Asploders Syndrome

The initial headline:

WTF at WTC? Obama Has American Flag Removed From Ground Zero Site Moments Before Photo Shoot!

The supposedly corroborating Jake Tapper tweet:

One minute to air and they decided to take the flag down from the live shot!

The wingnut blogger’s kill shot:

This administration and, by extension, the Democrat Party are now so thoroughly divorced from the history, traditions and morals of America that we might as well admit the Marxist left has executed a successful coup d’état on this Republic.

nojo
4:05 pm • Friday • May 6, 2011
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Asploders Syndrome

Truth, Justice, and the Wingnut Way

Comics Alliance, one of our regular sources for offbeat news, reported yesterday that Superman is giving up his U.S. citizenship. (Yes, yes, he’s not “natural born”, and all that.) The plot twist is that he’s saving the world from Iran right now, and he doesn’t want his actions to reflect on the U.S. government.

Well, fine, we thought. Pass. We haven’t reported on the Gay Archie character either, after all.

But then it turns up in today’s political news: “Leftist Crap in the Comic Books: Superman to Renounce American Citizenship”. Thanks, Newsbusters!

And so we return to the original post and discover a Don’t Read the Comments extravaganza!

nojo
2:46 pm • Thursday • April 28, 2011
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Asploders Syndrome

The Mayans Were Right

[Today]

nojo
3:21 pm • Wednesday • April 6, 2011
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Asploders Syndrome

April Fools! No? Oh, Crap.…

“The Comic Sans® typeface, one of Microsoft’s most popular designs, has received a makeover courtesy of Monotype Imaging. Today the company has introduced the four-font Comic Sans Pro family of typefaces.” [BusinessWire]

(Or you can just visit Google today and search for “Helvetica”.)

nojo
4:07 pm • Friday • April 1, 2011
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Asploders Syndrome

Today in Wingnut Pants-Wetting

[CNN, National Journal]

nojo
7:00 pm • Thursday • March 24, 2011
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Asploders Syndrome

Media’s Systematic Derangement of the Senses Proves Successful…

“Passive news reporting that doesn’t attempt to resolve factual disputes in politics may have detrimental effects on readers, new research suggests. The [Ohio State] study found that people are more likely to doubt their own ability to determine the truth in politics after reading an article that simply lists competing claims without offering any idea of which side is right.” [EurekAlert, via PourMeCoffee]