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Fear Factor: A Times Critic on Judge Richard Posner's "Chilling Book
Two law professor/bloggers are not impressed with Kakutani's "arguments" against libertarian Judge Posner's provacative take on liberty in an age of terrorism.
CNN’s John Roberts: 'Some' Fault Bush For 'Increasingly Islamophobic
On Monday night, CNN’s John Roberts previewed the United Nations appearances of President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a manner that seemed to offer moral equivalence between Bush and the avowed Holocaust denier. Roberts, who filed the September 18 report for "Anderson Cooper 360," was introduced by an announcer tease that set a tone of comparative moral ambiguity:ANNOUNCER…
New Term for Muslim/Media Manipulation: 'CBS Ambush
Austin Bay has a new term to describe the technique used by the media and Muslim activists to manipulate fake events in order to inflame Muslim outrage: "CBS ambush."
The ambush technique coordinates blood-spilling violence with sensational imagery and rhetoric using a dispersed network of media operatives, guerrillas and terrorists. Networked, Coordinated Blood-spilling plus Sensationalism…
AP’s 'Contrarian Economists' on Energy Prices Aren't All Economists
In a clear attempt to throw cold water on the potential positive economic impact of falling energy prices, an Associated Press article yesterday got sloppy with the credentials of those it sought out for quotes. It also conveyed a false impression that all of those quoted were not impressed with what falling energy prices might do for the economy.Here is the headline and first paragraph of the…
National Review: WashPost Baghdad Bureau Chief Full of Errors, Bias
Over at The Corner, Andy McCarthy goes on the warpath against Rajiv Chandasekaran (who later appeared on MSNBC's Hardball), the Washington Post's Baghdad Bureau Chief, in particular a Page One excerpt on Sunday from his anti-war book "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" dealing with Simone Ledeen, the daughter of Michael Ledeen of AEI and National Review: Chandrasekaran writes: “The daughter of a…
Bill Maher Bashes Bush, Republicans, Longs For Bill Clinton
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough aired an interview Tuesday that he did with comedian Bill Maher (time uncertain). Maher was his typical, despicable, loathing self speaking vitriol about President Bush, disdain for Republicans, and a longing for Bill Clinton (video and transcript to follow).As the conversation initially centered on the President’s intelligence quotient – what else? – Maher made the case…
McGreevey Blames Parents' Straightness For His 'Immoral and Ugly' Beha
Interviewed by 'Today' host Matt Lauer this morning, former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey blamed the "immoral and ugly" way he acted out on his homosexuality on the fact that his parents were straight and thus couldn't serve as role models for him.McGreevey was on to promote his new book, "The Confession."Lauer: "Not only as governor but as a state employee, you were living a very risky life-style.…