February 23, 2003
Smarter Harper's Index

The latest one is up. A mini-rant is included in this month's box!

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February 22, 2003
U.N. Security Council Freedom Watch Update

Permanent Security Council member Russia (Reporters Without Borders rank: 121st) is demonstrating that its totalitarianism isn't all in the past.

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February 21, 2003
Is it a requirement?

At the New York Times it appears that you can never have a completely positive column on anything the Bush administration does. Today's column by Nicholas Kristof is a "What I did on my President's Day Weekend" essay desperately in search of a news hook. Kristof got to drive one of GM's prototypes -- a […]

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February 17, 2003
Does an advanced degree in economics make you a good media critic?

No. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman reveals to the benighted readers of The New York Times that the American media is less critical of war in Iraq than those in Europe. Yeah, well that's like saying that Dianne Feinstein is less liberal than Barbara Boxer. It's true -- but it's not a "Great Divide." […]

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February 15, 2003
That dog won't hunt

The latest on the Marc Rich pardon scandal. Yes, I know it's two years old, but in a recent interview with NBC's Katie Couric, former President Bill Clinton has the cajones to try the "big lie." Couric: In this month's edition of The Atlantic Monthly, James Fallows writes, "Clinton had the worst beginning of an […]

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February 14, 2003
The media is pressing for war?

I've heard many liberal commentators say things along those lines -- that the U.S. government is not proving its case and the "conservative" media (aka the "mainstream media") is not performing its watchdog role. Well, I was just in the grocery store and I think they're right. The cover of this week's Weekly World News, […]

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February 13, 2003
Nothing new under the sun

That is, unless you're a New York Times columnist who apparently awakened from a long sleep during the Clinton administration. Nicholas Kristof, fresh off the turnip truck, suggests that the Bush administration's warning to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein that any use of weapons of mass destruction (biological, chemical or even nuclear), would open him up […]

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January 29, 2003
Sometimes you just want to slap them

The New York Times editorial page, when it comes to taking positions on judicial nominees, now appears to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ralph Neas and People for the American Way. The Times uses lame and specious arguments to attack Estrada, a Latino American with a brilliant legal resume and an inspiring story, as being […]

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January 28, 2003
OK, I'm in love

I'm watching MSNBC right now, mainly because it's about the only major news channel that's LIVE right now and they've got radio talk show host Kim Serafin on. To quote Steve Martin from "Parenthood": Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) to his son: What do we say when we see a pretty woman? Son: Hubba, hubba. The […]

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January 23, 2003
I'm exhausted

Just got back from working a way too-long day. So, contrary to earlier reports (see below), there won't be a lot of blogging. But I would like to point out this from the Media Research Center. In contrast to how all the networks featured soundbites from likable marchers in the anti-war protest over the weekend, […]

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