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Maher Wishes Bush Would Follow NBC's West Wing, Tell Christian Right t
On this past weekend's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, comedian Bill Maher pointed to the liberal scriptwriters of NBC's West Wing for political guidance. Maher touted how “Alan Alda plays a Republican Senator who tells the Christian Right to go screw.” Maher yearned: “Why can't we have that in real life?” Last Tuesday (October 11) on MSNBC's Hardball, the Chicago Tribune's Jim Warren had also…
Auto Workers Benefits: Catching Up with the Times
Broadcasters worry about the future of the American economy, but the NY Times points out that automakers are behind other industries when it comes to the reality of employee benefits.
War, Famine, Pestilence and Death
USA Today gives apocalyptic view of declining oil supply before admitting it might not come to pass.
Iraq Vote: Sour Grapes from ABC Radio
It took ABC Radio's Martha Raddatz only two sentences to report the vote on the Iraqi constitution. In the first, Raddatz allowed as how the referendum probably passed. In the second, Raddatz said (my memory),"It cannot be denied, however, that thousands and thousands of Sunnis will be living under an Iraqi government they did not want."Yes, Martha, in elections, that's the way it works. One…