Al Gore Defends Dan Rather

Greg Sheffield
 

BBC, AP, Reuters, and Others Using “Posed” Insurgents

Noel Sheppard
 

CBS News Prez to be Forced Out

Greg Sheffield
 

Kristol Palace . . . Revolt: Bill Calls for Miers to Step Aside

Mark Finkelstein
 

Olbermann Questions Timing of Terror Alert ... Again

Brad Wilmouth
 

Are the Media Trying to Incite a Battle Over Miers

Recent press accounts suggest earlier calls for a unifying nominee were a red herring.The past few months have been a target-rich environment for America’s press. Between the president’s declining poll numbers, increased hostilities in Iraq, two devastating hurricanes, exploding energy prices, some high-profile political scandals, and a couple of Supreme Court vacancies, the media certainly have…
Noel Sheppard
 

Christian Science Monitor: "Snobbery" Allegations Should Be Sourced

With the exception of a few lines, this October 7 Christian Science Monitor story by Warren Richey about Harriet Miers could have been written by the White House. Its thesis is that prior judicial experience is not a reliable indicator of how well an individual will do as a justice if appointed and confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. Among a number of reasonably thoughtful quotes from academics…
Amy Ridenour
 

Fannie Mae Scandal Grows and Networks Do Nothing

Dan Gainor
 

Sutherland Tears Up: “Shameful" What the U.S. Is “Doing to Our Wor

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, on Tuesday night, quoted and played some video from a September BBC interview with actor Donald Sutherland, including a tearful rant against President Bush and American conservatives: "We have children. How dare we take their legacy from them? How dare we? It's shameful what we are doing to our world.” Scarborough read how Sutherland, who plays the villainous Republican…
Brent Baker
 

AP: Harriet Miers Not Rich Enough for the Court

Lisa Fabrizio
 

Time Magazine: The Battle With the Facts Over Gay Teens in America

Stacy L. Harp
 

PBS Thumbs Nose, Selects Liberal-Pleasing WashPost Ombudsman Michael G

Tim Graham
 

Harriet Miers and the ‘Pigpen’ Press

John Armor
 

Sen. Schumer Only a Rumor in Times's Democratic Scandal Coverage

After a long delay and some unsatisfying back-and-forth between bloggers and Times ombudsman Barney Calame, Thursday's New York Times prints a Raymond Hernandez story that finally notes the Democratic scandal involving aides to New York Sen. Chuck Schumer obtaining the credit report of possible Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele, the Lt. Governor of Maryland. The piece is at best dutiful…
Clay Waters