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The Darfur Double Standard: Globe Calls for Intervention
Darfur today is not Iraq under Saddam. But there are sufficient parallels to render this morning's Boston Globe editorial deeply ironic. While the Globe has condemned the coalition intervention in Iraq, it clamors for aggressive international action in Darfur.Let's have a look at the Globe's Light on the Darfur Darkness and compare and contrast the situation there with pre-war Iraq.Darfur…
The Poll You’ll Never Hear About: Only 27% of Iraqis Believe it’s
There were two Iraq polls released on Sunday. One is guaranteed to be headline news. The other will likely be totally ignored.In fact, one of the polls was already referenced by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week,” as well as reported by USA Today and CNN. Know what the difference is between these surveys, both of which rather compelling as they asked questions of Iraqi citizens? Well,…
‘Another Inconvenient Truth’: BusinessWeek Busts Al Gore and Carbo
As reported by NewsBusters here, here, here, and here, this has been an awful week for global warming alarmists and their hero, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore. From an unfavorable article about him in the New York Times, to a Gallup poll showing that Americans aren't buying into his junk science, Gore must feel a long way from Hollywood and Oscar night.Marvelously adding to the torture was BusinessWeek…
Dan Rather and Bill Maher Rip Democrats Over Fox News Debate Fiasco
A truly astounding thing happened on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday evening: a panel comprised of four liberal media members actually voiced unanimous displeasure with Democrats.I bet you’re looking out your window to see some airborne swine right about now.As shocking and unlikely as such a public display might seem, when host Bill Maher moved the discussion to the recent cancellation of a…
New York Times Movie Reviews: We'll Take Lust over 'Moral Reprimand
Which movie do you think would get a positive write-up in The New York Times? An inspirational movie about character building, or a comic tribute to lust?
Media Ignored Reason for 'Gathering of Eagles' Vigil: January Spray-Pa
In her March 18 article, the Washington Post's Brigid Schulte informed readers about why Gathering of Eagles counter-protesters set out to guard the Vietnam War Memorial on March 17 during the scheduled anti-war protests:At a Jan. 27 antiwar rally, some protesters spray-painted the pavement on a Capitol terrace. Others crowned the Lone Sailor statue at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue…
Gathering of Eagles (GoE): An Indicator of Old Media Decline
So how many Gathering of Eagles (GoE) counterprotesters were in Washington yesterday, and how did their numbers compare to the Answer Coalition's protest count?
The New York Times (may require registration) reported "several hundred counterdemonstrators" (HT Michelle Malkin, who has the priceless quote of the day -- ".... the NYTimes relied on 'several veterans of the antiwar movement' to give…
Dismissing Signs of Progress, ABC, NBC Paint Dismal Portrait of Iraq
Keying off the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war this Tuesday, the networks will be running overviews of the situation there all week. Judging by the opening salvos this morning on ABC and NBC, you might when tuning in want to hide the sharp objects and keep the Zoloft handy. The picture painted is ceaselessly dismal, with any bright spots ignored or explained away.Take the report by ABC's…
Weekend Captionfest II
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, center, flanked by Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, right, and Democratic Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. talk to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.