What Is the Deal with the Reporting on August Retail Sales

Tom Blumer
 

PBS Feature Claims 'Hurt Feelings' from Layoffs Might Be 'Lethal

NY Times' Uchitelle says workers' low self-esteem is worse for the economy than the Great Depression.
Rachel Waters
 

Remembering Rather's Contrast on Texans at Conventions

Tim Graham
 

Rather Working Too Hard

Not exactly media bias but worth noting: Dan Rather is hard at work on producing his new HDNet show. The report comes from the same Freeper, MindBender26, who correctly announced the departure of Dan Rather from CBS.Rather is working overtime on his new satellite-fed dinky cable show. Editors who have seen first drafts of story treatments say it is WAY over the top, sort of a "Howard Beale on…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Chicago Tribune: 'Vieira and Lauer Are an Inspired Pairing

Mike Bates
 

Democrats, Elections, and the NFL

As Democrat football teams started their mini-camps this summer, there was great anticipation concerning the upcoming season. Most analysts, many of whom are difficult to distinguish from Dem cheerleaders, predicted a left-wing sweep that would end up in a changing of the guard come January. Yet, given the results of the NFL’s opening weekend, things aren’t as rosy for the Democrats as some had…
Noel Sheppard
 

Double Standard on Personal Attacks: Ann Richards' 'Fun-Loving Spirit

For a media that likes to complain about the incivility and personal attacks that Republicans have supposedly injected into our politics over the past generation, the networks' reactions to former Texas Governor Ann Richards underscore journalists' partisan approach to what is fair and what is foul.In 1988, then-Texas state treasurer Richards laced her keynote address at the Democratic National…
Rich Noyes
 

Open Thread

Today's starter: Is the term Islamofascism an appropriate one? Joe Loconte argues yes.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Too Little, Too Late

Well, finally. Nearly a month after the conflict between Israel and Hezbullah has ended, the news wires finally give us some glimpses of some of the distruction caused by Hezbullah's unguided, ball-brearing-filled rockets. Too little, too late, guys. If you genuinely wanted to be fair, you would've sent these photos over the wires a month ago. We're also learning from these captions that…
Brian C. Ledbetter
 

Newsweek's Jonathan Alter Puts His Heavy-Breathing Political Fantasies

Tim Graham
 

Olbermann’s Disgraceful 9/11 Anniversary Rant Helped His Ratings

Noel Sheppard
 

Omission Watch: Harold Ford, Jr. Mixes Religion And Politics In Church

P.J. Gladnick
 

'Today': Matt Chides Dems, Mike Nips John, Meredith Lets Loose

Mark Finkelstein
 

Inside the Papers, 'Madam Speaker' Democratic Optimism Fading

Tim Graham