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Behind the Scenes of a Pallywood Production
Elsewhere on the fake Middle Eastern news front, the Second Draft has two must-see videos (HT: Instapundit) that look at a famous "news" item from 2000 in which a young Palestinian boy is reportedly shot by Israeli soldiers while crouching behind a barrel. The footage was filmed by a Palestinian cameraman working for a French television station. Upon further examination, like many pictures from…
Rumsfeld: Media Manipulated by Islamic Terrorists
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld finally articulated at least a portion of what conservative bloggers have been pointing out for some time - Islamist terror groups have had considerable success in planting and slanting stories within the Western mainstream media:FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION, Nev. (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of…
Heck of a Bush-Bashing Job, Brownie! Lauer Leads Chorus of Complaint
Is it news to anyone that Michael Brown thinks he got a bum rap on Katrina? As shopworn as was his concatenation of complaint this morning, Matt Lauer treated it with the enthusiasm of a Live at Five reporter on the scene of a fresh accident out on county route 11. You knew this was coming: Lauer got things off to a Bush-bashing start with the famous "you're doing a heck of a job, Brownie" clip…
NBC's Williams Showcases Left-Winger on Katrina/Race: Bushes 'Clueless
Looking back at Katrina a year later, NBC's Brian Williams decided to raise the issue of race and to showcase as his sole expert, on both Monday's NBC Nightly News and a prime time special, left-wing professor Michael Eric Dyson, author of Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. Williams, from New Orleans, set up his Nightly News segment by arguing the disaster “…
Los Angeles Times Downplays Release of Fox News Journalists
Has the Los Angeles Times downplayed the release of Fox News Channel journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig? From today's LA Times (Monday, August 28, 2006):"Fox Journalists Freed After 2 Weeks in Gaza," p. A4, one photo, 925 words.Compare this coverage with that of the release of journalist Jill Carroll, whose story was covered on March 31, 2006:
Plame Kerfuffle Ending with a Thud
With the recent disclosure
that Richard Armitage, an anti-Iraq war deputy of former secretary of
state Colin Powell, was Bob Novak's source for the Valerie Plame leak,
the political scandal that never should have been may finally be
wrapping up. All that seems to remain is a three-and-out trial of
departed White House aid Scooter Libby.Byron York has a long piece summarizing the recent…
CNN: President Bush 'Clueless' in Handling of Hurricane Katrina
There was more bad news for President Bush during the 4pm EDT hour of Monday's "The Situation Room." In two separate reports from Bill Schneider and Dana Bash, the President was labeled "clueless" on his handling of Hurricane Katrina and Democratic talking points on the subject were repeated yet again. Schneider’s piece focused on the toll Hurricane Katrina took on President Bush’s poll numbers…
V for Verizon? One Reporter's Telecom Vendetta
CNN's Allen Wastler rings bell for more government interference with telecoms, but ignores consumers' existing costs from high taxes and regulation.
Early Show's Harry Smith Says New Orleans Residents Feel 'Abandoned' A
Harry Smith, "Early Show" co-host, reported live from New Orleans today on the state of the city one year after Hurricane Katrina. Smith essentially had one type of question: Exactly how horrible is the situation today? The CBS journalist talked with Oliver Thomas, President of the New Orleans City Council. He lectured Mr. Thomas, telling him, "Folks feel abandoned. They feel forgotten. They feel…