Matthews Snipes at Lauer for Supporting Iraq War Funding
And here I thought Chris Matthews reserved his hardballs for his guests, not his colleagues . . . To use one of Imus's favorite phrases, there are "tension conventions" breaking out all over MSNBC today. Earlier, I noted the shots Andrea Mitchell took at Nancy Pelosi over her "unseemly, imperial" celebrations marking her ascension to the speakership.Later, things got a bit ugly between Chris…
Olbermann and Dean Suggest Impeaching Bush Cabinet Members
On Wednesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and frequent guest John Dean discussed the possibility of a Democratic Congress moving to impeach members of President Bush's Cabinet as an alternative to actually impeaching the President or Vice President.
Gone in 60 Stories
On December 5 of last year, I wrote a blog post entitled 60 Billion Minutes, where I wrote:We also know that Jamil Hussein has consistently been a source for at least 60 news stories over two years, and that Jamil Hussein is just one of many apparently fake sources that has driven Associated Press reporting in Iraq. This presents us with the unsettling possibility that the Associated Press has no…
Many US Cities Have Had Murder Rates Higher Than Iraq's 2006 'Violent
The Associated Press released an interesting set of statistics (host link stored for future ref) a couple of days ago that I would suppose were designed to suck away any optimism any fools who still support the mission in Iraq might have (bolds are mine):BAGHDAD, Iraq - Government officials on Monday reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure…
Here Come the Democrats: ABC's Nightline Re-Airs Clinton, Obama Profil
In their first broadcast of 2007, ABC’s Nightline devoted the entire program to re-airing portions of stories from 2006 dealing with "power," including the shift in political power in the United States. The final segment of the newscast, entitled ‘Here Come the Democrats,’ featured three friendly profiles of prominent Democrats, including Cynthia McFadden’s tea with Senator Hillary Clinton and…
