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In the weeks that have followed Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, much of the mainstream media have been pointing a finger of blame at the federal government for not properly funding that city’s levee system.  This morning, CNN did a report that tears some holes in this premise.On “American Morning,” John King visited South Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, a coastal community just thirty-five…

Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer fired for her role in Memogate, has come out with her new book, Truth and Duty : The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power. In it she mentions some encouraging words from Dan Rather, offering his support for her in her darkest hour. I knew I could count on Dan. In tough situations, he became “fightin’ Dan,” someone who told us all to “never back up,…

CNN this morning did a series of reports from New Orleans focusing on the problems with that city’s levees. “American Morning’s” Soledad O’Brien first interviewed Joey DIFatta, chairman of St. Bernard Parish, along with New Orleans city council president Oliver Thomas. Later, O’Brien questioned an Army Corps of Engineers colonel. During these discussions, it was suggested that lower quality…

Media reports on scientific findings are often misunderstood, misrepresented or overblown. One such example is a study by Dr. Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at King's College London. CNN and others claimed "workers distracted by phone calls, e-mails and text messages suffer a greater loss of IQ than a person smoking marijuana."Of course, that is not even what the study found. The first clue should…

Steve Malzberg at NewsMax.com has reported in his new column that HBO host Bill Maher compared First Lady Laura Bush to "Hitler's dog." I guess that would make President Bush, according to Maher, like Hitler himself!On the Friday, September 23, 2005, episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, as part of a "comedy" bit, Maher was displaying a series of doctored photos to "show" that the President had…

In a televised interview with former CBSer Marvin Kalb, retired CBS anchor Dan Rather stated that his network will not allow him to continue to pursue the story of President Bush's Air Guard service. "Straight-up, no Chaser, no," the exiled anchor said when asked if he would consider filing a story about it on the "60 Minutes" news magazine since he continues to believe in it. "CBS News…