In light of last week's especially dishonest piece of journalism on Chuckaquiddick (the scandal surrounding two DSCC staffers' illegally acquiring a probable GOP senate candidate's credit report). I got to thinking about how Bill Keller's propaganda rag would have covered Tom DeLay's indictment in Texas if they leaned to the right as far as they […]
But is it just me or if this guy had been a Republican, would this have Halliburton II?
I must confess that I wholeheartedly agree with John Weidner's assessment of the remarks of certain Democrats. Can you imagine, can you even imagine Republicans instantly denouncing President Roosevelt for speaking defiance to the Nazis or the Japanese? "It was foolish for the president to brag openly about winning the Battle of Midway. His 'bring […]
Today's New York Times finally runs an article on the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commitee's illegal accesssing of Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's credit report, more than two weeks after the story first broke. But the article is really a case study on spin -- how to provide all the facts, but mislead and obsfucate in […]
The Washington Post's media critic, Howard Kurtz, an excellent journalist, wrote an article yesterday about the paper's daily internal review of the paper's coverage. One thing that's caught some readers' eyes is this bit (but you should read the entire thing): On Thursday, Book World Editor Marie Arana, noting that she had been "a Young […]
Over at The New York Times, America's paper of record is again sitting on a politically inconvenient story. A couple of months ago took the Times several weeks to finally report on the liberal talk radio network Air America taking money from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx. Now, the Times […]
I avoided commenting on the Bill Bennett dust-up over the past few days because most of what I would've written had been stated elsewhere. See here, here and here. That last link highlights our hypocrite of the week NPR/Fox News' Juan Williams. While condemning Bennett for making the true, but offensive, observation that aborting all […]
I went and saw Serenity again last night. Apparently not enough of you went out to see it, and it only picked up about $10 million. So, in an effort to get more of you out to the theaters, I thought you might want to check out this: Yes, each and every one of them […]
Well, I suppose that salmon are low in fat, but this is ridiculous. So, you landed a big king salmon this summer? It can't compare to the colossal king Alaska Airlines plans to land this morning in Anchorage. The Seattle-based carrier has painted nearly the full length of a Boeing 737-400 passenger jet as a […]
New York Times editorial page editor Gail Collins publishes a letter from the editor in today's paper restating her committment to running corrections when errors are made on the editorial page. We correct all errors, from heart-stoppingly egregious to sublimely insignificant, because we believe that The Times should take its reputation for accuracy seriously. It's […]