Just finished watching the recording of Sunday's "Meet the Press." Russert, true to form asked some tough questions. Second, Bush is no Alan Keyes when it comes to eloquence and sheer force of personality. If I'm handing out grades, I give Bush a "C". This interview wasn't a deciding factor for any voter. He probably […]
There's been a little brouhaha in Georgia over a high school senior who's working as a hostess at the local Hooters restaurant. She wears khaki pants and a polo shirt -- not the well-known tight tops and orange shorts that the waitresses wear.The job is part of a work-study program that gives kids school credit […]
For those of you who aren't up to speed on the latest inside-the-beltway scandal, "Bush was AWOL," here are some links for your education and edification. First, the inestimable Bill Hobbs has a plethora of posts on the subject. For those of you who don't trust any blogger other than myself, a non-partisan Web site, […]
It should be no surprise that soldiers in Iraq are less than impressed by the police blotter coverage of what's happening in Iraq. ABC News has a good article on the subject. What surprised me most was how little news many of the soldiers get -- and they get it late. Another thing of note […]
In the wake of the damning Hutton report that accused the BBC of "sexing up" its anti-war reporting, the San Diego Union-Tribune's own James Goldsborough comes to the BBC's defense. The BBC is no longer one of the "world's great news organizations" -- despite Goldsborough's protestations. Goldsborough is defending the Beeb because its war "reporting" […]
Reporter Andrew Gilligan should have been the first one sacked at the BBC over his faulty reporting, instead he is the third. Take solace, Andrew, Al Jazeera has openings.
Today's New York Times has a letter from a former State Department official during the Reagan administration. The writer makes an excellent point: To the Editor: Something has skewed what should be the obvious public take on the American intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (front page, Jan. 29). It is a fact that […]
I mentioned a couple of days ago that I was looking forward to reading what Union-Tribune columnist James Goldsborough would have to say regarding the results of the Hutton Inquiry and its indictment of the BBC's "journalism." Well, you can find his Thursday column here. The column actually takes a dual path, condemning Bush on […]
The results of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of British weapons inspector David Kelly, whether the British government "sexed-up" its intelligence or the BBC "sexed-up" its reporting, are in -- and it's bad news for the BBC. The 740 page report focused its ire on the British Broadcasting Corp. and its failure to verify […]