Category: Media

By Brian Stelter / New York Times / February 8, 2011 Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC anchor and liberal firebrand,…

By Kit-Bacon Gressitt The Koala, a tabloid launched last month by some California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) students, has…

As your intrepid OB Rag reporters drove into the mall parking lot – having just driven up from San Diego, the main thing we saw was all the cops and sheriffs moving about, getting coffee, getting into position, milling about. As we parked and sought relief in the caverns of the Rancho Mirage mall, we could also see that there were many more demonstrators than mall customers roaming about.

A little before 1pm, we ambled over to the rally spot …

UPDATE: We have returned, and will be filing full reports and media for the morrow. In the meantime we can…

Did you watch the State of the Union address by President Obama tonight? Paul Ryan’s rebuttal? Michele Bachmann as she stared off into space?

Let’s hear your thoughts…

Here it is – the very first OB Rag – the OB People’s Rag – published on September 17th, 1970. It was four pages – front and back of 2 pages stapled together. This is great because we have been missing many of the issues from the Rag’s first year, including this very first edition.

A blogger’s sibling found it in some old files and sent it our way. We have scanned all four pages – see below – plus we have retyped all of the articles so you don’t have to squint and ruin your eyes. In addition, we have included all of the graphics and most of the hand-drawn headlines.

MSNBC’s liberal crusader abruptly resigned on air Friday, ending a provocative eight-year run.

By Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast / January 22, 2011

[To view Keith Olbermann’s last goodbye on msnbc, go inside to clink on link for the video.]

Keith Olbermann, the liberal crusader whose combative style put him increasingly at odds with his network bosses, resigned abruptly from MSNBC Friday.

Editor: Here’s the latest from our chief satirist Shane Finneran and his ongoing research into the strange doings of Republican politicians.

Employees at RNC headquarters expressed bewilderment after receiving an expansive, 286-page document outlining the needs and demands of incoming Chairman Reince Priebus.

There’s a couple new features at this here OB Rag website and we want to bring your attention to them….

It’s a slow news day.

Here is something other blogs do: present an “open thread” – an opportunity for readers to express what’s on their minds without having to cling to the subject of the post. For here, there’s no post … just your thoughts.

Go to it! Say your piece! Be a blogger for a day! C’mon, the water’s fine.

There are moments which transcend the need for words. Marcos Efron’s short video “Common Practice” reveals one of those moments.

By Melissa McEwan / Shakesville / January 10, 2011 Both sides are, in fact, not “just as bad,” when it…