Will ’60 Minutes’ Interview Kerrey About His Disagreements With De
May 22nd, 2007 5:19 PM
For the past five years, CBS’s “60 Minutes” has been a safe haven for any Republican to voice his or her displeasure with the Bush administration. In fact, the program has been a walking billboard for such sentiments.With that in mind, given former Sen. Bob Kerrey’s rather eye-opening op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal (h/t Allah at Hot Air), it seems safe to assume the outspoken Democrat will…
AP and Yahoo’s Continually Evolving Suicide Bombings Headline
May 22nd, 2007 2:51 PM
Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs has identified a rather interesting phenomenon at Yahoo this morning.As the website reported on the results of a just-released Pew Research Center survey of Muslim Americans, the headline continued to change:One hour and 52 minutes ago, the headline was:Most U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings.Thirty-five minutes ago, the same story was re-released:…
Media Ignore Fort Dix Six’s Ties to Mosques in New Jersey and Philad
May 21st, 2007 5:46 PM
If the six men charged with planning to attack Fort Dix a few weeks ago all had ties to mosques in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, would this be newsworthy?Well, America’s press outlets didn’t seem to think so, for with little exception, this bit of information went largely unreported.In fact, according to Google news and LexisNexis searches, the only major outlet to report both mosques…
Palestinian Website Votes to Kill BBC Hostage Alan Johnston
May 20th, 2007 1:57 PM
You think the blogosphere is a hostile place? Well, you ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.Internet Haganah, a global network dedicated to identifying and confronting terrorist activities over the Internet, reported Sunday that a Palestinian forum named al-Ommh was running a rather disgraceful poll.At issue is whether or not Alan Johnston, the BBC member who was captured in Gaza in March and is still being…
Islamic Legal Scholar Says Iraq Needs American Presence for Stability
May 19th, 2007 6:17 PM
If you believe what you see from our news media, everybody in the Middle East with the exception of Israelis wants American military forces out of Iraq as soon as possible, and thinks suicide bombers are martyrs to be revered.Well, meet Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari, the former dean of Islamic Law at Qatar University. He was interviewed by Al-Arabiya TV on May 11 during which he made some statements…
‘ER’ Goes Anti-Bush, Antiwar, and Anti-Counterterrorism in the Sam
May 18th, 2007 12:37 PM
A television program came out strongly against the war on terror and the war in Iraq Thursday evening, but Katie, Charlie, Brian, and Wolf weren’t involved.Video (1:42): Real (1.23 MB) or Windows (1.04 MB), plus MP3 (1.12 MB).In this instance, it was NBC’s hit series “ER,” and the show – about doctors, nurses, and patients in a hospital emergency room if you couldn’t guess – didn’t wait very…
Matthews' Praise for GOP Debate Limited to McCain's, Rudy's Liberal Li
May 16th, 2007 8:17 PM
Chris Matthews is not a liberal. Andrea Mitchell has told us so. Yet there are times when our fervent belief in that tenet is strained. Such as on this afternoon's "Hardball," when the only two moments from last night's GOP debate that Matthews singled out for praise were when candidates adopted liberal positions: McCain opposing torture and Rudy sticking up for abortion.View video here.…
He's Back: Mullah Mouse Returns to Palestinian TV
May 14th, 2007 5:26 PM
Little Green Footballs has more on the infamous "Mullah Mouse" TV program geared towards Palestinian children and running on Hamas TV. The Islamic supremacist character was back on the air Friday as LGF's Charles Johnson notes:The monstrous clone of Mickey Mouse used by Hamas to teach children violence, hatred, and Islamic supremacism was back on the air yesterday. Hamas issued a statement with…
