Category: Media

The decline and fall of ESPN

Posted on November 29, 2011November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Like many of you, I took in quite a bit of televised sports over the Thanksgiving weekend. One night, while watching my beloved Tar Heels on ESPN,

NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas

The selective coverage of politician “sins”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen, senior political writer and resident newsroom wonderboy at The N&O, wants us to believe that today’s allegedly mainstream media (AMSM) is MUCH tougher on political

Public defenders stick up for ‘Racial Justice’ …

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Just days after North Carolina’s prosecutors formally seek an end to the travesty called ‘The Racial Justice Act’, the state’s public defenders are speaking

Let the scare tactics begin …

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

When liberals realize they can’t win a debate on the issues, they almost always turn to the scare tactics. Lyndon Johnson got the ball rolling in

Put up or shut up time for NCGOP

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by Brant Clifton

There are a number of developments brewing in Raleigh that will tell volumes about whether North Carolina made a wise investment in the Republican Party

Making Friends 101, with Professor Tim Lea

Posted on November 22, 2011September 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County Commissioner Tim Lea, who apparently believes he is the smartest person in Moore County and quite possibly North Carolina, has ruffled more than a few feathers on

GOP legislators seek business POV; Dems & Media cry FOUL

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boy, it really turns my world upside down to see something published by The N&O staff complaining about not including both sides of a story. Until recently, I thought “fracking”

Surprise! Media, Dems demagogued NC state budget cuts.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev, legislative Dems, and their hench-persons in North Carolina’s alleged mainstream media (MSM) tried to tell us THE SKY WOULD FALL if budget cuts pushed

A surprisingly thoughtful piece by an N&O reporter …