U.S. Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings

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1. They freely consented to be stooges.
   re cartoon: That should be boys Cap’n Wafflesnarfer is bedding.

2. Our glorious MSM, so proud of their oh so progressive Obama knee pads.
   They really are proud of being major Obama program enablers.

3. The cartoon is hilarious, it looks like an “Obama-Nation(tm)” press orgy; well they do slaver all over each other…brings back that Matthews ‘tingles up my leg’ comment.
   Of course the “Emperor has no clothes” and neither do the press, truly piquant!
   Cheers
   Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
   1st Saint Nicolaas Army
   Army Group “True North”

4. Ha! The only thing missing is MSNBC…Al Sharpton..?..

5. “Get the transcripts, Candy”

6. Yes, having a water-carrying legacy media eliding and covering up scandals isn’t enough for the Dems, prominent members of whom criticize Fox for “bias” and for putting out putative “misinformation” — or, as the rest of us call it, “actual coverage”, or factual” information.”
   This is interesting (saw the link at Instapundit): Although the FCC is apparently backing off now – or, at least, is “reviewing the proposed research design to determine if an alternative approach is merited”,

   Last May the FCC proposed an initiative to thrust the federal government into newsrooms across the country. With its “Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs,” or CIN, the agency plans to send researchers to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run. A field test in Columbia, S.C., is scheduled to begin this spring….

   Yet more banana republic behaviour.

7. It’s time for the popular press to own the monster they helped make.

8. You got it! Candy Crowley should have been F-I-R-E-D. CNN has been going down ever since.

9. As much as I hate the new text acronyms……. LMFAO

10. http://bcblue.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/freedom-of-press.png
    In a related story Canada press freedom is A-OK…but of course that doesn’t fit with the “Harper as Dictator” meme.
    Curiously, China and Cuba who have the worst record of press freedom are the countries that the True-“Dope”ian clan have a longing admiration for…
    Cheers
    Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
    1st Saint Nicolaas Army
    Army Group “True North”

11. Syncrodox:
    MSNBC is under the sheets doing her wifely duty.

12. Leaning Forward no doubt…

13. So many CANDYs and only one OBOZO.

14. http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php
    Freedom
    Top 20
    #1 Finland & 17 of top 20 Europe exc 9 New Zealand 17 Jamaica 18 Canada
    Top 100
    28-Australia 33-UK 42-South Africa 46-United States 96-Israel
    Top 200
    111-Brazil 127-Ukraine 138-Palestine 148-Olympic Hosts 150-Singapore 159-Egypt 173-Iran 177-Syria 180&last-Eritrea

15. Which one is Helen Thomas?

16. Helen Thomas is under the ashtray fighting with Chris Matthews.

17. The Ghost and the Snarkness..?..

18. Apt cartoon.
    Says it all.

19. Volunteers NOT Victims. Efemall.

20. The Left told me that if Glenn Reynolds voted for Mitt Romney the president would end up with multiple wives and they were right!

21. MSNBC is owned by NBC.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

22. I know, the MS stands for more socialist..No?

23. When you google Reporters Without Borders you’ll be surprised to learn that it isn’t a leftie swamp like Doctors without Borders. RWB have been sharply critical of hell holes like Cuba.

24. Cartoons have always been the leading edge of press free expression in political matters – this one is starkly true – although I really question if the partisan annexation of the American media is a laughing matter.

25. Bob, Carol, Ted, Alice and Barry.

26. “MSNBC is owned by NBC”.
    Yeah, but it’s handling of the news is quite different from NBC, so it’s generally considered a separeate news entity.