AP Ignored Al Qaeda 'Fingerprints' in Gaza Elementary School Attack
Did you know that the Palestinian Authority believes Al Qaeda-linked groups are trying to assassinate Palestinian political leaders and are responsible for Sunday's deadly attack on a co-ed children's festival at a UN-run elementary school in Gaza? What about the attackers using sharia law as the reason? No? Well, if you weren't reading a handful of the foreign press, you wouldn't know. What…
PBS Host Thundered: 'Why Shouldn't We Be Outraged' At George Bush
Here is the kind of debate that's common on taxpayer-subsidized PBS: two liberals arguing over the right degree of rage over President Bush on Iraq. Should it be white hot? Or just hot enough that you don't burn your mouth on it? On Thursday night's edition of his eponymous show, Tavis Smiley interviewed Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. Ignatius worried out loud about finding some degree…
Shocking Front-Page Washington Post Headline: ‘Democrats’ Momentum
What’s going on at the Washington Post? After recent editorials condemning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-California) trip to Syria, a good job covering the conviction of Harold Ford, Jr.’s (D-Tennessee) uncle, and a David Broder column harshly critical of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), the Post published a front-page story Saturday declaring the Democrats’ domestic agenda is…
Sparse Coverage of CBO's Friday Deficit Report Ignores Record April Ta
On Friday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) spilled the beancounters' beans (PDF report is available at the link) in advance of this next Thursday's release of the Monthly Treasury Statement. The coverage of CBO's report has been very light.
Excuse me if I question CBO's timing.
But first, the news -- The report by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press (HT Right Angle Blog) has all that's…
Media Virtually Ignores Dow's Best Bull Run in 80 Years
Did the Dow’s ‘Bull Run’ Milestone Get to Your Paper’s Front Page Today?Front page? Heck, the overwhelming odds are that it didn't get mentioned anywhere. It should have been.
At CNNMoney.com, writers Alexandra Twin and Steve Hargreaves appear to be the only ones who even recognized the significance of yesterday's positive market close (bolds are mine):
Dow: Longest bull run in 80 years
Major…
Vietnam Protest Singer Baez Gets Top Billing on Post Website
Joan Baez?Yeah, before my time too, but the Vietnam Era folk singer/protester (pictured at right on the washingtonpost.com front page earlier) scored a publicity coup today. In addition to space in the letters-to-the-editor section, the Post dispatched writer Teresa Wiltz to cover Baez. So what was so deserving of giving an aging Vietnam Era folk singer so much attention? Why, a complaint…
WaPost: Confused That Joan Baez Uninvited to Perform For Troops
The Washington Post is tsk tsking the U.S. Army and Walter Reed Army Medical Center today for their uninviting of aging 60s' war protester Joan Baez from appearing in a concert for wounded soldiers with John Cougar Mellencamp last Friday. In a sympathetic article the Post can't seem to understand why the Army wouldn't want an over the hill, anti-establishment activist to appear before our wounded…
Howard Kurtz and Arianna Huffington Aren’t Buying Tenet’s Line Eit
CBS might have bought the line of baloney former CIA Director George Tenet was selling on “60 Minutes” Sunday. However, according to the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz, not many others are (emphasis mine throughout, h/t Glenn Reynolds):Somewhere out there, there must be someone defending George Tenet. I'm just having trouble finding that person (or persons).Let's see: Liberals are ticked off.…
