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Propaganda.com -- Huffington Post Has A Party And It's Democratic | Fox News:

By Dan Gainor

Published December 31, 2011

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Dan Gainor is the Boone Pickens Fellow and the Media Research Center’s Vice President for Business and Culture. He can also be contacted on Facebook and Twitter as dangainor.
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"The post-Christmas headline reads: “THE MOLOTOV PARTY,” and it’s not talking about a fiery New Year’s Eve bash. Naturally, it refers to the GOP and accompanies a photo of the top candidates, with every single letter of the headline capitalized for emphasis. Within a few hours, it morphs into “THEY ♥ MANDATES,” an attack this time on Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.


Political junkies would recognize that level of anti-Republican vitriol and readily identify the perpetrator – Huffington Post. HuffPo, as it is sometimes called, has evolved from a simple news aggregator into one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations the world has ever seen."

The site was started by political chameleon Arianna Huffington, who used to be conservative before she discovered it was far more lucrative to be liberal. The zeros that entrepreneur Huffington paid bloggers for their content came back to her as $20 million to $30 million or more, along with $4 million a year. That was part of the $315 million sale to AOL that turned Huffington into a media mogul and the most powerful propagandist since a guy named Goebbels.

Internet denizens might say that last comment violated Godwin’s Law, as Third Reich references often do. And it would, except it’s true. Huffington heads up a “news” team whose two aims are to drive traffic and to drive conservatives and the GOP into the ground. The HuffPo team is good at both.

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Despite GOP Sweep, Liberals Make Tax, Spending Decisions in Lame Duck Session

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Despite GOP Sweep, Liberals Make Tax, Spending Decisions in Lame Duck Session 
A mountain of legislation awaits Congress when it return to session Nov. 15. The expiring Bush tax cuts, unemployment benefits, Medicare as well as liberal wishes like the Disclose Act may be tackled.

Old News
We’ve been down these roads before, in lousy electric cars.

The 2010 Election Was Bad; 2012 Will Be Worse
Conservatives have only one choice: to win they must fight with everything they have.

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In Blizzard, Conservatives Mock Global Warming Alarmists, Left and Media Outraged

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In Blizzard, Conservatives Mock Global Warming Alarmists, Left and Media Outraged
Mainstream media continue defense of man-made global warming theory in the wake of East Coast blizzards adding “snowpocalypse” to the long list of problems blamed on the theory: heat waves, hurricanes, lack of snow, an Air France plane crash and women forced into prostitution.

It Doesn't Matter What You Do, You Just Caused Global Warming
Blizzards only the latest of hundreds of claims left uses to argue climate heating up while their science claims go into deep freeze.

VIDEO: From Hurricanes to Heat Waves, Blizzards to Bridge Collapse: Media Say It’s All Global Warming
From California wildfires, polar ice melt, rain, floods, tornadoes, snow, no snow -- all signs of global warming say public figures.

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20071024 Dan Gainor: Brewing up a contest to mock tax tricks

Commentary by Dan Gainer, The Examiner, October 23, 2007

Dan Gainor: Brewing up a contest to mock tax tricks

BALTIMORE -

Trick or treat?

OK, in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Maryland, we only get one choice — more than $1 billion in new taxes. That’s not exactly a treat. Two days before Halloween, the governor will knock on every door in the state demanding goodies.

This isn’t an innocent Charlie Brown, with a small bag, begging for treats. O’Malley has the power to scare the legislature into a special session — the second session in one year. (Each rebroadcast of the “Great Pumpkin” is called a rerun. I guess that makes this a re-session. How appropriate.)

I’d be lying if I said we’re likely to stop this tax terror…

[…]

A contest, that is.

Since the governor is holding his session at such an ironic time, let’s take advantage of it. I want you, the readers of this column, to come up with suggestions for the right costume O’Malley should wear presiding over such an epic abuse of power during Halloween.

I’ve used a lot of metaphors for our good governor during the past year. Jesse James was my favorite. Forrest Gump got me an e-mail complaint from the state Democratic Party. And I personally saw the governor in what I think was a War of 1812 officer’s costume at a Ravens charity event a couple of years ago.

So you have to do better than those. The idea should be fun and humorous, and tweak the nose of a man leading his state down the path to tax suicide. No overly mean comments will be allowed. (I get to make all of those.) Send your entries to gainorcolumn AT gmail.com. Deadline is Saturday at the witching hour — midnight.

[…]

Read the entire column here: Dan Gainor: Brewing up a contest to mock tax tricks

Dan Gainor can be seen each week on Thursday afternoons on the new Fox Business Network. He is The Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow at the Media Research Center’s Business & Media Institute, a career journalist and media commentator. He can be reached at gainorcolumn@gmail.com.

