A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from May 31, 2011
Make-Believe Media (MBM)

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Confederate Yankee
November 16, 2007
Getting it Wrong… Again
You’ve got to love our intrepid media covering the war in Iraq. Even eye-to-eye with their subjects they can still drastically misunderstand the situation.
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COMMENTS
In the 1930s there was a Saturday morning radio program called “Let’s Pretend” aimed at small children. I outgrew it but it must still be on the air.
 
I think it is time to retire the MSM acronymn and replace it with MBM (Make Believe Media)as the talking,and writing, heads who populate way too many of our news sources play let’s pretend with the facts to fit either their their personal biasis or their masters agenda.
Posted by: BoiseBB at November 16, 2007 11:51 AM
       
Big Journalism
Make-Believe Media Finally Catching a Clue about the Tea Party
Posted by Susan Swift Sep 5th 2010 at 4:33 am in Associated Press, Featured Story, Tea Parties
 
Big Journalism
Make-Believe Media Ignores Jared Lee Loughner Wannabe
Posted by Susan Swift Feb 1st 2011 at 4:58 am in Featured Story, Mainstream Media, Race, media bias
 
Ace of Spades HQ
MBM Media Press Corps Expresses Concerns About Carrying Water for Obama For Lack of the Info
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COMMENTS
1 MBM? I know MFM, but this is new to me.
Mainly Barack’s Media?
Posted by: fluffy didn’t get the latest memo at February 02, 2011 09:26 PM
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9 Mainly Barack’s Media?
Posted by: fluffy didn’t get the latest memo at February 02, 2011 09:26 PM (SwkdU)

Ace came up with that just recently, fluffy.  Make Believe Media.  I love it!!
Posted by: Peaches at February 02, 2011 10:20 PM



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