Coverage of Voter ID Law Court Cases Depends on Result
Last week, a Federal Appeals Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law (HT Volokh):
Appeals court upholds voter ID law
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls is not too burdensome, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Thursday in a 2-1 ruling that upholds the 2005 law.
..... The 7th U.S. Circuit Court questioned arguments that…
Ken Lay Deserved Vengeance...More Than Saddam
Are the moralists of the Washington Post Style section really the kind of people who believe Kenneth Lay, the CEO of the collapsing racket of Enron, is a viler historical figure than Saddam Hussein? A review of the documentary evidence would suggest yes. Rich Noyes remembered Style essayist Henry Allen's rather savage take on Mr. Lay last July 6 after he died before justice kicked in: But now…
Best of 2006? WashPost Critics Tout Dixie Chicks, Communist Rappers
Newspaper cultural critics often seemed to be bringing their politics and not just their artistic senses to the table when judging the "best" products of 2006. Friday’s Weekend section of The Washington Post compiled a set of lists of the best in art, music, and movies, and some of the Post critics were dropping some liberal (and radical, even Marxist) politics into their choices. The music…
Media Myth Debunked: WaPo Exposes Murtha's Democrat Culture of Corrupt
For months before Election Day, Americans were brainwashed by the media concerning a Republican “culture of corruption,” and the need for the Democrats to clean it all up. Unfortunately, in the middle of this web of lies, the press chose to ignore the misdeeds of any politician with a “D” next to his or her name. Now that the elections are over, and the press got the result they wanted, exposés…
Media Scrooges: 'Bah Humbug' to Wall Street's Christmas Bonuses
When Santa came to Wall Street this year, the media cried and pouted. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at an all-time high and commodities markets experiencing one of their best years in decades, Wall Street firms were feeling especially merry this year. The media responded as if they had seen Jacob Marley’s ghost.NBC’s John Seigenthaler gloomily downplayed Wall Streeters’ good fortunes…
