AP: US Troops Are Poor, Few Options and KIAs from rural Areas 'Disprop

Talk about creating a false dichotomy geared to discrediting a policy! The AP has generated a doosie in theirs titled "Rural America bears scars from Iraq war" and subtitled "Nearly half of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq came from a small town". Their main thrust is that small towns are somehow seeing their sons fall on the field of battle in "unfair" numbers. Across the nation, small towns are…
Warner Todd Huston
 

'Today' Suggests Conservatives Softening on Hillary

Mark Finkelstein
 

Blogging the Libby Trial

Today is probably going to be the last day of the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial. I'm going to be in the courtroom blogging the trial for Dean's World. For my coverage and everyone else's see the Media Bloggers Association's Scooter Libby Trial web site. For an idea of what to expect, see Tom Maguire's post here.Consider this today's open thread.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Wire Service Spreads Misleading Bush-Killed-Kyoto History

Tim Graham
 

CS Monitor: Stop Global Warming by Banning Beef Not Cars

This is way too funny and definitely requires all potables, combustibles, and sharp objects to be properly stowed.The Christian Science Monitor recently reported that if man wants to halt global warming, he should forget about the fuel efficiency of his SUV and just stop eating meat (emphasis mine throughout):As Congress begins to tackle the causes and cures of global warming, the action focuses…
Noel Sheppard
 

Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin's 'Positive Qualities

Clay Waters
 

Nightline Anchor Calls Washington Times the ‘House Organ for Conserv

"Nightline" host Terry Moran recently blogged about the dustup over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her request for a larger plane to fly back to her San Francisco district. In the February 8 entry, the ABC host criticized the Bush administration for leaking the story to "The Washington Times," whom he referred to as "a kind of house organ for conservatives." "The Washington Times" certainly…
Scott Whitlock
 

ABC Reports New Autism Study Finds Genetics, Not Toxins, to Blame for

But network failed to remind viewers it gave Robert Kennedy a soapbox about mercury as cause for disease.
Ken Shepherd
 

America as 'Imperialistic Bully' in Vietnam Now 'Sounds Familiar' to C

Brent Baker
 

Did CNN Reporter Make Fun of Bush's Intelligence and Success

Lynn Davidson
 

Mainstream Media Duped By Iran

Dan Riehl
 

Leading Atmospheric Scientist: Earth Was Warmer and Seas Higher

One of the leading atmospheric scientists in the country made some statements at a conference going on in San Francisco that will almost certainly get no media attention.As reported by C/Net News.com (emphasis mine throughout): Approximately 125,000 years ago, the Earth was around three to five degrees Celsius warmer on average than it is today and sea levels were four to six meters higher. The…
Noel Sheppard
 

CNN's Soledad O'Brien Sticks up for Jackson and Sharpton, Implies Crit

Justin McCarthy
 

What's News, AP

Amazing. The AP puts everything over the wire ... well, almost everythng.Realizing we don't yet know all the details, apparently the AP has decided to not put the story of a Muslim cab driver running down two students after a religious dispute over the wire. Why might that be? They can't all be writing about Anna Nicole Smith?
Dan Riehl