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Tag: MSM

  • The Odd Disinterest in a Real-Life Spy Thriller

    Now Homeland Security is using the book to try to deport Yousef for providing "material support" for terrorists — despite the fact that he was saving Israeli lives from those very terrorists.

  • Zakaria Lays the Right Oily Blame at the Foot of the Wrong Target

    It’s up to Obama to keep the media tail from wagging the presidential dog.

  • Brush With “Greatness”: Following in Helen Thomas’s Footsteps

    I have the (pick an adjective) distinction of being only the second journalist to interview Jimmy Carter after he left office in early 1981.  The first, Carter told me, was Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who resigned under pressure today after making astonishingly offensive comments to the effect that “the Jews” should get […]

  • “Hide the Decline”: Global Warmists Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do

    While referring to "the global warming hoax" may be a step too far, I think it’s clear now that there have been multiple global warming "hoaxes". If you have no idea what I’m leading up to, you might want to consider broadening your information sources.

  • MSM Discovers Van Jones — After He Resigns

    Can you imagine the wall-to-wall coverage that would have ensued if a Bush appointee were discovered to have views that far out on the opposite fringe?

  • R.I.P., President Obama’s Honeymoon

    It’s been a while since I’ve updated the Honeymoon-Over Watch.  According to David J. Rothkopf at Foreign Policy, this should be the last update needed: Mark it on your calendars.  It was in June 2009 that Barack Obama’s honeymoon officially ended.  And to be more specific, it was this past week.  Through some mysterious alchemy, […]

  • CWCID: Thank You, Mr. President; Now Please Teach CBS How to Edit

    Credit where credit is due: President Obama yesterday said unambiguously “we stand behind those who are seeking justice in a peaceful way” in Iran. And then, after days of complaints about the president’s lack of public support for the demonstrators, CBS, which had Obama’s words on tape in an exclusive interview, edited that statement out […]

  • Going Back to Old Nassau

    Today I had the high privilege and distinct honor of fighting the wind with the parade banner for the Princeton Class of 1980, leading a hardy band of quintagenerians in an off-year reunion march at the “Best Damn Place of All,” in the words of the song. When asked which side of the banner I […]

  • “Obama Derangement Syndrome” May be Mutating; Taranto Gets a Sniffle

    I’ve blogged before about Obama Derangement Syndrome, and its more prevalent predecessor, Bush Derangement Syndrome.  But the ODS virus now shows signs of mutating into a subtler strain. Let’s call it Obama-Euphoria Debunking Syndrome (OEDS). James Taranto, whose Best of the Web Today is the one blog I make certain to read every day, has […]

  • I Love the Look, Newsweek — But About Those Horizontal Photos…

    The latest Newsweek just arrived by snail mail, and I have to say I’m lovin’ the new design.  Bigger, bolder photographs… a more elegant (and yet readable!) typeface… informative fun with graphics in the “Back Story,” which Editor Jon Meacham describes as “a visual dissection or explanation of an important issue or phenomenon that will […]