On this week's edition of "Fox News Watch," host Eric Burns closed the program with the bit of news that more Americans could identify the Three Stooges (leaving Curly Joe and Shemp out of the calculation) than could name the three branches of government. Fine. There's a good number of people in America who are […]
An op-ed in yesterday's Hartford Courant by David Medina proved once again that I'm far too sane to get a job as an editorial writer at a newspaper. Medina's article is a call to ban stun guns. Fair enough. That's certainly a position that is debateable and not outside the mainstream of public opinion. I […]
And I don't think it's the commandant of the Marine Corps. A few things that too many newspapers don't seem to get yet. The Internet is the greatest contribution to fact-checking in history. If you get something wrong and refuse to fess up, then the blogosphere allows your faux pas to get wide circulation -- […]
On the other hand, the media, in trying to prove that Republicans are stupid, make themselves look stupid. Q Does the President support the Republican candidate for Senate in Connecticut? MR. SNOW: The President supports the democratic process in the state of Connecticut, and wishes them a successful election in November. Q Wait a minute. […]
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 […]