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20071023 “The Canadian Press:” Fox Business Network goes to market with news for Main Street

Fox Business Network goes to market with news for Main Street

October 23^rd, 2007

NEW YORK - Mission accomplished! So far, anyhow.

Fox Business Network, which signed on last week, has swiftly got down to business with a wide-angle vision of business as more than just playing the market. It's also the chequebook in your purse, the price tags in the stores, your dreams of a better job or paying off your plastic.

Just as vital to the mission, Fox Business has made a good start in promoting optimism. On its first morning, a glowing anchorwoman noted that on the same date - Oct. 15 - back in 1951, a TV institution was born: "I Love Lucy." Good call. Fox's new institution-in-the-making could aptly be nicknamed "I Love Business."

This is in shrewd contrast to CNBC, the long-dominant financial network and now Fox's arch-rival. At CNBC it's not about love, but money.

[…]

Many from this friendly family already are known to viewers, including Fox News vets Neil Cavuto, David Asman and Dagen McDowell.

[…]

Thank goodness Fox Business is here now to keep spreading the good word. Most media outlets are all too focused on "biz-blasting," as Asman termed it during his interview with a guest who duly echoed the Fox Business gospel.

Dan Gainor, director of the Business & Media Institute, came packing research he said proved most media coverage slams the business world. Item: During the market explosion the past few years, the media, instead of "crowing about it," dwelled on "downbeat news."

Already a viewer can sense this won't be a problem on Fox Business. Here the glass of capitalism is apt to be reassuringly half-full, if not overflowing. Free enterprise won't be blasted by Fox Business, which is busy running interference for it. And encouraging the audience not to get rich, necessarily, but to believe.

Read the entire article here: Fox Business Network goes to market with news for Main Street

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20071023 Dan Gainor Watch

Dan Gainor Watch

October 23^rd, 2007 – Dan Gainor in The Examiner

Dan Gainor: Brewing up a contest to mock tax tricks

23 hrs ago - Trick or treat?

OK, in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Maryland, we only get one choice — more than $1 billion in new taxes. That’s not exactly a treat. Two days before Halloween, the governor will knock on every door in the state demanding goodies.

[…]

Since the governor is holding his session at such an ironic time, let’s take advantage of it. I want you, the readers of this column, to come up with suggestions for the right costume O’Malley should wear presiding over such an epic abuse of power during Halloween.

I’ve used a lot of metaphors for our good governor during the past year. Jesse James was my favorite. Forrest Gump got me an e-mail complaint from the state Democratic Party. And I personally saw the governor in what I think was a War of 1812 officer’s costume at a Ravens charity event a couple of years ago.

So you have to do better than those. The idea should be fun and humorous, and tweak the nose of a man leading his state down the path to tax suicide. No overly mean comments will be allowed. (I get to make all of those.) Send your entries to gainorcolumn@gmail.com. Deadline is Saturday at the witching hour — midnight.

[…]

Read the entire column here: Dan Gainor: Brewing up a contest to mock tax tricks

Dan Gainor: Commuters need to question MARC

7 days ago - On your MARC. Get set. Go. See you in 28 years.

Dan Gainor: Gov. O’Malley can’t get a handle on state’s slots issue

14 days ago - Pull the handle and watch the pictures fly by in a blur of excitement — bars, cherries, oranges and more. As the lights flash, you scream for a winner. Then the rows of images begin to slow.

Dan Gainor: Finding a Realtor who really moves you

21 days ago - When we get married, the people who stand by us are called the best man or maid of honor — respectful titles and well deserved. When we go house hunting, we call those people Realtor or agent.

Dan Gainor: The James gang approach to taxes

28 days ago - There’s a new Brad Pitt film out called “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” It should star Gov. Martin O’Malley, because he’s robbing us blind.

Dan Gainor: Finally, money none of us really wants

35 days ago - Coin of the realm is a phrase that conjures up pirates and “pieces of eight.”

Dan Gainor: Today shouldn’t be like any other day

42 days ago - Six years, and the horrifying images are still seared in our brains.

Dan Gainor: Region’s politicians hooked on speed

49 days ago - I have a quick confession.

Dan Gainor: Workers still laboring to do their best

55 days ago - It’s my own personal Labor Day tradition to remind people and businesses that talented, skilled employees are the best asset of any company. This is my last column before the holiday, so I wanted to pay tribute to the men and women who keep this and every business going.

Dan Gainor: Poorly called strike at Camden Yards

63 days ago - The great labor battles are written in large type across American history — the Haymarket riots, the railroad strike of 1877 — even the battles between miners and mine owners in Harlan County, Ky.

Dan Gainor: Downside of the serve-less industry

70 days ago - You’ve heard it before.

Gainor: Survey says we want less government

77 days ago - I have stunning survey results: Most people would rather someone else pay their taxes.

Dan Gainor: House-hunter to homeowner

83 days ago - Deciding to buy a house is one thing. Actually finding one is another.

