Post Fires at the Left
Jun 19, 2009 Being popular and Internet-savvy, writer Dan Froomkin surely holds a place in today's struggling newspaper business that's secure. At least that's what you'd think. Instead, The Washington Post has fired him. The move removes one of the only mainstream commentators to criticize Barack Obama from the left.Clinton Slams Obama, CNN Slams Clinton
Apr 12, 2008 CNN's political panel takes Hillary Clinton to task over what Jeffrey Toobin calls her "ridiculous" and "embarrassing" attack on Barack Obama's comment that some Americans are bitter about federal mishandling of the economy. And when John McCain's criticism of the Obama comment comes up, Jack Cafferty nearly blows a gasket.
Truth or Consequences
Mar 4, 2008 We got snookered. Motoko Rich of The New York Times reports in her article posted March 4 that the just-published "memoir" by Margaret B. Jones, called "Love and Consequences," about Jones' "life as a half-white, half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods," is a fabrication.Bush Clings to 9/11-Iraq Link
Jul 13, 2007 President Bush continues to insist that there is a direct connection between the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the "folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq." In fact, according to The New York Times, Bush mentioned al-Qaida no fewer than 30 times in public remarks Thursday.
Media Critic on Why It’s Only Getting Worse
Mar 23, 2007 Jeff Cohen joins Truthdig to talk about life in the big media trenches, why news coverage is only getting worse, and how horse race politics and the corporatization of information are killing American democracy. Cohen was the communications director for the 2004 Dennis Kucinich campaign, founder of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, and author most recently of "Cable News Confidential" (excerpted here).
Rumsfeld Goes Off the Deep End
Aug 30, 2006 The Secretary of Defense compared critics of the war in Iraq to Nazi appeasers, saying the critics have failed to heed the lessons of history. (story and video) History, huh? Well, based on current policy, one imagines that Rumsfeld would have recommended invading China in response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.Joe Conason: War Critics Are Mainstream, Not Fringe
Aug 11, 2006 If more than half of the public supports withdrawal from Iraq, and nearly two-thirds disapproves of the president and his policy, isn't that the "mainstream" position?In a First, Bush Directs Criticism at Israel
Aug 10, 2006 Bush said neither Israel nor Hezbollah should escalate the month-old war Despite Bush's comments, Israel today decided to launch a massive ground attack into southern Lebanon Israel lost 15 soldiers on Wednesday -- its deadliest day of the war; Lebanon's deadliest was Monday (link -- scroll down).
‘Da Vinci’ Secret Is Out: Most Critics Hate It
May 18, 2006 After all that hand-wringing by Christian leaders about the deleterious influence that the movie would have on the faithful, it turns out that the film is stillborn.
