Category Archives: Media Watch

I Now Have a Twitter Account for BattleSwarm

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Go to https://twitter.com/#!/BattleSwarmBlog if you want to follow me there. Expect a lot of #txsen posts. I’ll probably also tweet more stuff that’s not worthy of an entire post…

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Mark Steyn Dogs Obama

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The whole “Obama Eats Dog” Kerfuffle was notable only for the amazing speed liberal pundits shut their lips instead of continuing to mouth off about a 1983 Romney family vacation. But we can be thankful the episode allows us to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 27, 2012

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Working on a major senate race post, so enjoy another Friday LinkSwarm: Maureen Dowd has a fairly limited range of issues upon which she’s actually worth reading, but the personal scandals of sleazy corrupt politicians (in this case the John … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 23, 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I have a few major posts in various stages of gestation, so here’s a LinkSwarm to tide you over in the meantime: Mark Steyn on our heroic Secret Service agents: “It’s not just the entitlements. Everywhere you look in the … Continue reading →

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PETA With Suits and Deodorant

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a superb example of a viral attack ad that accomplishes everything it sets out to do: attract attention, create an impression, make viewers question their previous view on a subject, and provide a few laughs: Until I saw this, … Continue reading →

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Roundup of Senate Debate Coverage

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a roundup of coverage of the Texas Senate candidate debate I liveblogged on Friday: Tom Benning at the Dallas Morning News also live-blogged the debate. His write-up is more coherent but less comprehensive or colorful than my own. KERA … Continue reading →

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Liveblog of the April 13, 2012 Texas Senate Debate

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Well, I’ve already been distracted by shiny objects, so I guess I’ll close this out. David Dewhurst was a very poor candidate tonight, and he better hope that not too many Republican voters were watching… Leppert doesn’t excite the base … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging the Texas Senate Debate Friday, April 13, 7 PM

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’m livebloggiong the debate here. This is announcement that I will be attempting to liveblog the Texas Senate debate happening this Friday, April 13, at 7 PM CDT. Some of the things I’ll be looking at most keenly: David Dewhurst’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 9, 2012

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A LinkSwarm to start your day with: Today’s Democrat calling her fellow Texans bigots comes to you from Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin). How the story of today’s media transformation is being written by the losers: “We should not expect anything … Continue reading →

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Keith Olbermann’s Appeal Becomes Ever More Selective

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

How bad do you have to suck to be fired and replaced with Eliot Spitzer? Evidently you have to suck as bad as Keith Olbermann. He went from CNN to MSNBC to Current TV (whose audience ratings clock in slightly … Continue reading →

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