Juan Williams Calls McCarthy CIA Leak 'Act of Honor

On Fox News Sunday, liberal commentator and NPR correspondent Juan Williams praised fired CIA officer Mary McCarthy, claiming that what she did was an "an act of honor." Williams got into an argument with Brit Hume and host Chris Wallace. William Kristol later jumped in. (HT RealClearPolitics) BRIT HUME: That is not an exercise simply of First Amendment rights. This was a violation of her…

The Times Embraces (Mary) McCarthyism

Journalists on Sunday Shows Hail Leaker's Actions to Expose Improper P

Kerry: "Glad" CIA Leaker McCarthy "Told The Truth

Impeachment Insufficient: Gannett Editor Calls for World-Wide Boycott

On 'The Sopranos,' Mob Boss's Daughter Denounces Bush for Abusing Civi

[Text and video include a vulgarity] Another fresh episode of The Sopranos, HBO's series about a New Jersey Mob boss and his family, will air tonight (Sunday), and that reminded me of a left-wing shot at President Bush's anti-terrorism policies, which aired on last Sunday's edition. Daughter “Meadow Soprano,” played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, is a volunteer at a legal aid clinic where she meets an…

For Dana Priest, Only Motives Are Classified

Al Jazeera Int'l May Have Found U.S. Carrier

Olbermann Plugs "Bush Worst President" Rolling Stone Article

On Friday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann plugged the Rolling Stone cover story by historian Sean Wilentz which argued that George W. Bush may be the worst President ever, citing the opinions of over 400 historians. As he introduced his interview with Wilentz, Olbermann sympathetically referred to the recently fired CIA employee who leaked classified information on the agency's use of…

Schieffer Denounces “Dubious First” Firing of Leaker & Totenberg P

At least one leading mainstream journalists isn't too happy about the revelation Friday that on Thursday the CIA fired an official who admitted being the leaker of top secret information about CIA prisons overseas used to hold al-Qaeda suspects. Bob Schieffer didn't withhold his personal opinion from his newscast as he introduced a CBS Evening News story by asserting that “it is no secret that…

Former CNBC Reporter Heads to Al Jazeera

The First Draft of the Wrong Side of History

After hearing that Sami Al-Arian confessed to a dirty laundry list of terrorism related activities, I was eager to see how the liberal St. Petersburg Times would handle the story. Today they posted an editorial about "The Real Al-Arian," writing about all the horrible things he has done and lies he told. But is that an accurate account of the role the Times played in defending him? Maybe when…

'Early' Finds Only One Side of Rumsfeld Debate

The CBS Early Show this morning continued its tradition of "fair and balanced" reporting, as they addressed the interminable firestorm that has surrounded Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, seemingly since he was first appointed 5 1/2 years ago. They addressed the Rumsfeld issue twice in the first hour, and both times the focus was on the critics and criticism. There were no defenders of…

In A Yugo? Friedman Hoping For $100-A-Barrel Crude