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Al Franken Scolds Cheney as “Drunk” and/or a “Big Jerk” for No
In his first appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman since “joking” on the October 21 show (NewsBusters item with video) about how Lewis "Scooter" Libby and Karl Rove “are going to be executed” because “outing a CIA agent is treason,” and President Bush is at risk too, Al Franken on Tuesday's program scolded Vice President Dick Cheney for not visiting the hospital room of his accidental…
ABC Hatches Weeklong Series on Bird Flu
In 2003, ABC questioned governments bioterrorism warnings, but now emphasizes latest concerns on bird flu.
"60 Minutes" Fixture Mike Wallace To Retire
The New York Times (via TVNewser) discovered that CBS "60 Minutes" fixture Mike Wallace will retire: "After serving as a correspondent on 60 Minutes since its inception in September 1968, Mr. Wallace said today that he had decided to retire this spring, at the end of the current television season. He said that the move had come at his initiative, and that 'CBS is not pushing me.'" Conservatives…
Bozell Column: Helen Thomas Wants To Be Cloned
Will former White House reporter Helen Thomas ever go away? She's now written up a jeremiad perpetuating the myth that our media are mere whimpering lapdogs of Bush, tinny arfs all around. She hones in on that old, diseased chestnut that the liberal media went all soft in the "rush to war" in Iraq.Helen's harangue appeared in the appropriate platform: The Nation magazine, which advertises on its…