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On to Iran, helped once again by the New York Times

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

This is something I feel the need to pass on. The New York Times was instrumental in the run up to the Iraq war. It served as a both a conduit and a legitimizer of the war. The administration would feed information to Judith Miller and Michael Gordon, who would dutifully print it, and then […]

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Deliver us from (NY Times sanctioned) Experts

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Today the New York Times celebrates the anniversary of Mission Accomplished by asking nine “experts” how we should proceed in Iraq. Among those experts: Frederick Kagan, L. Paul Bremer, Kenneth M. Pollack and Richard Perle, each of whom has been consistently and disastrously wrong about Iraq from the very start. They are joined by Anne […]

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In case you missed it

Friday, May 2, 2008

Yesterday the Longshoreman’s Union closed the ports of the West Coast to protest the Iraq war. If you’re a Times reader you’d know all about this, if you made your way to page A12. West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their […]

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Pushing back

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Apparently John Kerry learned something from the Swift Boat episode: This is what Democrats need to do. Like all bullies, and the broadcast press is composed primarily of bullies, they back down in the face of determined opposition. Notice the look on her face when he pushes back. One of the reasons we need to […]

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AP accepts Republican spin as gospel

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

We liberals are often frustrated by the refusal of the press to call the Republicans or the right when they out and out lie. No claim they make is absurd enough to warrant anything other than “on the one hand, on the other hand” type of coverage. Not to worry, that type of coverage is […]

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Moral blindness

Friday, April 25, 2008

Wow. Check out the reaction of former ABC reporter Robert Zelnick and current journalism professor to the recent revelations in the Times that the Pentagon was recruiting former military people to spread pro-war propaganda. This is from PBS, the only TV network (other than Jon Stewart on the Comedy Channel) to address this issue: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm813muGhVg[/youtube] […]

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More on the debate

Friday, April 18, 2008

A few more thoughts about Wednesday’s debate. First, I find it surprising that anyone finds it surprising that ABC sought out the flag pin lady. I knew it as soon as I saw her. That they left such easily followed footprints is just a sign of their arrogance, but also, I believe, of the fact […]

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Distractions on notice

Friday, April 18, 2008

Absolute best Colbert ever last night. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama were all on. Even John McCain made a brief (taped) appearance, napping at the state of the Union. Here’s Barack: Colbert’s a true patriot. How sick is this country when the most responsible journalists on television work for the Comedy Channel?

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ABC Hits New Low

Thursday, April 17, 2008

I’m a bit late to the feast, a function of my blogging schedule, but I might as well add my voice to the chorus of folks condemning ABC for the conduct of the “debate” last night. Maybe it was a sixth sense, but I didn’t watch it in real time. I recorded it on my […]

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What we’re up against, part 2 of …

Friday, April 11, 2008

This is the most absurd anti-Democrat spin I’ve heard of to date: Now they’re making up weird new rules as they go along. Here’s the money quote from the video: And it’s just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, “Here, have some coffee,” you say, […]

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