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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
October 25, 2008
FAIR's New Blug
Whether bluggers know it or not, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting is the grandfather of most of the progressive bluggosphere. FAIR, which was founded in 1986, was the first place to do progressive media criticism in a sustained, systematic way. Their influence has been enormous—so much so that it's often hard to see, like a movie that changed movies afterwards so much that when you finally see the original, you can't tell what the big deal was.
So it's great that FAIR now has a blug of its own. I urge you to visit early and often.
ATTACKED BY A MONSTER OF THEIR OWN CREATION: In related news, John Caruso has examined FAIR's coverage of Ralph Nader's presidential campaign in 2000, 2004, and 2008. Let's see how you guys like rational, relentlessly fact-based critique NOW!!!
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at October 25, 2008 03:41 PMCool. I've linked FAIR for years, but this looks like a nice addition to their site. I first became acquainted with them years back through their book They Way Things Aren't, which fact-checked Rush Limbaugh - they had to stop around 100 lies or else they would've exploded. It was a great format, quoting what Limbaugh said and when and where he did so, and then in a column beside that, they debunked Limbaugh and listed their source. Now of course, they can link most things.
Posted by: Batocchio at October 27, 2008 05:07 PM
