As the Beatles famously sang, "I read the news today, oh boy." Today we have various takes on the media and the big stories that the media are/not covering.

Brains and Eggs looks into the coverage of the Planned Parenthood videos.

Green Eagle fact checks the NYTimes and then reads Jennifer Rubin.

Squatlo-Rant notices that we are better with animals than with our own people.

As long as we are talking about the media, Medium’s look at the future of campaign advertising aimed at "The Yutes of Today" is fascinating. The take-away: the GOP is in big trouble.

Bonus Track: As Bob Marley once said: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." Empire of the Senseless went to a show a couple of days after having a heart attack, this is the review of both events.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors and at Liberaland. You can follow Tengrain on the electric Twitter machine, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with "For MBRU" in the subject line).