Pentagon Official Refutes 'Time' Claim of 'Broken-Down Army
April 20th, 2007 7:46 AM
A senior Pentagon official has refuted "Time" magazine's depiction of a "broken" Army. Accusing "Time" of using incendiary language and of hyping the facts, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy Bill Carr made his remarks in the course of his appearance yesterday on the TV show this NewsBuster hosts, and in subsequent written comments. Sec. Carr was responding to…
CNN's Captive Audience and the Battle for Context
September 26th, 2006 4:43 PM
Later today, I'm going to a Pajamas Media
panel discussion on partisanship
and blogs (how much is too much?). Moderator and Instapundit.com
blogger Glenn Reynolds came into town yesterday but not before being
subjected to several
hours' worth of CNN in the airport.
John
Hinderaker of Power Line points out the broader implications
of CNN being foisted upon Glenn and many other travelers:
This…
Shaughnessey of the Boston Globe: Orlando 'Ultimate Yahoo Town
July 10th, 2006 4:56 PM
What is it with Boston Globe sportswriter Dan Shaughnessey and Florida cities? Trouble booking a tee time? Lines too long at his favorite Disney World ride? Bad OJ in his screwdriver, perhaps?For the second time this year, Shaughnessey took the occasion of a TV appearance to gratuitously label a Florida city a 'yahoo town'. As I wrote about here, back in January, appearing on ESPN's 'Rome…
Rather Obscure
July 10th, 2006 1:36 PM
Howard Kurtz, in a story so stunning in its implications that the Washington Post promoted it up all the way to page C7, that Dan Rather is set to make his reportorial comeback on Mark Cuban's dish-only HDNet:"We are excited about it," Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
basketball team, said yesterday. He described the show as "an
opportunity to do news in what I like to call 'fearless mode,'…
