Last week I made a brief mention of ABC News' Web coverage of the recess appointment of Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium. The headline was anything but unbiased: "Bush Swift Boats Belgium, Congress." The subhed wasn't any better: "President Slips Swift Boat Ambassador Past Congress." Rule No. 1 of headline writing: Don't use […]
Former Saudi ambassasdor to the United States, Prince "Big" Turki Al-Faisal, had some interesting things to say today. This bit, I'm going to take as an invitation. “We fear nothing. We are not closed. And we do not cocoon ourselves...Unfortunately, after Sept.11 our traditions, customs, and religion were put under the spotlight,” he said. So, […]
If you don't trust what this journalist has to write about global warming (good instinct to have), then I give you a professor from some university back east.