Keith and the Cover

Staring hard at the forthcoming cover of Olbermann's book "The Worst Person in the World," doesn't it appear, oh so poetically, that the cover seems to be applying that honor to Olbermann himself?
Tim Graham
 

LA Times Gone Wild: 'Wrong to Blame Katrina Victims for Spending Irres

Mark Finkelstein
 

MSNBC: Murtha Is 'Personal Attack' Victim, As Murtha Insults Rove's 'F

Brad Wilmouth
 

Media Matters Criticism on Global Warming Unjustified

Amy Ridenour
 

Ifill Chastises 'Excessive' Security for Bush in Baghdad; Totenberg: T

Friday night PBS chat shows delivered a couple of slams from journalists at President Bush over his surprise trip to Baghdad early this week. After Richard Keil of Bloomberg News, who accompanied the President’s entourage, described some of the security precautions taken, Washington Week host Gwen Ifill cited “excessive security” as she derided the trip: “I wonder to what degree anybody in the…
Brent Baker
 

Weekend Captionfest

Original Reuters caption: "Journalists put on their bullet-proof vests aboard Air Force One before touching down with U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad for a surprise visit June 13, 2006."
Matthew Sheffield
 

CNN Practicing Checkbook Journalism

According to Drudge, the checkbook journalism practiced by People Magazine extended to another Time Warner property; Anderson Cooper. There's loud chatter among industry insiders that the $4 million deal PEOPLE Mag's editor Larry Hackett cut with Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt for their baby pictures extended to CNN, also part of the TIME WARNER family. A rep for CNN denies any TIMEWARNER deal…
Mithridate Ombud
 

CBS Terrorism Analyst Notes 'Huge Progress' In War On Terror

Michael Rule
 

WashPost, NY Times Bury al-Qaeda Memo Worrying About U.S. Victory

Tim Graham
 

NBC's 'Today' Show: Secrecy on Bush Trip Added 'Dramatic Effect

In the past week, President Bush has visited Iraq, had his top political operative cleared of wrongdoing, and presided over the elimination of the terrorist mastermind Abu Musab Al Zarqawi. NBC’s Today show took note of this fact and the June 16 edition featured a segment on Bush’s upturn in fortunes. But if conservatives expected the media to be happy about Bush’s "good week,"  they were sadly…
Scott Whitlock
 

Trent Lott/William Jefferson – A Double Standard

Warner Todd Huston
 

Lauer's SciFi Disaster Examines Our Lack of Future

World won't end before more viewers subjected to 'Today' co-host's wacky predictions of doom.
Dan Gainor
 

Gun Control: Why Tell the Truth When a Lie Will Do

Howard Nemerov
 

Parent Company of CBS Runs Ad Mocking Katie Couric

With a huge hat tip to Drudge, the following is sure to make conservatives spit their coffee all over their computer screens:CBSNEWS parent company VIACOM has began placing ads slamming its very own Katie Couric!The company's DAILY SHOW rips EVENING-NEWS-to-be Couric, alleging "fake news" is on the way for viewers this fall when the former TODAY queen takes the anchor chair. "It's all in good…
Noel Sheppard