More Dictators, Another Double Standard: The NY Times Obituary for Jea

Clay Waters
 

Open Thread

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NB Staff
 

War on Christmas? Bah, Humbug

The media are turning a blind eye to one of our most important cultural and Constitutional conflicts.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

Double Standards for Dictators

I almost did a double take when reading this editorial knowing it came from the Washington Post. Kudos to the staff of the editorial page for printing something very politically incorrect about deceased former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, and acknowledging the horrible truth that Fidel Castro, the aging communist ruler of Cuba, has not been sufficiently denounced. Castro-worship (and…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Olbermann Denies He’s Howard Beale, NewsBuster Disagrees

Is Keith Olbermann just a modern-day reincarnation of the crazed anchorman depicted in the 1976 Academy Award-winning film “Network?” In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article published Tuesday, KO said no (emphasis mine throughout): “‘I am not Peter Finch walking around the streets of New York in my pajamas as Howard Beale muttering to myself and saying, 'I must bear my witness.' It's not like that…
Noel Sheppard
 

Dow Jones Media Critic: Couric's Woes Chauvinistic America's Fault

Mark Finkelstein
 

Time Mag: Setting to Tear Down McCain... Their Own Creation

Warner Todd Huston
 

Barack Obama Superstar Worship In The Media

P.J. Gladnick
 

He-Could-Go-All-The-Way: 'Today' Cheers Obama's Football Play

Mark Finkelstein
 

The AP Back to its Old Tricks

Robin Boyd
 

Supreme Soviet of 43rd Street Commands: Raise Middle-Class Consumptio

Mark Finkelstein
 

Rahm Emanuel's Unholy Foley Folly

Noel Sheppard
 

Olbermann Mocks O'Reilly 'War Against Hanukkah' While O'Reilly Defends

Brad Wilmouth
 

CBS: 'Devastating' Poll for Bush, 'Stunning' How More See Iraq as Mist

Brent Baker