Media Dance Macabre
Updated Tony Blankley has a winner of an article today in which he examines the effect the media's anti-war spin has on our military's morale, effectiveness, and safety. For …
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Troops Cleared of Abuse Allegations in Ishaqi
The US Military completed its investigation into the allegations that US troops killed 11 people in Ishaqi and concluded that the allegations made against the troops were untrue: Horrific …
Media Failed to Accurately Report Senate's Immigration Bill
Updated Robert Samuelson has a piece today in which he makes some amazing statements about the media's failure to accurately report on the Senate's immigration bill. One job of …
Snow vs. Thomas
Tony Snow, that is, versus Helen Thomas. I will let the readers decide who won this one, but in my opinion, it wasn't even a close call. From today's …
The value of a two-newspaper city, part umpteenth
Yesterday, Massachusetts' Lottery Commission held a stunt to garner some good publicity and put a crimp in littering. In a program they called "Instant Replay," they invited people to …
A Take On Enron You Won't See In The MSM
Don Surber and The Astute Blogger have takes on the Enron verdict that you will not be seeing in the MSM. I especially like Don Surber's list of "this …
Searching For moral clarity in A Couple Of NC Cases
Mary Katharine Ham takes a look at two NC cases that have been in the news lately: the Duke lacrosse team rape case and the case of the Jeep …
You have to be pretty highly educated to be this dumb
This morning's Boston Globe has an opinion column by H. D. S. Greenway that discusses the war in Iraq, and cites some rather remarkable historical parallels. Greenway puts together …
The dog that didn't bark in the night
I've said before that I listen to NPR on the weekends. Some shows are pure entertainment (Car Talk, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), while others are for informational value. …
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before…
Leslie Cauley, the USA Today reporter who broke the news that AT&T, Verizon, and Bellsouth were providing massive amounts of call data to the National Security Agency, may have...