Dan Gainor: Eight is enough for Baltimore

91 days ago - When the singer Prince decided to change his name to a funky little drawing, he became a symbol.

Dan Gainor: It’s not time to chew the fat — let’s cut it

98 days ago - It’s time to tighten the old belt.

Dan Gainor: O’Malley explores the nuclear option

105 days ago - No nukes? Maybe no more.

Dan Gainor: A song of freedom with many verses

112 days ago - I’ve got a song in my heart.

Dan Gainor: The economy is on fast-forward

119 days ago - Call it the tale of the tape. In it, we find a lesson about the U.S. economy you seldom see taught. Not too long ago, I was at the York Road Best Buy looking for a tape recorder so I could write and drive simultaneously. Those who know me well know this is good because I seldom actually shut up.

Dan Gainor: Losing birds drag down attendance

125 days ago - Remember when the word “Orioles” was followed by the word “magic”?

Dan Gainor: A good idea can be your ‘secret’ weapon

126 days ago - I’ve got The Secret.

Dan Gainor: This isn’t your land anymore

133 days ago - “This land is your land, this land is my land.”

Dan Gainor: The conspiracy of lower gas prices

140 days ago - Gas man.

Dan Gainor: Business must play ball with base plan

147 days ago - When you first hear the term BRAC, you aren’t sure if it’s the sound you make after too many crabs and too much beer or one of the Cartoon Network’s oddball characters. (That one’s Brak.)

Dan Gainor: Legislators ready to gas up taxes

154 days ago - Gas prices have continued to climb.

Dan Gainor: Where’s there’s smoke, there’s stupidity

161 days ago - It appears likely that as of Feb. 1, 2008, Marylanders will no longer be allowed to smoke in bars and restaurants. Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley appears poised to sign the bill as early as this week and join legislators by making an ash out of himself.

Dan Gainor: There’s no place like home

168 days ago - The online world gives you the ability to find exactly what you want in a relationship. You can pick age, size and appearance without ever leaving your home.

Dan Gainor: Tanks for the memories of cheap gas

Dan Gainor: Imagine a Baltimore without cars

Dan Gainor: We are not at the end, my friend

Dan Gainor: Politicians out of control

Readers should believe it’s been a great year for the paper

Dan Gainor: ‘People’s lawyer’ a threat to business

Dan Gainor: Subprime problems could be prime reason to buy

Dan Gainor: Solution to tax woes rises like dough

Dan Gainor: There ought to be a law

Dan Gainor: Seat hikes prove Ravens have what counts

Dan Gainor: Wide screen is not box-office silver

Gov. O’Malley can’t see forest for treats

Love of profit is at the holiday’s heart

Homeowners should reconsider adjustable rate mortgages

20071009 Dan Gainor: Gov. O'Malley can't get a handle on state's slots issue

Gov. O'Malley can't get a handle on state's slots issue

Oct 9, 2007 by Dan Gainor, The Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/a-978936~Dan_Gainor__Gov__O_Malley_can_t_get_a_handle_on_state_s_slots_issue.html

Gov. Martin O'Malley. He's using the state's $1.7 billion deficit to try and rework our entire tax structure - and spend a couple hundred million extra. Rather than push for true belt-tightening in government (Does anybody even know what that means?), O'Malley pulled together a hate-the-rich package that raises almost every tax you can imagine and encourages wealthy people to move out of state.

The "plan" is a classic smoke-filled-room result. Now O'Malley expects the legislature and the abused public to acquiesce. And he wants it done in a special session just prior to the regular session to minimize debate.

The GOP makes it clear it only approved slots because Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich asked nicely and didn't spend like a teen with her dad's credit card. GOP members say they especially oppose a special session because it's designed to raise taxes. Duh. Of course it is. Everything O'Malley does now is designed to raise taxes.

Read the entire commentary here: Gov. O'Malley can't get a handle on state's slots issue

20061107 Pray for my wife

Pray for my wife

November 7^th, 2006

I enjoyed Soccer Dad’s post about Dan Gainor’s piece on blogging in Maryland. You can find it here. To refresh your memory, my post is here.

We all owe a debt of gratitude to the fearless leader of the Maryland Blogger Alliance, Attila at the Pillage Idiot.

And yes, Ms. Dray, I agree with you about the title of the piece. If Mr. Gainor’s experience is anything like mine, even though I have a fabulous working relationship with my editors, I have essentially never had any input on the titles to my columns or articles. Editors jealously guard that dominion.

But I gotta tell ya, Mr. Gainor put one heckuva lot of work into what is the most definitive piece yet on blogging in Maryland. Thanks.

Yes folks; the number one rule of blogging is to have an understanding spouse. It goes along with the same joke about artists: whadda ya call an unmarried 50 year-old artist? Homeless.

