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Original AP caption: "Former CIA officer Valerie Plame, center, and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, left, take part in a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington."

Most NBers are likely unfamiliar with the name Eric Boehlert. He is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine that used to write for Salon, and has a book out called “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over For Bush.” In it, he accused the media of actually having a pro-Bush bias in a book that the Washington Post’s Book World comically declared was “written as though a cadre of Bill Clinton's…

Somebody please tell me what is funny or - more importantly - true about this cartoon. Is this really the view of Dan Wasserman and by extension the paper that employs him - the Boston Globe? Do Wasserman and the Globe really believe that, in his heart, President George W. Bush is a torture-master of medieval proportions? Do they truly think that only international agreements and court…

The numbers are starting to come out for newspaper earnings. Take a wild guess. The Tribune Company lost 62 percent of their earnings. McClatchy kept earnings about the same though they lost almost 5 percent of their circulation. Media General lost 47 percent from a year ago. Gannett lost 8.3 percent. Of course, none of the papers will admit that their bias and reportage are to blame for their…

Israel might be defending itself on two fronts this morning, but that might not be enough. The Today show was attacking on at least three. And in a brief-but-telling moment, Andrea Mitchell gave away the blame-Israel game with a spontaneous shake of the head.Here's the gist of Today's reporting:Israel's offensive against Hezbollah is based on a 'pretext.'The Bush administration has dropped the…