or even the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Also in response to the other question from Mr. Nouaree: we will currently not have anyone in the Senior Staff Writer position, although we have a handful of staff writers. Gloria Tatum, an activist and corporate media critic, recently joined our staff as well.

We are always seeking additional writers and contributors, and the new website coming soon will make it easier for people to submit content.
Red seemed an appropriate color for the APN.

I would like to thank Roberta X and The Unwanted Blog for bringing this moonbat to my attention now I'm going to quietly despair for my fellow man. I also need to credit Creative Loafing in Atlanta since it was their story first.

From instapundit

Glenn Reynolds the pundit at Instapundit and commentator at PJTV.com wrote an opinion piece for the gray lady.

Security theater

The decision could complicate efforts to intensify screening of potential terrorists who are Muslim. 

Actually, Jonah, in taking on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ Obama is saying to gays, ‘bite me’ — Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian

Pretty interesting thoughts, as a vet who served with a couple gay guys and knew several more from other MOSes and as a flaming libertarian I have no problem at all with repealing DADT. As a side note I love the internet there are so many different ideas you get to look at.
Actually, Jonah, in taking on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ Obama is saying to gays, ‘bite me’ — Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian

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Hinkle: Talking Down to the Public Will Surely Work . . . | Richmond Times-Dispatch

The snark is strong in this one.
Hinkle: Talking Down to the Public Will Surely Work . . . | Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Newsday goes subscriber-only, gets whopping 35 subscribers

 From Les Jones comes this bit of financial news on the Legacy media.  Should have the paper all paid off in oh say 30 million years or so.
Newsday goes subscriber-only, gets whopping 35 subscribers

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POLITICO Arena: Walter Russell Mead's response to 'Do they get it?'

 Mr Mead says no. He also says a few things that the democratic leaders and progressives might want to think about a bit. Some of us commoners are getting tired of being told we are stupid and wrong.

Oops he got a little excited.

Ah Chris that's not a good thing to admit as a supposed journalist.
Hat tip to Kevin over at the Smallest Minority.

Gun-control advocates play fast and loose

A telling paragraph from the article;
"Yet to listen to the VPC's Kristen Brand - who says "concealed handgun permit holders are killing people over parking spaces, football games, and family arguments" - you'd think the cohort of permit holders was as dangerous as the gang at Rikers Island."
The freaky thing is this is a newspaper article and gun owners don't see a lot of love from the press as a rule. It's much more common to see an editorial comparing us to gang bangers and or Billy the Kid. Did hell freeze over or are we winning the debate?

H/T to Alphecca

Michael Moore is an asshole

Subjective Spin Doctor Michael Moore Calls Capitalism “Evil.” « Existence, Consciousness, Identity

I found a new blog with fun stuff and a nice scathing diatribe against Michael Moore. Personally I think since it appears like Mike likes so little of the US and it's ideals he should move, the constant whining is getting old.

Things that make you go hmmmm

Well that's certainly a different attitude

Hypocrisy

SayUncle » Grassroots

So why are paid protesters okay for the Progressives and unpaid Conservative protesters bad? A second question is when will Oberman and Maddow express outrage over that.

Ouch!

Guess What? Unemployment's Really at 16.3 Percent - FOXNews.com
While not being a huge fan of FOX (or any other MSM) I do like John Lott who I find to be right more often than not. I leave it to you the reader to decide whether or not it's a good thing the current administration is continuing the statistical fudging of unemployment numbers of the last.

NPR

I am mostly a fan of NPR I find the reporting biased but it's predictable and not too far left. On the other hand I want to slap most of the other listeners who comment on the NPR site or facebook upside the head with a clue bat. I think I am becoming a curmudgeon.

Sensible Progressive has an excellent bit of commentary

Sensibly Progressive in Politically Correct America: Did this student not see the 20/20 special that said a gun can't protect you?

Why Liberals Love Dictators 101

Why Liberals Love Dictators 101

From a Facebook friend Rick Ector who is a firearms instructor (and twittering madman) in Detroit. It makes one think again about Lenin's useful idiots. I'm just sayin'.