"Voting to Kill" - Republican Post-9/11 Success Explained
September 24th, 2006 12:03 PM
In "Voting to Kill, How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership" (Simon & Schuster, $15.95) Jim Geraghty has created a handbook for how Democrats can regain power (not that many will read it, or take the lessons to heart if they do), or how Republicans can maintain their current advantage. Geraghty, a former mainstream journalist, describes in precise detail both the reasons for…
Rumsfeld: 'Baloney' To Those Who Say United States What's Wrong With W
September 22nd, 2006 10:07 PM
Israel: News Agencies May Be Enabling Terrorism
September 22nd, 2006 11:54 AM
Remember the Reuters news vehicle that was fired upon, but not directly hit by an Israeli helicopter gunship while acting suspiciously near Israeli positions in Gaza?
The Israeli Government Press Office is now stating that they believe
armored vehicles licensed to news agencies, such as the Reuters vehicle
attacked, might be being used by terrorist groups to launch attacks against Israel…
BBC Story Alleging Israeli Assistance to Kurds Assumes Reactions of Ot
September 22nd, 2006 10:33 AM
CNN Anchor Wonders: ‘Would It Be So Bad’ If Iran ‘Had a Nuclear
September 21st, 2006 5:51 PM
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, in an interview for the September 20 "Situation Room," questioned President Bush about Iran and wondered, "Why would it be so bad if this Iranian regime had a nuclear weapon?" Blitzer also alternated between complaining that not enough has been done to fight terrorism and wondering if the President was unnecessarily scaring the American people. On the subject of Iran’s nuclear…
Vieira: Don't Be Too Quick To Dismiss Chavez
September 21st, 2006 8:24 AM
For NewsBusters types, the question has always been whether Meredith Vieira would be as liberal as her Today show predecessor, Katie Couric. As of this morning, we have our answer. Yesterday, Hugo Chavez stood on the world stage and called the President of the United States a "devil" and claimed the speakers platform still stunk from his presence. Today, Meredith Vieira went on national TV and …
Reporting for the Enemy: Reuters, Time Employed Vietcong Agent for
September 20th, 2006 3:43 PM
This story about a Vietnamese man who was a spy for the communists during the war as well as a reporter for Reuters and Time magazine is nothing short of an outrage. It also makes you wonder how many agents for totalitarianism are working in the press today. An's assertions of impartiality are all too familar as well. (An old MRC MediaWatch item on him is here.)HANOI, Vietnam - Pham Xuan An, who…