CNN: Did Colombia Commit War Crime in FARC Hostage Rescue

July 16th, 2008 10:55 AM
Update at bottom of post.Leave it to CNN to worry that the Colombian government committed a war crime in its recent rescue of FARC hostages, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.This morning in the Latest News menu on CNN.com, I found this teaser headline (shown in screen capture at right): "Did Colombia skirt law in hostage rescue?"My curiosity piqued, I followed the link to…

Obama Doesn't Understand Role of Joint Chiefs: Will MSM Take Note

July 14th, 2008 5:35 PM
A couple days ago at the gym, listening to a Hugh Hewitt podcast and perhaps not paying as much attention as I should have while pedaling away, I heard Hugh mention that Barack Obama doesn't understand the role of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. What was Hugh referring to? As the British would say: the penny just dropped.  A few minutes ago, CNN's Situation Room played a clip of Obama saying this…

Nick Kristof: Chop Off Body Parts = 'Torment'; Interrogation = 'Tortur

July 11th, 2008 9:29 AM
You would be hard-pressed to find a "better" example of a walking, talking, typing Old Media double standard-bearer than New York Times columnist and International Herald Tribune (IHT) contributor Nicholas Kristof.Keep in mind as you read this post that Kristof infamously wrote the following in a 2005 New York Times book review about the person who was "the worst monster in world history," China…

Media Celebrates Successful U.S. Military Recruitment Stats? Not Reall

July 11th, 2008 2:51 AM
The Armed Forces Press Service issued a press release on Thursday morning, July 10, in celebration of the fact that the U.S. military has had 13 consecutive months of meeting and/or exceeding recruitment goals. Sadly, the media stayed sullenly quite all day, taking no notice of the success of our military on OR off the field. Regardless of the fact that the media ignored the good news, there is…

Obama Campaign Revives the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at 'Fight the Sm

July 9th, 2008 12:26 AM
Although the term isn't used, it's clear that the Obama campaign sees itself and their candidate as victims of a vast conspiracy of right-wingers. Going all the way back to the 1988 presidential election, Obama's "Fight the Smears" chart (featuring the campaign's new sort-of "presidential seal," replacing the one that was "dropped," at the top left) purports to tell us "Who's Behind These Lies."…

MSM Yawn at 550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed from Iraq

July 7th, 2008 2:22 PM
Reuters has the story, as does the New York Times and the Associated Press (see below fold) but this is not exactly burning up the cable news networks today:BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government has removed 550 tonnes of natural uranium left over from Saddam Hussein's era and sold it to a Canadian company, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said.The uranium, called yellowcake, had been stored in…

Tom Hanks in New 'Welcome Back Veterans' Ad

July 6th, 2008 9:38 PM
If you've watched any baseball this holiday weekend, you've likely seen a new public service announcement featuring actor Tom Hanks promoting a group called Welcome Back Veterans.In the 30-second segment, soldiers recount the welcome they received when they first returned home from either Iraq or Afghanistan.Hanks finishes the ad stating (video embedded right):

USO and Budweiser Say Thank You to the Troops

July 6th, 2008 5:11 PM
Try watching the following wonderful tribute to our troops without crying:

Peace Activist Hayden: Iraq Flip-flop Puts Obama at Risk

July 5th, 2008 9:58 AM

ISM Manufacturing Goes into Expansion Mode; AP Changes Subject

July 5th, 2008 1:28 AM
Earlier this week, to avoid "undue" emphasis on how much the situation has been improving in Iraq, the press, in search of bad news, switched its focus to Afghanistan (examples here, here, and here). Kyle Drennen and Warner Todd Huston at NewsBusters noted this on Tuesday. Similarly, Associated Press writer Ellen Simon, confronted with a key report showing economic improvement, decided that it…

NY Times Huffs at 'Entirely False Rumors' About Obama in 'Small-Town A

July 1st, 2008 6:33 PM
Tuesday's New York Times report by Jeff Zeleny, "Campaign Flashpoints: Patriotism and Service" covered the back and forth between the McCain and Obama camps over a controversial comment by retired general and Obama adviser Wesley Clark about McCain's lack of qualifications to be president.In response to a question by Bob Schieffer on the CBS Sunday talk show "Face the Nation," Clark said of John…

CBS’s Logan: U.S. ‘Facing Strategic Defeat’ in Afghanistan

July 1st, 2008 1:15 PM
On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked to foreign correspondent Lara Logan about the situation in Afghanistan and she declared: "So seven years later we have more troops in the country than we have ever had. And yet no one is admitting the fact that we are facing strategic defeat in a country that wanted us there. Unlike Iraq, they actually wanted us there."Smith introduced the…

Networks Ignore Successful Missile Test

June 30th, 2008 4:01 PM
Update/Correction: Cross-referencing my results with that of the MRC's internal database, I found a news mention on the June 26 "Today" of the previous day's missile test, which aired at the 9:00 a.m. news brief. I know that missile defense is hardly a major political issue right now, but successes in the program are worth at least passing mention in broadcast media, particularly given tensions…

MSM Obsesses with Republican 'Attack Machine,' While Lefties Smear McC

June 30th, 2008 12:46 PM