Japan's Economy Contracts Again; Press Prescribes Even More 'Stimulus'

Tom Blumer
August 17th, 2015 1:20 PM

Japan, once a feared world economic powerhouse already at "two decades of little or no real economic growth," just reported that its economy contracted during the second quarter at an annual rate of 1.6 percent. The common thread throughout the two-decade slump has been the alleged need for ever-increasing levels of Keynesian "stimulus." Apparently refusing to believe there are any other…

 
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Jon Stewart's Lowest Moment: Hiroshima Makes Truman a War Criminal

Tom Blumer
August 6th, 2015 1:16 AM
How absolutely serendipitous it is that alleged comedian and actual White House propagandist Jon Stewart’s last broadcast of The Daily Show is today, August 6, the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. You see, Stewart, whose influence is especially nefarious when he is revising and distorting history for his relatively young audience, committed his most outrageous such act…
 

Japan's Retail Sales Dive; Press, Pundits Want Even More 'Stimulus'

Tom Blumer
April 28th, 2015 12:47 PM
Japan just reported yet another awful retail sales result. Though it far exceeeded predictions of a 7.3 percent fall, the 9.7 percent March 2015 plunge compared to March 2014 doesn't reveal much, as March 2014 saw a splurge at the stores ahead of a steep sales tax increase which took effect on April 1. The really telling figure is the 1.9 percent seasonally adjusted dive compared to February.…
 

Press Is Calling Japan's Most Recent Very Real Recession 'Technical'

Tom Blumer
April 22nd, 2015 3:00 PM
So when is a recession not a genuine recession? Apparently when it's "technical." Unfortunately, the term "technical recession" appears to be well on the way to devolving into what has long been considered the real definition of a recession for the purpose of discounting its validity.
 

AP Covers Up Japan's Likely Slippage Into Another Economic Contraction

Tom Blumer
April 8th, 2015 10:39 AM

In an early Wednesday morning report containing an undercurrent of amazement and frustration that Japan's journey into Keynesianism and quantitative easing on steroids somehow hasn't worked, the Associated Press's Elaine Kurtenback wrote that a steep "April 1, 2014 sales tax hike ... triggered a brief recession and growth since has been flat." The Land of the Rising Sun with the long-…

 

NYTimes Blames 'Right-Wing Media' All Around the World

Clay Waters
December 3rd, 2014 10:07 PM

The New York Times' labeling bias isn't just aimed at U.S. conservatives; the Times' global reach and bias extends overseas, as demonstrated in Wednesday's  New York Times was crammed with dangerous and unpleasant right-wingers in Europe, Asia, and of course Israel.

 

NBC's Today: Caroline Kennedy 'More Dignitary Than Diplomat

Jeffrey Meyer
April 23rd, 2014 10:43 AM
President Obama began a week-long trip of Asia on Wednesday with a stop in Japan, and NBC's Today dutifully heaped praise on the trip and the American Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy. On April 23, Co-host Matt Lauer gushed at the "Historic trip. President Obama greeted by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy as he arrives in Japan this morning. The first state visit by a president there in nearly…
 

Dewy-eyed Politico Puff Piece on Caroline: 'Ambassador Kennedy, A Star

Tim Graham
December 15th, 2013 9:34 AM

Alex Burns at Politico was handed the Kennedy Goo bucket for their latest feature, headlined "Ambassador Kennedy: A Star Is Born." The liberal media establishment are very eager to say Caroline Kennedy is packed with charm in her role in Japan as "political royalty," and if she was a terrible candidate to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate, well, diplomacy is more her bag. After about…

 

NBC's Mitchell Swoons: Caroline Kennedy 'Born to Be an Ambassador

Kyle Drennen
July 25th, 2013 12:19 PM
On Thursday's NBC Today, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell couldn't contain her glee over Carolina Kennedy being appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan: "Caroline Kennedy was almost born to be an ambassador, a picture perfect daughter in a telegenic first family. She captured our hearts all the way through her intense personal heartbreak." [Listen to the audio or watch the video…
 

CBS Trumpets Caroline Kennedy as 'Representative of The Best In Americ

Matthew Balan
April 2nd, 2013 3:50 PM
CBS again paid homage to Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday's CBS This Morning as they hyped her possible nomination to be the next ambassador of Japan. During her report, Jan Crawford featured liberal historian Robert Dallek, who gushed over the apparent worldwide reputation of the presidential daughter's family: "The Kennedys, generally, have an extraordinary, continuing hold on the public's…
 

Déjà Vu All Over Again: NBC Promotes World Celebration of Obama's Re

Ryan Robertson
November 7th, 2012 4:20 PM
With President Obama's election win, the worldwide celebrations have commenced again. NBC's Today show documented as much as they possibly could on Wednesday morning. Reporting from London, foreign correspondent Michelle Kosinski was tasked with narrating the story of how the election has been perceived and reported overseas. Eerily similar to four long years ago, jubilant residents from…
 

The End of Religion? HuffPo Writer Claims Atheism Will Triumph by

Paul Wilson
June 7th, 2012 2:52 PM
In the war between religion and atheism, one atheist is already predicting victory. Biopsychologist Nigel Barber, writing for the Huffington Post, argued that atheism will overtake religion by the year 2038. Barber’s asserted that “economic development is the key factor responsible for secularization.” His argument is simple: “The basic idea is that as people become more affluent, they are…
 

MSNBC Passes Off Environmental Alarmist, Anti-Nuclear Activist As Expe

Ken Shepherd
March 31st, 2011 4:23 PM
Filling in for Martin Bashir on his eponymous program on Thursday, MSNBC's Richard Lui treated viewers to an alarmist environmentalist's take on news of trace amounts of radioactive iodine being detected in milk from cows in two West Coast states. It's believed the radiation is linked to the failed Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. After noting that the Environmental Protection Agency has…
 

NPR Uses 'The China Syndrome,' 'On the Beach' to Hype Radiation Threat

Matthew Balan
March 29th, 2011 2:50 PM
On Monday's All Things Considered, NPR's Bob Mondello used movies about fictional nuclear disasters, such as "The China Syndrome" and "Silkwood," to play up atomic energy's hazards. Mondello especially highlighted the 1959 movie "On the Beach" as supposedly coming the closest to the portraying a real-life radiation catastrophe, such as the ongoing crisis at the Japanese nuclear plant. Host…