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Couric Astounded Rumsfeld's Resignation Letter Omitted Words 'Iraq' an
Katie Couric found it newsworthy Wednesday night that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation letter from nine months ago did not include the words “war” or “Iraq.” Picking up on a story from the Associated Press on how “the deadly and much-criticized conflict that eventually drummed him out of office comes up only in vague references” in the November 6, 2006 letter the AP…
Matthews: 'Just By His Name' Barack Best at Dealing With Muslim World
What's in a name? For Chris Matthews, a lot. Discussing foreign policy on this afternoon's "Hardball," host Matthews advanced this astonishing theory. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you have a sense, though, well certainly I have it, that just by his name, Barack, ah, Barack Hussein Obama, by his background, having grown up in Indonesia which is a largely Muslim country, that he would have a feel perhaps…
Global Warming Lawsuits Impacting Climate Change Debate
As climate change legislation hopefully gets bogged down in a do-nothing Congress that continually punts on major issues of the day - keep your fingers crossed! - America's courts are likely to become the real battleground where the war over anthropogenic global warming is waged. With this in mind, all eyes are on a United States district court in Mississippi where a class action lawsuit was…
Media's Volatile Coverage of Stock Market: 'Armageddon' or 'The Sky's
As the stock market went up and down over the past few weeks, media coverage also bounced from end-of-the-world rhetoric to rational analysis.CNBC’s Jim Cramer went on an impassioned rant August 6 calling for the Fed to reduce interest rates.“Bernanke needs to open the discount window. That is how bad things are out there … in the fixed income markets we have Armageddon,” said Cramer on “Stop…
Yahoo! News / AFP Disingenuous Use of Bullet Photos
Hot on the heels of Barack Hussein Obama claiming U.S. troops are "killing civilians", Yahoo! News runs a AFP picture (right) taken by Wissam al-Okaili showing a woman with two bullets that purportedly "hit her house" during a coalition forces raid. I won't even insult you by pointing out what's wrong with this picture. One photographer on a forum asks "How would any photo editor ever allow such…
Ups and Downs on Wall Street Send Journalists Panicking
Frightened media worry about 'another Black Monday,' recession and 'Armageddon,' but experts remain more collected.
Seattle Times Editor Scolds Staffers For Cheering Rove Resignation
It seems that some folks at the Seattle Times got a bit giddy when they heard news of Karl Rove's resignation.The paper's David Postman clarified in an August 14 "Postman on Politics" blog post that while it "sounds like a conservative's parody of how a news meeting would be run... It was only a couple of people who cheered [Rove's resignation] and they, thankfully, are not among the people who…
NBC's Vieira Wants CEO to Guarantee No More Flights Will Be Cancelled
'Today' host criticizes Northwest leader's management and pay on the way to demanding a personal promise.
Stock Markets and Credit 'Crunch': Free-Market Experts Speak Out
Free-market economists and financial advisors talked to BMI about markets, mortgages and the Federal Reserve.