November 01, 2006
What Media Bias?
Obviously no one would expect the media to descend any harder than a feather onto poor John Kerry's head after his "misstatement" and "joke gone awry" the other day. Headlines of "Bush attacks Kerry" are making the rounds, buried on...October 18, 2006
ABC's "Iraq Offensive"
So ABC News thinks they finally got a "Vietnam" out of the President. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, ABC is reporting that the President accepted the Iraq/Vietnam comparison made by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times (it's behind...October 16, 2006
At Least They Won't Have To Use Scare Quotes Anymore
Reuters news service, who recently joined that distinguished list of media organizations that lately are more famous for making the news, rather than just reporting it, has come up with a new idea - one that we think is going...August 31, 2006
The Rise And Fall Of Plamegate
So it appears that the idiocy that is 'Plamegate' is about to draw to a close, not with a bang, but with silence - from the media.Michael Isikoff and David Corn, in their new book Hubris, put the finger on...August 06, 2006
Attention Reuters "News" Service:
Proper photo editing requires at least a rudimentary skillset of Photoshop, Digital Image Pro, or, at bare minimum, Microsoft Paint.If you cannot afford to send your paid or freelance photo-journalists to a class on these programs, or don't want to...July 10, 2006
We Suppose It Was Inevitable
It seems that as the New York Times and the rest of the mainstream press continue with their reporting spree of classified government operations concerning intelligence gathering and law enforcement operations essential to our homeland defense - you know, the...June 30, 2006
Just A Minor Correction
With, what is sure to be unbelievable fanfare and continuous coverage...USA Today is now retracting part of their story about NSA phone call databases. Nothing serious, mind you, just some minor details, such as say the actual companies involved in...June 13, 2006
It's Not A Hurricane, But You Should Panic Anyway
Is it just us, or does anyone else find it more than a little creepy how disappointed journalists are that the "1st Named Storm" of the season is apparently not going to form into a hurricane?...May 29, 2006
"You've Never Seen Me Upset."
Among the whispers of the AG resigning, Hastert and Co. threatening to issue their own subpoenas on the Executive branch, and of course, Congressman Jefferson, who was caught with the bribery cash, casting off resignation talk, the Senate decided to...Maybe They Should Hire Nicole Kidman
The other day we came across this headline, "Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program."Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it's not trying to build a nuclear weapon,...May 27, 2006
You're Not Reading Our Leaks Correctly
We don't think we've ever seen anything like this. In the midst of the ABC News/Dennis Hastert slap-fest over who is or who isn't under investigation by the Justice Department, one sentence in Brian Ross' report caught our eye.Law enforcement...May 25, 2006
The Anonymous Sources Strike Again
Is this the shape of things to come?A major network reports on a story, using mostly anonymous government sources...Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who...May 11, 2006
"USA Today's" Gift To The Terrorists
It is becoming increasingly clear that, aside from terrorists, the groups most anxious to destroy America are journalists and a cadre of politically motivated intelligence community personnel.We had planned to talk about this latest leak of intelligence operations, the egregious...May 09, 2006
Speak No Evil
In the wake of this brilliant maneuver by the European Union - The idea of drawing up politically correct guidelines for official EU parlance as part of the counter-terrorism strategy was endorsed by member governments in December. A work still...May 07, 2006
Don't Make Fun Of Terrorists
We're quite late in getting to this story, about the New York Times sticking up for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi after the Pentagon released a captured video of the terrorist. The video showed outakes of a less-than capable Zarqawi having trouble...May 02, 2006
Sure, Just Like Going To Confession...
In light of CIA employee Mary McCarthy being fired for admitting to unauthorized contacts and conversations with journalists, the extensive ongoing investigation into CIA leaks, and the revelation that employees at every level of the CIA - including Porter Goss...April 30, 2006
Comedy Central Needs To Hire The President
President Bush mowed 'em down at the White House Correspondance Dinner. He had a Bush-impersonator up with him at the podium and together they did translations of the many Bushisms the press always harps on. Apparently the President even garnered...April 26, 2006
When The Media Becomes The Story
The continued revelations about exactly what kind of leaking to the press Mary McCarthy may or may not have done provides a lesson in Journalism 101.Don't become the story.It seems a simple enough rule not to break, yet apparently the...April 22, 2006
Plugging The Pulitzer Leaks
Reporters often cite "the public's right to know" as the catch all auspice under which they publish classified information from government officials. There are others: "whistleblowing," "voicing concerns," "holding government accountable," and having "legal reservations."And in the instance of CIA...April 21, 2006
Islamic Extremists Target Sienna Miller
Considering the recent thrashing the Washington Post gave celebrities for not chaining themselves to the immigration issue, or to any cause, for that matter, we're curious why this story has not received more attention on their pages.Sienna Miller has been...April 20, 2006
No Crime
For nearly three years now we have heard countless authoritative revelations from the national media organizations about who outed CIA "agent" Valerie Plame. It's like the final moments in the game CLUE; it was Libby, in the Starbucks, on background...Perhaps They Do Have Brains
With all the political jockeying going on in the immigration debate, it's easy for some voices to get lost in the shuffle. But celebrity voices? Could it be? They're like the first responders of pop culture. They'll provide CPR on...April 08, 2006
Gotcha! Gotcha! Read All About It!
In reading the continuous - and deplorable, I might add - coverage of the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial procedings, I came across the little fracus going on between the guys at Powerline and the New York Daily News' Kenneth...A Disclosure, Not A Leak
It's sad really. This story has gone round and round and round so many times, recycled by the press with so many mischaracterizations and inaccuracies, that it's become nearly impossible for anyone to get back to the heart of the...April 05, 2006
The Fact Filter
Thomas Sowell has a new column out where he speaks to the issue of demagoguery by politicians and the media. He makes some extremely good points and reveals quite a few facts that I had not read before. But then...