Bush’s Black and White Ball – he’s threatening to take it on home.
A lot of stuff in the press – news, analysis and opinion – about opposition to Bush’s wiretap and torture plans from leading Republicans like Colin Powell. It is interesting though that even when these...
View ArticleThe Greatest Story Ever Sold – By Frank Rich – Books – Review – New York Times
In a review of NYT Columnist Frank Rich’s new book, The Greatest Story Never Told, writer and now Bard professor Ian Buruma sums up some of the general problems with current journalism – not...
View ArticleSpy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat
Finally what was bleeding obvious is now official. The New York Times reports on a new US Intelligence Estimate that comes to terms with the other effect of the Iraq war: A stark assessment of...
View ArticleCondi the true believer
Media Matters has a great analysis of the Katie and Condi show that aired recently on US 60 Minutes. The interview was pure Couric and pure 60 Minutes and represents what is best and worst about both...
View ArticleTIME.com on the NIE
TIME.com: Why the Fight Over the NIE Report May Be a Wash: Mark M. Lowenthal, president of the Intelligence & Security Academy, in Arlington, Va., supervised the preparation of National...
View ArticleA China moment?
Stanley Fish says that it’s time for Bush to go to China. I don’t mean that literally, but metaphorically. It’s time for George Bush to do what Richard Nixon did – perform an act whose effectiveness is...
View ArticleHuffington in fine form on Woodward
The Blog | Arianna Huffington: Woodward as Journalistic Hero: the Real State of Denial | The Huffington Post: Talk about being in a state of denial: praising Woodward for his very-late-to-the-party...
View ArticleNaming the Civil War
As GWB steadfastly resists calling the conflict in Iraq a “civil war” despite the pronouncements of many of his own current and ex-military advisers, media outlets also grapple with the nomenclature....
View ArticleGood Mother Bad Mother Politics
It is hard to imagine what the impeccably dressed Condoleezza Rice feels when she has to defend a President that she must now know deep down is a tremendous disappointment. She endured hours of Senate...
View ArticleYes We Can
This little video is a perfect example of multimedia reporting. A great summary intro which narrates the civil rights precedents to the Obama victory which combines historic footage intercut with...
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