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WaPo Accentuates the Negative in McCaffrey Iraq Report
As an NBC military affairs analyst, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey is a familar face to many Americans. McCaffrey also serves as an adjunct professor at West Point, and in that capacity recently wrote an eight-page paper on the situation in Iraq based on a recent visit there. In today's Washington Post, there appears an article by Thomas Ricks, WaPo's Pentagon correspondent, reporting on the…
Media Support 'Freedom of Choice' that Would Kill Secret Ballot
Networks ignore union revival; could it be because media workers are unionized?
Ignoring Surge Success, NY Times Frets About Overcrowded Baghdad Jails
The New York Times finally reports on the results of the troop increase in Baghdad, which seems to have brought a measure of safety to some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq's capital – but Kirk Semple and Alissa Rubin's A1 article Wednesday ("Sweeps in Iraq Cram Two Jails With Detainees") ignored that angle in favor of concern over…crowded Baghdad jails."Hundreds of Iraqis detained in the…
GMA Anchor to McCain: Would You Prefer Hillary or Obama to Win in
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," co-anchor Chris Cuomo interviewed GOP presidential candidate John McCain. In the piece, Cuomo quoted a congressional colleague who called the Arizona Senator’s position on Iraq "arrogant and self delusional." The ABC host also wondered if McCain needed "rose colored glasses" to see progress in the war and prompted the ‘08 contender to choose which Democrat…
Bozell: Who Can Compare South Park to Socrates
Brent Bozell's culture column is early this week, since the MRC HQ is buzzing and bustling toward our big 20th anniversary gala on Thursday night. If you want to see it live, we will have a webcast. Brent's column mocks a new compilation of essays titled "South Park and Philosophy," edited by Robert Arp, a professor at Southwest Minnesota State University. You know the drill: take a crude and…