Lies, Damned Lies, and Olbermann
Have a look at the poll that Keith Olbermann flashed during this evening's Countdown. Try to put aside your politics for a moment to describe - in all objectivity - the most striking aspect of the poll results. I'd say it's the fact that by a margin of almost 2:1, Americans feel more safe rather than less safe since 9/11. Pretty good accomplishment by the Bush administration, you might say.So…
Globe: Bush Worse Than Bin Laden
Did the editorialists of the New York Times and its Beantown subsidiary the Boston Globe have a little side bet as to who could fashion the viler 9/11 editorial? If so, for all the Times's earnest editorial effort to heap bile on Pres. Bush, I'm going to give the nod to the Globe. For in its editorial of this morning, the Globe made explicit what the Times only suggested: George Bush is a…
Just Call Out Their Name - Lauer, Russert Singin' in Dems' Defense On
Winter, spring, summer or fall,All you've got to do is call.Lord, I'll be there, yes I will.You've got a friend. - James Taylor, 'You've Got a Friend'Was it an interview, or a benefit concert - 'Dem-Aid'? Matt Lauer and Tim Russert got a one-day headstart this morning on the Today show's traditional Friday music-on-the-mall. In the course of their conversation, Matt and Tim went karaoke on us,…
What Me, Worry? For Dowd, Radical Islamist 'Threat' Worthy Only of Sca
There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from her column of this morning: Maureen Dowd does not take seriously the threat to our security and civilization that radical Islam poses.The putative focus of New Themes for the Same Old Songs [subscription required] was a two-for-one snipe at W and Katie Couric. Straining to find some kind of parallel between the two on the occasion of Couric's…
Couric's Unintended Candor: US Didn't Launch War on Terror Till
In the coming hours and days, my colleagues at MRC and NewsBusters are sure to provide comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Katie Couric's debut this evening as the anchor of the CBS Evening News. From the opening segment, whose message was that things are worse in Afghanistan than you realize, to an interview with MSM foreign policy fave Thomas Friedman decrying tax cuts, to anti-McDonald's…
Campbell's Unintentional Election Advice: 'Pick the Ones Who Look Toug
The ostensible topic was the NFL fantasy-league draft that members of the Today show crew recently conducted. But in sharing her strategy for making draft picks, Campbell Brown might have unintentionally offered hope to Republicans looking nervously to November and beyond.Campbell admitted to weekend co-host Lester Holt that she knows little about football. So in making her picks, Brown said…
