L.A. Times, Washington Post Embrace Baker-Hamilton 'Pearls of Wisdom

Tim Graham
 

Couric to Blair: 'Do You Regret Your Unwavering Support of this Presid

CBS News and Katie Couric put repenting before the looking to the future and solutions as producers chose this question, from Couric to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, to tease at the top of Thursday's CBS Evening News: “Do you regret what many perceive as your unwavering support of this President and this war?" In the subsequent interview, Couric, who the night before called Iraq a “…
Brent Baker
 

Battle Lines Shifting in War on Christmas

Kristen Fyfe
 

‘Sandinista’ Kathy Griffin Loves Haggard Scandal; Calls Religion

Appearing on Tuesday’s "Larry King Live," comedienne Kathy Griffin claimed to be so liberal that she refers to herself as a Sandinista and not a Democrat. On the same program, Griffin took delight in the downfall of Christian evangelical leader Ted Haggard, telling CNN’s Larry King that she "love[s] it." It’s unclear why King asked the D-list star about the scandal, perhaps he hoped to bate her…
Scott Whitlock
 

Bob in Japan

Bob Knight discusses Mary Cheney's fatherless baby.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

A $7-Billion Omission

Network newscasts continue to ignore Fannie Mae fiasco's scope, even the final tally of the cost.
Ken Shepherd
 

Press Corps Focuses On Getting Bush To Admit Failure In Iraq

Terry Trippany
 

Confusion on Today: Brokaw Says US Had 'No Allies' in Iraq After Lauer

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Media Ignores $7-Billion Scandal With Clinton Connections

Ken Shepherd
 

Russert and Scarborough Merrily Bash Bush Over ISG Report

Wednesday, December 6, 2006, will certainly go down in history as the day the media used the release of a bipartisan report on the Iraq war as a way to thoroughly lambaste the president of the United States. Though this wasn’t surprising, the glee on the faces of those reporting what should have been bad news was quite striking.For those that were interested in seeing such a merry bashing, MSNBC’…
Noel Sheppard
 

Reporter: 'Context' Trumps Truth

Al Brown
 

Open Thread

Today's starters:Pearl Harbor Day is today. Arab countries are seeing the Iraq Study Group's report as proof President Bush has failed. Arab countries aren't the only ones cheering the report, though. The American press has been positively giddy about it, even though it's been ill-received by conservatives and liberals who actually study foreign policy.Australian women plan "bikini protest" of…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Imams on a Plane: NY Times' Neil MacFarquhar's Grossly Misleading Revi

Pro-Muslim New York Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar covers the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's attempt at a Muslim sitcom, "Little Mosque on the Prairie," and manages to get what he considers a sad example of life imitating art almost totally wrong."The handsome, clean-cut young man of evidently Pakistani or Indian origin is standing in an airport line, gesticulating emphatically as he says…
Clay Waters
 

CBS's Harry Smith Fearful Iraq Report Will Only Collect 'Dust Bunnies

Michael Rule