Calling All Outrage Specialists: You've Attacked Bill Bennett, Now Go

Greg Sheffield
 

Mary Mapes' Book Returns to Amazon.com-- Excerpt Removed

Greg Sheffield
 

Harrelson Denounces Bush's “Oil-Garchy,” Movie Character Paints An

Actor Woody Harrelson, appearing on Tuesday’s Late Show with David Letterman, denounced “this oil-garchy that calls itself our executive branch” and complained about the “petrochemical industry taking over the world." Then viewers saw a clip of him playing a lawyer in a new movie, North Country, in which his character paints Anita Hill as a maligned victim as he warns a sexual harassment victim…
Brent Baker
 

Couric: Breaking The Law Is "The Way This White House Possibly Operate

Mark Finkelstein
 

Jeb Bush's Supposedly Scandalous "Just Read, Florida" Program

Tim Graham
 

The Press Recant Another New Orleans Prediction – Floodwaters AREN

Remember all those media predictions about the toxic nature of the floodwaters in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina?  Well, it appears that much like their prognostications of casualties, how long it was going to take to drain the city, and the likely devastation to America’s economy, this too was an extraordinary exaggeration.Here’s a sampling of the press opinions concerning this water…
Noel Sheppard
 

Matt Lauer Accuses Bush of Holding a Photo-Op

Ian Schwartz
 

Anti-War, or Patriotism At Its Finest

Noel Sheppard
 

Jane Smiley: "In A Just World," Bush Team "Would Be Taken Out and Shot

Ian Schwartz
 

Update: Anti-Defamation League Tags Air America's Randi Rhodes For Hol

Dave Pierre
 

CNN Concerned About Propaganda in the Media

People outside of Prince George’s County, Maryland might not be aware of it, but the Pentagon launched a new cable channel recently, and CNN is concerned that this might be a violation of a 50-year-old law barring the government from creating propaganda. CNN’s Jamie McIntyre reported on today’s “Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees”:“The Pentagon Channel originates from studios here in Alexandria,…
Noel Sheppard
 

Olbermann Continues to Push Conspiracy Theory that Terror Alerts are P

Brad Wilmouth
 

Newspapers Struggling as Readership Ages

Rick Moore
 

Accuracy in Media

If you a member of the media and you intend to snipe at a critic over the quality of localized newspaper reporting, you might want to start by not mischaracterizing what he says.Jay Rosen of PressThink takes Raleigh, NC News and Observer Executive Editor Melanie Sill to task on her blog for getting it wrong.
Bob Owens