Check Out Newsweek's Notion of a Fair-and-Balanced Bush-Foley Photo
October 9th, 2006 1:56 PM
Of all the photos of President Bush and Mark Foley available, this is the one Newsweek chose for its big story on the scandal this week.UPDATE 10-20-2006: The New York Times is displaying the same photo in its online edition of today. Seems that this is the photo of choice in the MSM. Hat tip to Gary Hall.
N. Korean Nuke Not Enough to Nudge Nooky Off NBC: 'Lettuce' Focus On F
October 9th, 2006 7:33 AM
"A North Korean ICBM hit Hawaii with a 10-kiloton atomic weapon today. Now back to Meredith and Matt for the latest on the burgeoning Mark Foley scandal. Is it doom for Republicans?"Perhaps I exaggerate a tad with that imaginary bit of dialogue, but judging by this morning's 'Today,' you have to wonder. Good Morning America devoted the lion's share of its first half-hour to the N. Korean test of…
ABC Explanation For Name Leak Doesn't Add Up
October 5th, 2006 2:02 PM
ABC News has just released this statement explaining how blogger Wild Bill of Passionate America was able to learn the real screen name of Mark Foley's Instant Message correspondent:On Friday, ABC News published instant messages between a former page and Congressman Foley with the IM screen name of the teenage victim redacted. Immediately, we discovered that in one instance, the screen name of…
David Brooks: The 16-Year Old Boy and The 13-Year Old Girl
October 5th, 2006 1:30 PM
David Brooks' New York Times column of this morning on the Foley matter, "A Tear in Our Fabric," is so important that I'd normally be inclined to simply reproduce it in its entirety and let it speak for itself. But as a subscription-required item, I cannot. I do offer an extended-but-redacted excerpt for our readers' consideration:This is a tale of two predators. The first is a congressman who…
Globe Column: Repressive Republicans Faulted For Foley Fiasco
October 5th, 2006 7:03 AM
When you think about it, Mark Foley's mess isn't really his fault. The blame is rightly laid at the feet of those repressive Republicans - and the Catholic Church. That in a nutshell is the thesis of a column in today's Boston Globe, The gay problem in the GOP by David Link, described as a writer and attorney in Sacramento and member of the Independent Gay Forum. On the one hand, Link doesn't…
