David, Is That You

'Today' never showed us just who was holding that placard. But judging from his comments this morning, just how surprised would we be to find it was NBC's David Gregory himself?Did David perhaps rev up for his appearance by reading this all-out assault on Bush foreign policy from in the LA Times? In any case, he came loaded for Bush bear with a totally bleak tour d'horizon that included these…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Condemning Bush Foreign Policy, LA Times Columnist Manages to Overlook

Can you detect the leap in time and logic in these two passages from today's Bush's Burned Bridges by LA Times columnist Rosa Brooks?:"Things fell apart so quickly. At the beginning of this millennium, the Cold War was over, the prosperous United States was the sole remaining superpower and global opinion was largely sympathetic to U.S. aims. In the wake of brutal ethnic wars in Central Europe…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Palestinian Advocate Hosts Washington Post Web Forum

Eric Arr
 

Nets Stress How Bush Rejected NAACP Invitations, But Skip Group's Vici

Brent Baker
 

Bob Schieffer: Middle East Conflict Could Require Reinstituting The Dr

Michael Rule
 

Hollywood Making Large Donations to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s Reelectio

Although many of them live 3000 miles from New York, and are certainly not her constituents, stars and dignitaries from Hollywood, California, are lining up to open their wallets and pocketbooks to Sen. Hillary Clinton’s reelection campaign. In fact, as reported by the Associated Press (hat tip to Drudge), the donors list reads like a virtual Who’s Who: “Top stars such as Tom Hanks, Jennifer…
Noel Sheppard
 

Wash. Post, NY Times Portray Wal-Mart Court Win as 'Setback

Both papers downplayed nationwide union-led efforts to tax large and small businesses more.
Ken Shepherd
 

The NY Times Recalls the 'Escape of Willie Horton,' but not NAACP's No

Clay Waters
 

Kaffiyeh, Or Just Another Cold Day in Madrid for Spanish PM Zapatero

Mark Finkelstein
 

The Great Firewall of China--Made in America

Internet giants Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft have come under fire today from Amnesty International for actively complying with the authoritarian government of China's attempts to censor the internet in that country. These companies came in for withering criticism as part of Amnesty's campaign to raise awareness of political censorship throughout the world by highlighting its impact in China…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Bill Maher Actually Says Something Nice About President Bush

Something very surprising happened on Wednesday: Comedian Bill Maher actually said something positive about America’s current president. Now, in fairness, his statements were written and published at The Huffington Post, which means that maybe only 500,000 people will read them as compared to his larger audience on HBO’s “Real Time.” And, it remains to be seen whether Maher will share such…
Noel Sheppard
 

Chris Matthews on 'Tonight Show': 'I Think Newt Is World War III

“Hardball” host Chris Matthews was Jay Leno’s guest on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday, and did more Republican bashing than even he usually does (grateful hat tip to Greg Tinti at Outside the Beltway with video link here). One of the first zingers was directed at former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Leno asked Matthews what he thought of Gingrich’s claim on Sunday that what is going on now in…
Noel Sheppard
 

Dean's Group: 'Right Wing Has Dominated The Media For Decades

Mark Finkelstein
 

'Today' Sees Things Lebanon's Way - And Ignores Big Picture

Heart-rending images of small children being lifted across a fence. Outraged American/Lebanese evacuees alleging indiscriminate Israeli bombing ["they are bombing streets, gas stations, food stores, ranches."] A crying Lebanese man with blood on his shirt after his brother was killed by an Israeli bomb. And the only two reporters on the scene reporting from . . . Beirut. That was the way the '…
Mark Finkelstein