Given how grotesquely liberal and crappy the BBC News was when I lived overseas, I wasn’t feeling too keen on giving France24 the time of day. Let’s face it; thanks to toads like Jacques Chirac, a lot of my fellow Americans, expatriates included, considered the French to be, as that lovely sorbiquet goes… ‘Cheese-eating surrender monkeys‘. With the exception of Parisians, who are hopelessly rude, I wish to not only NOT bag on our Gallic friends, but give them kudos for some decent reporting. France24 hosted a round-table of sorts on video shot in North Africa of jihadis training, frolicking like Bambi and Thumper in the woods, et cetera. On the panel was Walid Phares, one of the sanest voices in terms of analyzing terrorism. The last time Europe had news TV worth watching was when Tim Sebastian was hosting HARDTalk. This channel may turn out to be worth watching.
Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
Exclusive footage gives rare insight into life in al Qaeda insurgency
Saturday, June 12th, 2010Defending Glenn Beck
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010David Solway of Pajamas Media pecks out a fair apologia for TV host Glenn Beck. Though I don’t agree with everything Beck says, his detractors look like lunatics when they barrage him with insults, and lose any credibility they may have had if they would have stuck to a fair argument against the man.
Jake Tapper’s Latest Experiment: Fact Checking ‘This Week’
Friday, April 9th, 2010Good for Jake Tapper! He is one of the few liberal reporters I respect, and the fact that he will fact-check guests, I think, will make for better television and more honest interviews.
The Obama/Baier Interview
Saturday, March 20th, 2010It boggles the mind that leftist hacks would be so foolish as to attempt to paint Brett Baier, the Fox News journalist who recently interviewed President Obama, as a badgering idiot in the same way someone like Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann would be portrayed by the left. What interview were these people watching? What most people saw was a fumbling, inexperienced, inept poser of a leader being unable to explain with any force why a citizen would want to support his health care plan. Obama needs to realize that he works for the American people and isn’t a dictator. If this health care monstrosity passes, expect a lot of discontent to boil over. More to the point, however, is Baier’s performance. He handled himself with poise, asked pointed questions that obviously got under the POTUS’s skin, and was relentless. Fox has done well in raising his profile. Peggy Noonan at WSJ and Archy Cary for Big Government comment further on the Obama/Baier encounter. It’s painfully obvious why this administration fears and loathes Fox News so much.
Stewart Rips Maddow for Using Haitian Disaster to Bash Bush, Maddow Foolishly Strikes Back
Saturday, January 16th, 2010I can’t say I’m particularly fond of Jon Stewart, find him too snarky, and his audience frankly too dumb to appreciate politics on anything resembling a deep level. There are times, however, when the man can surprise.
MSNBC commentator and all-around twat Rachel Maddow was rightfully mocked by Stewart for using the Haitian disaster as a pretext to continue bashing former President George W. Bush. Bush, unlike uber-creeps that haunt the radical left of the political spectrum, actually has a track record of humanitarian acts. He joins the current president and Bill Clinton in spearheading efforts in humanitarian aid to the region. Maddow made no apologies for her wretched and embarrassing statement. Very nice to see Jon Stewart tell the shill this isn’t the time for sickening partisan games.
Palin to Fox News: ‘I am Thrilled to be Joining the Great Talent and Management Team at Fox News’
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010There’s nothing like hearing the cacophony of a bunch of Liberals choking on their lattes. Good for Sarah Palin, good for Fox for having the brains to hire her, and good to the haters who deserve their self-induced hissy-fit.
