Ignoring Surge Success, NY Times Frets About Overcrowded Baghdad Jails

The New York Times finally reports on the results of the troop increase in Baghdad, which seems to have brought a measure of safety to some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq's capital – but Kirk Semple and Alissa Rubin's A1 article Wednesday ("Sweeps in Iraq Cram Two Jails With Detainees") ignored that angle in favor of concern over…crowded Baghdad jails."Hundreds of Iraqis detained in the…
Clay Waters
 

GMA Anchor to McCain: Would You Prefer Hillary or Obama to Win in

On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," co-anchor Chris Cuomo interviewed GOP presidential candidate John McCain. In the piece, Cuomo quoted a congressional colleague who called the Arizona Senator’s position on Iraq "arrogant and self delusional." The ABC host also wondered if McCain needed "rose colored glasses" to see progress in the war and prompted the ‘08 contender to choose which Democrat…
Scott Whitlock
 

CNN's Incorrect Use of the Word 'Troop' in Hostage Story Chyron

Ken Shepherd
 

CNN’s John Roberts: Gonzales’ Aide Pleading the Fifth is 'Another

Matthew Balan
 

Open Thread

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NB Staff
 

Bozell: Who Can Compare South Park to Socrates

Brent Bozell's culture column is early this week, since the MRC HQ is buzzing and bustling toward our big 20th anniversary gala on Thursday night.  If you want to see it live, we will have a webcast. Brent's column mocks a new compilation of essays titled "South Park and Philosophy," edited by Robert Arp, a professor at Southwest Minnesota State University. You know the drill: take a crude and…
Tim Graham
 

Vieira to McCain About War Opponents: 'What Are We Missing

From the moment she participated in an anti-war march in NYC at the time of the 2004 GOP convention, there's been little doubt as to where Meredith Vieira stands on Iraq. Even so, it was something of a shock to hear the "Today" co-host express her opposition in the first person plural this morning.Discussing the war with Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] at about 7:05 AM ET this morning, she said:"Six…
Mark Finkelstein
 

NYTimes Showers Pity Upon Former Speaker Dennis Hastert -- One Last Ki

Warner Todd Huston
 

Philosophers and South Park

From time to time we hear about zany professors of popular culture using their academic credentials to elevate the most aggressively offensive and potty-mouthed TV shows into the Great Works of Western Civilization.
L. Brent Bozell III
 

CNN's Blitzer Hypes Hagel's Bush Impeachment Talk

Brad Wilmouth
 

Put This In Your Pipe and Smoke It: WSJ Prints Positive Tobacco Piece

Julia A. Seymour
 

Did Wonkette Not Get Ana Marie Cox's Memo Re: Tony Snow

(h/t Snarking Dawg)From Ana Marie Cox's post to the "Swampland" blog at Time magazine:Let me say that I did some self-cringing last week, when I choose to describe Tony as the "most fun" press secretary of the administration. I was looking for something non-controversial, non-partisan and true to say about the guy. "Fun" seemed like something he'd appreciate -- he is fun. The biggest change in…
Ken Shepherd
 

Radio Host and HuffPo Blogger: How Could a Liar Like Tony Snow Not Hav

On Monday, a blogger had to cancel a speaking engagement at a tech conference because she was receiving death threats from people through her e-mail and at other websites. On Tuesday, a radio personality and blogger at the Huffington Post suggested that White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has cancer because he lies and works for Fox News.I kid you not.His name is Charles Karel Bouley, and what …
Noel Sheppard
 

Cafferty Claims Bush Would Use Detaining of British Soldiers as Pretex

Scott Whitlock