Live Thread: MRC's Brent Bozell on 'The O'Reilly Factor

The MRC's Brent Bozell will be on the Fox News Channel's "O'Reilly Factor" tonight at 8pm Eastern to discuss the media's coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The show repeats at 11pm and 4am Eastern as well. Use this thread to post your comments. Video of interview (4:22): Real at 100 kbps (3.3 MB), Windows Media at 81 kbps (2.8 MB), plus MP3 audio (1.5 MB).UPDATE: A full transcript is…
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NBC Repeats Incorrect Claim That Gas At 'All-Time High

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Ken Shepherd

Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Says ‘I Would Love to Kill George Bush

Lately, things have truly taken a turn for the absurd. This article from The Australian has to be today’s first prize.In 1976, Betty Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize for co-founding the Northern Ireland Peace Movement with Mairead Corrigan. Well, Williams was giving a speech to hundreds of school children on Monday, and, according to The Australian, had some amazing things to say:"I have a very…
Noel Sheppard

Intro to 'Conservative' Carlson's Show Casts Israel as Bully

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Mark Finkelstein

China's Giant Salamanders Are Funny

Warner Todd Huston

O'Reilly: Liberal Jews Are All Big-City Newspapers Have Left

Mark Finkelstein

CNN's Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah 'Had Control' of His Anti-Israel

Rich Noyes

Post Environmental Reporter Urges Gore to Run in

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Ken Shepherd

Letterman 'Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times

Last week, David Letterman had the "Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times." Hat Tip Instapundit. 10. Extensive coverage of recent fighting between the Israelis and the lesbians 9. Pages 2 through 20 are corrections of previous edition 8. Every sentence begins "So, like" 7. TV listings only for Zorro 6. Weather forecast reads "Look outside dumbass" 5. Multiple references to…
Greg Sheffield

WH Reporters Push for Unenforceable Ceasefire

At today's White House press briefing, reporters kept pushing Bush spokesman Tony Snow as to why the administration hasn't been pressuring Israel to go for a non-enforceable ceasefire with Hezbollah in order to avoid bad PR for having a "disproportionate" response to terrorism. That makes no sense, Snow replied since basically this line of thought involves asking Israel to incur civilian…
Matthew Sheffield

Sight Of Bush With Snowflake Babies Makes Time Columnist 'Want To Thro

Geoffrey Dickens

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Israeli Prime Minister Says World Media Provide 'Twisted' View of Hezb

Greg Sheffield

Time Mag Flashback: 1974 Issue Warns of Man-Made 'Global Cooling

Greg Sheffield