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Media Matters launches blog
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... "Country Fair," written by Eric Boehlert and Jamison Foser," will provide progressive media criticism. Media Matters already hosts Eric Alterman's "Altercation" -- previously on MSNBC -- but this is the first original blog created by the liberal media watchdog group. ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... on Obama's response today to developments in Iraq. * Media Matters launched " County Fair " today, a media blog "featuring news links and progressive media criticism from around the web, along with commentary from Eric Boehlert and Jamison Foser." * How do you know a right-wing ad is way too over the top? When Fox News ...

Open Thread
Crooks and Liars — ... UPDATE: (Nicole) We have a new bookmark for you from our friends at Media Matters: County Fair, which will feature progressive blog links, news and media criticism. ...

Hot satin and other things
The Sideshow — Bra of the Week Eric Boehlert and Jamison Foser more than once a week! They're blogging together at Counter Fair. Via Digby, who also ponders how to show voters the bottom line. Can you guess these accents? (via) God is Republican! Michael Moore was the latest guest on Meet the Bloggers, and I was surprised to hear him buying the claim that Obama has the most liberal record in the Senate. It's just not true. (via) "The Haves, the Have Mores and the McCains: Eight ...

Monday Blogaround
Shakesville — ... Also, Media Matters has a new media crit blog, County Fair, that you'll definitely want to check out: "A media blog featuring news links and progressive media criticism from around the web, along with commentary from Eric Boehlert and Jamison Foser." Awesome! ...

County Fair
Eschaton — Relatively new Media Matters blog starring the mysterious J.F. and E.B.

Hullabaloo — Bloggy Love by digby I love County Fair, the new blog written by Jamison Foser and Eric Boehlert. Here's a good reason why. And here's another. These guys are the best in the business at dissecting the media kewl kidz's eccentric folkways and mores. .

Eric Boehlert: Honestly, Who Writes The Politico Headlines?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Another day, another misleading headline from Politico about the Obama transition team. Hey, as long as they keep churning them out, we're gonna keep throwing the flag. The latest: "Holder pardon makes Dems squirm." Obviously, it's an article about Obama's pick of Eric Holder to be his AG, and specifically a look at Holder's role in the the last-minute pardon granted to Marc Rich in 2001. The press, desperate for some sort of conflict narrative, has been clinging to the story. But look at the headline, ...

Media notes
The Sideshow — ... Eric Boehlert on the right-wing blogosphere's war on journalists in Iraq: "Over the years, the warblogging site LGF has led an online jihad against war zone journalists and specifically Middle Eastern stringers working for wire services, claiming they concoct the news--they fabricate violence--in order to spread terrorist propaganda. That local Arab or Muslim journalists are incapable of telling the truth about breaking news and that every dispatch they write, especially if it's for the AP, and every photo they file, especially if its for Reuters, must be dissected and ...

Hannity Guest Says Pelosi "Is For Birth Control To Eliminate Minority Populations"
News Hounds — On last night's (1/29/09) Hannity, loud-mouthed radio host Curtis Sliwa "joked" that Nancy Pelosi "is for birth control to eliminate minority populations." You may recall that torture-advocate Sliwa has previously said on Hannity & Colmes that he wanted to attack Rosie O'Donnell with a bat and go after her "like a human pinata." On the same show, Sliwa also said that Southwest Airlines would likely charge Al Gore for two seats. (H/T Media Matters) From what I can see of Sliwa, he does not seem in a position to be criticizing ...

Whoopi Goldberg Gives O'Reilly A Talking To About Helen Thomas
News Hounds — ... were a little out of character mean, yeah," Goldberg told him. O'Reilly immediately bristled. "The whole thing was a joke. So I made a joke out of it!" "Mmm, OK," Goldberg said with a tone and a look that were priceless. "Do you accept that?" O'Reilly asked. "No," she answered. Then they both laughed. Bill, apologize to Helen Thomas already. You know it's the right thing to do and trust me, you'll feel so much better. H/T to Media Matters for the video.

Konservative Komedy Kills at KPAK, Whoops, CPAC
Whiskey Fire — ... , the comedy stylings of vicious airhead lunatic Ann Coulter. There's video here, but I personally love the immediacy of the Son of Erick's liveblogging -- the gushiness just adds a certain, je ne sais quoi... a frisson of the class typically exuded by spooky, grabby, half-drunk uncles. Here's a highlight. ...

Stupid, Ugly, Disliked
Eschaton — Gosh, CPAC seems so cutting edge and fun, it's so hard to see why the kids don't want to be Republicans anymore.

Gathering of the Nuts: 5...4...3...2...1...
Hoffmania! — ... ...and right about NOW, there's massive vomiting as all the CPAC attendees realize what they were cheering...the fact that they have no message, no solutions and no track record, but great big pantloads of childish anger. Fun! ...

BREAKING: CPAC Convention-Goers Smear Selves with Excrement, Garbage, Congratulate Selves on Smelling Like Roses
Firedoglake — ... You can find all the video of the degenerate proceedings you could ever possibly wish for over here. You don't have to watch all that much of it -- a little bit of this shit goes a long way, believe me. But do sample something, just to be polite. ...

Karl Frisch: Media could use a Stonewall uprising of their own
The Hollywood Liberal — ... , a progressive media watchdog and research and information center based in Washington, D.C. Frisch also contributes to County Fair , a media blog featuring links to progressive media criticism from around the web as well as original commentary. You can follow him on ...