Vieira to McCain About War Opponents: 'What Are We Missing

From the moment she participated in an anti-war march in NYC at the time of the 2004 GOP convention, there's been little doubt as to where Meredith Vieira stands on Iraq. Even so, it was something of a shock to hear the "Today" co-host express her opposition in the first person plural this morning.Discussing the war with Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] at about 7:05 AM ET this morning, she said:"Six…
Mark Finkelstein
 

NYTimes Showers Pity Upon Former Speaker Dennis Hastert -- One Last Ki

Warner Todd Huston
 

Philosophers and South Park

From time to time we hear about zany professors of popular culture using their academic credentials to elevate the most aggressively offensive and potty-mouthed TV shows into the Great Works of Western Civilization.
L. Brent Bozell III
 

CNN's Blitzer Hypes Hagel's Bush Impeachment Talk

Brad Wilmouth
 

Put This In Your Pipe and Smoke It: WSJ Prints Positive Tobacco Piece

Julia A. Seymour
 

Did Wonkette Not Get Ana Marie Cox's Memo Re: Tony Snow

(h/t Snarking Dawg)From Ana Marie Cox's post to the "Swampland" blog at Time magazine:Let me say that I did some self-cringing last week, when I choose to describe Tony as the "most fun" press secretary of the administration. I was looking for something non-controversial, non-partisan and true to say about the guy. "Fun" seemed like something he'd appreciate -- he is fun. The biggest change in…
Ken Shepherd
 

Radio Host and HuffPo Blogger: How Could a Liar Like Tony Snow Not Hav

On Monday, a blogger had to cancel a speaking engagement at a tech conference because she was receiving death threats from people through her e-mail and at other websites. On Tuesday, a radio personality and blogger at the Huffington Post suggested that White House Press Secretary Tony Snow has cancer because he lies and works for Fox News.I kid you not.His name is Charles Karel Bouley, and what …
Noel Sheppard
 

Cafferty Claims Bush Would Use Detaining of British Soldiers as Pretex

Scott Whitlock
 

Post's Birnbaum: Reagan's Tax Cuts Went Too Far

Yesterday's indictment of former Reagan budget director David Stockman was cause enough for the Washington Post's Jeffrey Birnbaum to use Stockman's personal ethical and possibly criminal lapses in the private sector as a way to lodge liberal attacks on the Reagan tax cuts. But that was just the beginning for Birnbaum, who, in a Washington Post chat later that day, said that "without question,…
Ken Shepherd
 

A Rarely Seen Side of the Tobacco Story

WSJ shows one alternative to tobacco is ... tobacco?
Dan Gainor
 

Prometheus Bush? NY Times Critic Finds Modern Relevance in Tale of 'Au

Clay Waters
 

Time's Tumulty: Attorney Firings Deserve 'Massive Commitment of Journa

Writing in the "Swampland" blog for Time magazine today, Karen Tumulty insisted the U.S. attorney firings deserved "massive commitment of journalistic resources" before going on to cite a study showing that media attention in the past few weeks has skewed heavily towards the non-scandal scandal:... And before all our commenters jump on me, let me stipulate: I think the unfolding U.S. Attorneys…
Ken Shepherd
 

Gun Control: Does Biased Research Foster Workplace Danger

Howard Nemerov
 

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