Hezbollah or Home-Grown? Who Drew This Editorial Cartoon
August 18th, 2006 8:06 AM
A man labelled with a Jewish star laments that he can't blow up food and medicine being handed out to Arabs. Hezbollah is lauded for "building bridges" with people. Where does this editorial cartoon come from? A Hezbollah house organ, perhaps? Al-Jazeera? Maybe a fringe anti-Semitic group in the US?
The Company Reuters Keeps
August 17th, 2006 11:03 PM
One quick question: Is it appropriate for photographers who are members of a group called Artists Against the War (or translated via google) to be sent into war zones to document the events as they transpire? And, even if Mr. Qusini were not a member of this group, would his objectivity still be called into question by his association with them?
I mean, can we expect someone of that nature to…
CNN’s Cafferty Unleashes Against ‘Arrogant’ White House’s ‘A
August 17th, 2006 5:43 PM
During the 4pm EDT hour of "The Situation Room," CNN’s Jack Cafferty had a thing or two to say about a U.S. district court judge ruling the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program as unconstitutional. Cafferty attacked the "arrogant" Bush administration for its supposed "abuse of power" and accused the President of lying to the American people and violating his oath of office:…
LAT Falsely Claimed Murtha Had Been Briefed Before Making Charges
August 17th, 2006 10:04 AM
Pennsylvania Democrat Jack Murtha has become a liberal media darling for his non-stop pounding of the surrender drum, and his jumping on the bandwagon to accuse the Marines of misconduct and covering up an alleged massacre in Haditha, Iraq.The Haditha talk got started after Marine general Michael Hagee briefed certain members of congress about the start of an investigation into the deaths of at…
Blame-America Bob Herbert Broods: System 'Succumbing to Tyranny of Fea
August 17th, 2006 7:00 AM
Here are the facts:On 9/11, the occupants of a hotel right across from the WTC flee their rooms. A hotel security guard informs the FBI that in the room-safe of an Egyptian hotel guest, he found an aviation radio. The radio could be used to communicate with airborne pilots.The Egyptian, Abdallah Higazy, who is attending college in the US, is arrested, and undergoes tough interrogation,…
That's Odd
August 16th, 2006 1:33 PM
I just ran across an interesting photograph on the AP wire. It would appear that this is a photograph of a Pakistani protest in support of Hezbullah and Hamas (and most likely, therefore, a protest against Israel and the United States).
There is something strange about the photograph, though—notice the highlighted poster, prominently displaying what appears to be a dead child. Where did this…