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Proving that no campy 1980s flick is safe from excessive commercialism, they're making a musical out of the movie.

At many jobs I've held both pre-journalism and now in the news business, that's one question that has occasionally come to mind as I've encountered people suffering from prodigious stupidity. Well, Fox News has dug up an incident that should've gotten the CBS News producer behind the forged documents story fired years ago. It is […]

Liberal interest groups like People for the American Way are already putting out stories that evil, racist Republicans are trying to keep blacks from voting Democratic. Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or […]

I'm watching CNN's "Inside Politics" and they're reporting on Sen. John Kerry's promise to do nothing about Social Security's structural flaws and continue down the merry road to destruction. No, that's not how they're characterizing it, but that's the reality. Kerry is promising to never privatize Social Security. Fine. Kerry also was touting a study […]

Yeah, those people you see at peace rallies really are the type that support our troops. A local soldier back from the war in Iraq said he was beaten at an area concert because of what was printed on his T-shirt, NBC 4's Nancy Burton reported. Foster Barton, 19, of Grove City, received a Purple […]

I know it seems antithetical to the very idea of having a network anchorman, but CBS News' Dan Rather would be better off remaining silent -- or at least seeking permission before he voices an original thought. Yesterday's Chicago Tribune reported that Rather still thinks the Bill Burkett-supplied documents are genuine -- even after Monday […]

Yesterday was my first day back at my paying job after two blissful weeks off. Shortly after I arrive, an editor comes up with a Dilbertesque phrase: "negative praise."

I didn't catch President Bush's speech to the United Nations, but I just heard mention made of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's remarks just prior to Bush's speech. According to the report, Annan singled out Uganda, Sudan and Israel for being repeated violators of international law. Let's set aside Uganda and just focus on Sudan […]

I'm watching it right now, and Shakespeare comes to mind, specifically Macbeth: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. I can't wait to see a transcript of this, because listening to Kerry actually speak could be used as an anesthetic in hospitals for major surgery. *UPDATE* OK, […]

I just watched this evening's CBS News mea culpa and must say I am solidly unimpressed. The Mudville Gazette (temporary home to RatherBiased.com updates) has a transcript of the CBS Evening News piece here. A few things jump out at me as a viewer and an editor. First, the past week and a half of […]