I pulled out my old college photojournalism book the other day in the wake of the staging of photos coming out of the Israeli-Hezbollah war in Southern Lebanon. The book, "Photojournalism: The Professional's Approach" (I've got the 2nd Edition) by Kenneth Kobre is obviously something that Reuters photographers need to read. The staging of news […]
The New York Times' Fig tree known as public editor Byron Calame revisited the Times revelation of the NSA terrorist surveillance program with his Sunday column, confirming that the Times did in fact know of the program before the 2004 presidential election. Mr. Keller, who wouldn’t answer any questions for my January column, recently agreed […]
There are people in the media and on the left (or do I repeat myself?) who when given the following list, might have difficulty determining what links all of the individuals: Umir Hussain, 24, London E14 Muhammed Usman Saddique, 24, London E17 Waheed Zaman, 22, London E17 Assan Abdullah Khan, 22, London E17 Waseem Kayani, […]
President Harry S Truman, a Democrat who was strong on national security, was famous for saying of his GOP opponents "I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell." Well, today's New York Times editorial page bemoans the fact that the GOP has been attacking Democrats over […]
Eric Snider went on a press junket -- and described it -- much to the consternation of Paramount Pictures. Hilarious.
"NBC Nightly News" Anchor Brian Williams wins for this observation: Williams [appearing from London's Heathrow airport]: "And that, Chris, that last aspect, the willingness to take one's own life -- I always tell people there are guys on our team like that, too. They're called Army Rangers and Navy Seals and the Special Forces folks […]
After several years of attempting to keep the fact that they're a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party under wraps, the American Bar Association has decided to cast off its non-partisan cloak and reveal themselves as just another bunch of loony leftists. Most recently is the ABA's House of Delegate's "Diversity" accreditation standard that requires […]
The Brits have broken up a plot to blow up U.K. to U.S.-bound airliners in mid-air. No word on the identities of the suspects -- but I'm going out on a limb with a prediction that they're not evangelical Christians.
Buried in a part of today's newspaper that I'm sure a lot of people ignore is this little gem: “Loose Change,†a documentary film that presents an alternative explanation for Sept. 11, will be shown Sunday in the Community Room of the Rancho San Diego branch library, 11555 Via Rancho San Diego. Popcorn and snacks […]
At the very least, it appears that the New York Times messed up a caption. At worst, the Times has a Reuters problem.