Blame Bush For Merck's Vioxx
August 22nd, 2005 9:38 AM
First it was nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Then he was AWOL. After that came Plamegate. So, what pray tell will be the next left-wing attack on our president? Potentially, the manner in which the Vioxx story was covered this weekend by the New York Times gives us some clues. To begin with, a front-page article Saturday by Alex Berenson reported the surprise verdict that gave the…
I Guess Energy Prices DIDN'T Decline Yesterday
August 18th, 2005 2:40 PM
In a stunning example of how the mainstream press manipulates public opinion, as well as a clear explanation as to why the majority of the American people believes that the economy is doing poorly despite mountains of statistical evidence to the contrary, the press today decided to largely ignore one of the biggest one-day declines in energy prices in many months. As I reported here yesterday,…
That's "MISTER" bin Laden to You
August 17th, 2005 5:16 PM
As Clay Waters points out in his previous posting, a New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau sheds some interesting light on warnings issued by the State Department to the Clinton administration back in 1996 concerning Osama bin Laden's move from the Sudan to Afghanistan:In what would prove a prescient warning, the State Department intelligence analysts said in a top-secret assessment on Mr.…
Two 9-11 Scoops by the Times -- Will the Networks Take Note
August 17th, 2005 4:18 PM
Two generally anti-Bush intelligence reporters, Eric Lichtblau and Philip Shenon, have important scoops in Wednesday's paper about anti-terrorist inaction on Clinton's watch. But will network news notice? First up is Lichtblau's "State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996," buried on A12: "State Department analysts warned the Clinton administration in July 1996 that Osama bin Laden's…
