Purely Coincidental I'm Sure

In the world of blogging, the Hadley affair has gone viral on the conservative side. Stunning revelations abound. On the other hand, old media is in lock down mode over the story. Now head on over to Liblogs and see that there's nary a peep. In fact, all of the issues covered there, appear to mirror what you see in any of the old media news aggregators.

Both liberal bloggers and old media's views on what should be exposed appear to be perfectly aligned. Funny that.
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If You Can Only Read One Post in the Next Week, Let This Link be It

The boys at Powerline have outdone themselves by analysing and putting into context one of the most damning revelations out of the Hadley release. Read the whole thing, and then try to imagine that AGW is not a complete scam. I suspect you will have some difficulty.

It's titled "The Alarmists Do "Science": a Case Study".
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The Customer is Always Right...Except in the Media Business

There's a saying in business that the customer is always right. A restaurant telling its customers that the food really does taste good, in response to complaints about poor quality won't be in business for long. All viable businesses follow this basic principle.

Emphasis on the word "viable".

Yesterday a blog story went "viral" - the Hadley data leak. Small Dead Animals is one of the best places to follow it, but the story is pretty much everywhere. Except in old media.

That hundreds of blogs and their millions of readers are flocking to this story is proof of the interest in it (never mind that it goes to the heart of a theory that seeks to redefine our worldwide economic relations - something of fundamental importance to all Western citizens).

It seems the media is trying to tell us this foul dish really does taste good.
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The Fall of Old Media Continues Unabated

While Americans must get real fact checking on the costs of Obamacare from the CATO Institute (and "reported" by blogs), the AP assigns 11 (eleven) reporters to fact check Palin's new book.

Among the important discrepancies discovered was the claim that Palin did not frequent expensive hotels while governor, DEBUNKED!!! by the uncovered facts that she stayed in expensive hotels a grand total of four nights. Mark Steyn's hilarious take on this here.

As for fact checking the cost of a program imposed by the state that will radically alter its relationship with its citizenry and change the makeup of the entire economy? Old media has far more important things to cover....and far more important people to cover up for.
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Putting on a Pretty Dress for Our Fallen Soldiers

Our four year old daughter woke us up this morning asking if we were thinking about the soldiers who have died. She then said she was going to put on a pretty dress while she thought about them.

No Easy Answers for the Liberals

I`ve written before about the quandary facing the Liberals, one that existed well before their current drop in the polls, masked by a fractured right under Chretien. While the Liberals were busy occupying the mushy middle, the ideological ground on the right was unified by the current CPC while the NDP has solidified its hold on the left.

Now the Liberals have nowhere to go - not without consequences that is. Move to the right and they cede ground to the NDP. Move to the left and they lose their Red Torys. This quandary is now fully evident with Iggy`s absence of any concrete agenda. Trapped, the Liberals are forced to chase headlines and jump from one faux scandal to the next.

Some time ago, I predicted that the end result could be the rise of the NDP as the true alternative to the CPC. While the gains by both the NDP and the CPC in these by-elections are by no means conclusive, they seem to have caused the punditocracy to start to take note of this dynamic.

One thing is certain, there are no easy answers for the Liberals.

If the Dems Pass Their Health Care Bill

It will be political suicide for the Dems if they vote in the health care bill. In part because it is generally unpopular with the American people - according to every poll on the issue. More importantly, they will be doing it even though that they know the people do not want it.

Worse, the people know, that they know that the people do not want it but will pass it anyway. This utter contempt for voters in the land of the free and the home of the brave will surely lead to a political rout in 2010.