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Plame End Game
Will we finally see the end of the media-manufactured Plame scandal? Christopher Hitchens thinks so:Robert Novak's July 12 column and his appearance on "Meet the Press" Sunday night have dissolved any remaining doubt about the mad theory that the Bush administration "outed" Ms. Valerie Plame as revenge for her husband's refusal to confirm the report by British intelligence that Iraqi officials…
Bozell Column: Katie's Charities: A Conflict
With an
eye on building audience anticipation, and maybe a little political
gravitas, CBS sent its anchor-in-waiting Katie Couric on a six-city
promotional tour complete with town meetings. AP reporter David Bauder
compared her “listening tour” to Hillary Clinton’s, and like the former
First Lady’s sojourns, these were frantically pre-screened to be safe
and boring. (A blogger in Minneapolis had…
Keith Olbermann Attacks Ann Coulter and Michael Savage
On Tuesday’s “Countdown,” host Keith Olbermann chose to virulently attack two of America’s most prominent conservatives in his Worst Person in the World segment: radio host Michael Savage, and author Ann Coulter. Olbermann began with Savage (video courtesy of Crooks and Liars):"Our runner-up tonight, Michael Savage. Now, the bar is higher for him because ordinarily we do not like to mock the…
New York Times Complains of Medicare 'Windfall' for Drug Companies
Reporter Freudenheim downplays taxpayer pain in paying for the nearly $700-billion program.
CNN's Costello Gets a Science Lesson: Embryos Are 'Not Fertilized
During a July 18th segment on the science behind stem cell research with CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, American Morning substitute host Carol Costello displayed a shocking lack of knowledge of basic reproductive science. Costello was questioning Cohen on what federal funding for stem cell research would mean for those who had frozen embryos. Cohen explained that scientists with…