Tag: media

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Lazy media STILL beating that dead horse re: runoffs

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear. Listening to mainstream media types whine about the poor participation in last week’s runoffs is a lot like asking asking a bartender for a beer,

Movies don’t kill people. Troubled people kill people.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of that horrible, horrible, horrible event at the midnight screening of the new Batman movie, we have ALL kinds of politicos stepping forward to use

Remembering Pearl …

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I hope everyone had the opportunity to stop and reflect on that terrible tragedy that struck our forces in Hawaii 70 years ago. A foreign enemy launched

OK. Which one is it, N&O?

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Here they go again. Our state’s flagship newspaper is at it again — offering readers contradictory information on their page, sometimes within the same day and other

Former S.C. First Lady speaks out on Herman Cain and media’s scandal fixation

Posted on November 6, 2011November 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Jenny Sanford was speaking from experience when she penned her op-ed that appeared Thursday in Columbia’s State newspaper. She was The Palmetto State’s first lady when her now

The eloquence of the ‘Occupy’ Movement

Posted on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 by Brant Clifton

After watching the interview with this woman, this whole ‘Occupy’ thing is making soooooooo much more sense. (I personally think she needs to go occupy a seat in

BarryO’s appalling VP

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever

Media lets Leftist mouthpieces attack Cain’s 9-9-9 plan

Posted on October 16, 2011October 16, 2011 by Brant Clifton

You can tell who the Left fears the most by looking at who the media attacks the hardest. McClatchy Newspapers — which owns The N&O and The Charlotte Observer

A drive-by sliming, courtesy of the N&O and Politico ….

Posted on August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It is astounding how much more press coverage and scrutiny the current occupant of the 2nd congressional district seat, Renee Ellmers (R), is getting than her predecessor, Bob (Who are