I am fortunately married to one of the neatest women on the planet. (Sorry Mr. Modjesky.) Not only is she waaaay cool and understanding, but she actually has a job - - and she does small engine repairs. Thank Gawd!

Now I am going to go out and gleefully cancel out Ms. Dray’s votes.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org www.thetentacle.com Westminster Eagle Opinion and Winchester Report www.thewestminstereagle.com www.kevindayhoff.com has moved to http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/

20061106 Ranting and Raving in Maryland by Dan Gainor

Ranting and Raving in Maryland

Ranting & raving for the whole world to see

By Dan Gainer of The Examiner

November 6^th, 2006

Hat Tip: MY Mom, relayed to me by my wife – Mom saw the hard copy version off-line.

I see where Crablaw is aware of it… Mr. Godfrey, until you get to some connectivity later in the day, the hard copy article can be found on page 28 and 29.

Dan Gainor of The Examiner has penned a lengthy piece in the paper about blogging. He has been working on this piece for quite some time and many of us were looking forward to what he found out – and subsequently reported.

I have only sped-read it - - I’m on deadline for a column and won’t have time to post much about it until much later in the day. What I have read looks to me like a rather in depth look at the Maryland Blogosphere. It also looks like an incredible amount of work on the part of Mr. Gainor and it is appreciated. Yeah, from a quick glance- it is perhaps the most definitive work on blogging in Maryland that I have yet to see. A big thank you to Don Gainor.

I did a quick read looking for mentions of Maryland Blogger Alliance colleagues.

I also noticed that a colleague from the Howard County “Gang of Four” was mentioned: “Dave Wissing, a 31-year-old Columbia engineer who writes the Hedgehog Report…” For more info: See here and here.

** Maryland Blogger Alliance colleagues **

The Baltimore Examiner’s Dan Gainor’s

The Best Local Blogs

November 6^th, 2006

Looking for a hot local blog? Check out these:

» Maryland Politics NOW — www.mdpoliticsnow.com

**** » Kevin Dayhoff site — kevindayhoff.blogspot.com

» Blogtimore — blogtimore.com/

» Maryland Democrats Blog Network — www.mddems.org/ht/d/sp/i/583271/pid/583271

**** » Soccer Dad — soccerdad.baltiblogs.com

» Charm City Chronicle — charmcitychronicle.blogspot.com

» Baltimore Crime — baltimorecrime.blogspot.com

» Anger Hangover — angerhangover.livejournal.com

» The Hedgehog Report — www.davidwissing.com

» Your Neighborhood Librarian —

yourneighborhoodlibrarian.blogspot.com

****» Free State Politics — freestatepolitics.blogspot.com

****» Baltimore Reporter — baltimorereporter.com

» Alanlaz — www.alanlaz.blogspot.com

Clips from mentions of Maryland Blogger Alliance members, by Mr. Gainor include:

Local blogs don’t just lean right. Bruce Godfrey a 37-year-old Reisterstown attorney who posts on www.crablaw.com, said his favorite post was about his own political evolution. He called it “A Libertarian Limps Leftward,” and the writing detailed his political shift from right to left. The GOP, he now says, “ballooned the deficit through unfunded wild spending beyond the wildest drunken dreams of the last Texan president, Lyndon Johnson.”

And:

Resentment of traditional media is a driving force for many bloggers.

Robert Farrow, a 36-year-old nursing home director from Halethorpe, is one of several people who write for baltimorereporter.com. The blog comments on journalism including CNN, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and The Baltimore Examiner. Farrow is critical of today’s news media. “Journalism is supposed to report the facts, editorials are supposed to give opinions, but this is no longer the case,” he stated.

And:

David Gerstman, a 45-year-old Baltimorean who blogs as “Soccer Dad,” said media bias was “what inspired me to get involved in blogging in the first place.”

And:

Owings Mills writer Stephanie Dray, a 35-year-old former attorney, said her “blogging is essentially publishing your own syndicated column on the Internet.”

And:

Former Westminster mayor Kevin Dayhoff’s blog mixes news and commentary and photos such as his Sept. 19 report of a fatal Westminster crash “involving a bicyclist and a Carroll County Sheriff’s deputy.”

And:

Former Westminster mayor Kevin Dayhoff, 53, is one of many bloggers who mixes politics with local news and items of interest — much like a newspaper. He says blogging is “an alternative electronic conversation about current events and issues. An electronic show and tell.”

That show and tell and can be a strange mix. Dayhoff’s posts tell of his trip to Ocean City, running into Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley and struggling to make his mobile Internet connection work. “I felt like the computer-geek that I am,” he wrote, telling about moving the car back and forth to get a signal. “Pray for my wife,” he added.

Go to: “Ranting & raving for the whole world to see” to read the fruits of Mr. Gainor’s hard work.

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