I haven't written anything about Al Gore III's arrest for allegedly speeding and possessing pot and a variety of prescription drugs -- mainly because I agree with the good captain that it's irrelevant to any larger issues of public policy. What held greater interest for me was how the media would handle the story -- […]
From today's editorial on the Libby commutation on the "conservative" San Diego Union-Tribune editorial page. Libby – and Cheney, too – were highly reckless in leaking the name of CIA official Valerie Plame as part of a payback scheme aimed at her husband, an administration critic. Apparently no one was following the case closely. There […]
The Supreme Court ended its term today with a decision in a couple of closely watched cases involving public primary schools' efforts to achieve diversity. The Court ruled, 5-4, that having a goal of a "diverse student body" isn't sufficient reason to discriminate based on race. Of course, that's not how much of the media […]
Democrats have been talking about it ever since they retook control of Congress earlier this year: Resurrecting the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." The fairness doctrine is being dug up and propped against the marble columns of the Capitol because Democrats don't like talk radio -- mainly because conservatives are good at it and Democrats can't turn […]
The Democrats today failed in the Senate to pass so-called "card-check" legislation that would allow unions to form without the benefit of a secret ballot election. The headline that came over the wires late this afternoon read: Senate Republicans block bill making it easier to form labor unions Sounds pretty mean, huh? The lede: Senate […]
MSNBC has corrected the numbers in its article on journalists giving to political candidates. (Correction: One of the names was included in error in the list of newspeople who contributed to political campaigns ("The list: Journalists who wrote political checks") on June 21. Joe Cline, a graphic artist at The San Diego Union-Tribune, is in […]
Do you think that any newspaper in this country would turn over its opinion pages to an op-ed exploring the wants, needs, and desires of the al Qaeda terrorist organization and give a byline to Osama bin Laden or Mullah Omar? Last week, the New York Times gave a hint as to what their response […]
Kyle Smith over at the New York Post has a Q&A with Evan Coyne Maloney regarding his new film "Indoctrinate U." I've heard my alma mater figures prominently -- for all the wrong reasons.
MSNBC published a report today on journalists and their donations to various politicians. The results should come as little surprise: MSNBC.com identified 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the […]